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Use for gliders; combine with specific tags, e.g. [sailplane], if required.
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Do gliders make a better pilot?
Glider pilots train for it, it's part of our ground school, and it's beat into us while flying. … Danny Sorenson, who instructs in F-16s, is a glider pilot. He stated, “As a result of my glider training, I’m always thinking, ‘Where can I land this thing?’” …
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Drop the rope or drag the rope?
The Glider Flying Handbook has this much more to say about landing with a tow rope (GFH 12-10):
Landing with the tow line attached is not prohibited by
regulation; however, the following points should … Other situations require the tow line to be dropped, normally
in the glider launch area, during short approach to the
runway. …
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Is a glider on a winch directionally stable?
The winch will continue to pull the glider toward itself throughout the launch, regardless of the yaw angle of the glider. … Hence, if the ground track of the glider is not parallel to the direction of the cable pulling on the aircraft, the winch cable will give the glider some sideslip. …
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Could an airplane dock with a set of wing extensions while airborne?
Actually, a similar concept was tested by the USAF in the 50s (like most things in aviation, it seems). Under the name of Project Tom Tom, the military was looking into the possibility of coupling a …
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