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Plane towing nine gliders

Postby Slotback » Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:04 am

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Re: Plane towing nine gliders

Postby beaky » Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:44 am

:o   8-)
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Re: Plane towing nine gliders

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:58 am

I didn't realize little planes were that powerful.  :o

Must have had one heck of an engine!  ;D
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Re: Plane towing nine gliders

Postby DaveSims » Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:52 am

Looks like a turboprop powered crop duster.  Even with all the power it had, they sure didn't climb very much.  They didn't clear the buildings by more than a couple hundred feet, and those appear to be at least .5 mile from the runway.  I would also think the more dangerous part would be not tangling the gliders in each others lines.  I imagine if one hit another's cable, you would have a huge mess, not to mention all the gliders behind it getting caught up in it as well.
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Re: Plane towing nine gliders

Postby Fozzer » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:58 pm

Every now and again you spot something which looks blindingly dangerous...

..and I think that fits into that category!.... :o...!

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Re: Plane towing nine gliders

Postby B-Valvs » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:32 pm

[quote]Looks like a turboprop powered crop duster.
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Re: Plane towing nine gliders

Postby patchz » Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:12 pm

[color=#000000]Well, it is called a 'tractor'.
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