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Sunday looks like a good day for winch training/rides. With East winds we will be able to do long line 🚀 launches
All qualified ground crew are requested to help. Bring out your friends for rides
10 am start. ⚡️
LarrySent from my iPhone
The tow plane will be down for tomorrow. If we get a winch operator we will fly.
LarrySent from my iPad
We will be picking up the Lark today. The tow plane will return sometime after noon.
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I would like to address some of the issues on the Lark purchase.
Training: The lark is used as a trainer by numerous operators in the US and Europe. Our club has previously operated 2 L13 gliders with exactly the same (complex) configuration.
With 45 years experience as an instructor, I have trouble understanding the idea that this aircraft is too complicated for students. I consider it more complex than the 2-33, but half as complex as a Cessna 150.
We may choose to give some presolo training in it but use the 2 2-33s and the 1-26 for student solos.
Weight: The Lark weighs 110 lbs more than the Krosno. The Krosno rides on the skid during takeoff. The Lark rides on wheels. The takeoff roll might be similar.
The Lark is only 21 lbs heavier than a Grob 103. If the Lark is too heavy for our club, we will have to get rid of any future plans for a Grob. Let’s find out with an inexpensive option instead of building a hangar for an expensive ship that is too heavy.
Larrymore than
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12 flights today for the dusk patrol. 4 aerotows and 8 winch tows with the long line. Winch release altitude up to 2900msl !! Not too bad for $10. Winch operators Ponsot/Barry. CFIGs Grillo, Snyder,Kase. Other flyers Derosa Karl and Erik. We shut down at 7.
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With light winds out of the east, it looks like a good day for long-line winching.
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