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How do Gliders Launch?

Ever wonder about how gliders get up in the air without an engine? There are three main ways to do so: Aerotow, Winch-Launching, and Self-Launching. The aerotow starts with hooking up a rope to the tow hook on the nose of the glider.  When the glider and towplane pilots are both ready to go another person raises …

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