I took a few rides in the Duo on Saturday. I took Stephen for a couple of rides. First flight I shoulda taken a higher tow and let him fly more, so we towed up higher the second flight. Stephen had never flown anything before, and it was interesting trying to teach in the Duo. Compared to an ASK-21, it took a few minutes longer to have him making coordinated turns to a heading, due to the slightly slower yaw response of the Duo. Much easier to teach than the Grob 103, for the same reason (the Grob has slower control response and greater adverse yaw). In an ASK-21, I've had someone who never flew before flying coordinated and centering a thermal on the first flight, which I'm not sure I could do in the Duo. Anyway, Stephen had fun! Later in the day I took Peter, who had soloed a few years back (I believe with MITSA in a Blanik, a couple of solos) before family time pressures interfered with soaring. We flew for a couple of hours, and he was thermalling successfully by the end of the flight. Not a great soaring day, but at least we could stay up...
Thanks Juan for letting me use the Duo on your day!
Dave Nadler
What kind of a day was Sunday? Around noon, Roland dragged the 2-33 along with Bill Nockles' glider to the South end of the field. A few minutes later, Dave Z. and I took off on runway 34 in the 2-33 with a tailwind and landed 15 minutes later on runway 16 as operations were changing to accommodate the wind. Roland again came by with the golf cart and towed the 2-33 and Bill Nockles' ship to the North end. Bill parked his glider and awaited his turn for a tow. About 3:30, he sensed the futility and put the ship back in its trailer, having done more than a mile on the ground..
John Fallon