Aerotow bridles:
Pilots who have flown at Quest Air or Wallaby are quite familiar with what
it takes to have a bridle that is easy to connect to the carabineer that is
connected to the end of the rope connected to the tug. The ground crew grabs
the carabineer and instantly connects you. They push open the gate of the
carabineer and clip it around a piece of spectra connected to you or to you
and your glider. No fuss, no muss.
We expect you to show up with a bridle that allows the ground crew to do
this. No weaklinks, rings or other paraphernalia in the way. Just a piece of
rope or spectra that they connect up to in two seconds.
The rope or spectra must come off the tug's carabineer when you release. We
don't want anything on the carabineer to slow down hooking up the next pilot
to the tug.
If you don't have such a bridle, we suggest that you get one now. You can
buy one from Wallaby www.wallaby.com or from Quest (www.questairforce.com).
When you are in line to fly you need to be ready to launch. Just make sure
that your loop of rope is ready and out there available to be connected to.
Aircraft radios:
We will be using aircraft radios at the Zapata airstrip to handle any
aircraft traffic on the runway. If you have an aircraft radio please bring
it with you so that we are adequately covered in this respect. We will
monitor the airport's frequency to check for incoming traffic and clear all
our takeoff's and landings on this frequency.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/T86
Davis Straub
davis@davisstraub.com
www.davisstraub.com/OZ