Pilots are a funny breed

Oh man, I just about pissed myself laughing today.

Cochrane wasn't flyable this weekend to the horror of all, as the winds kept pumping from the Northeast. It's funny how history creates expectations, and then when they're not met, everybody is so surprised.

Anyway, so there were 3 other die-hard pilots out who were attempting to groundhandle (while I lazily sat back and watched) when one mentioned that he had some rope in his car and we could do some "hand towing".

I really didn't think this guy was serious, but off he went to get the rope. He skillfully tied 2 "handles" from the rope on one end, and attached it to the center strap of the harness on one of the guys, and off they went! Two guys ran in front, pulling the one guy in the glider, who ended up getting about 2 feet of air from like 200 feet of running. lol, it was a sight to see!

One more slightly more successful attempt was made with the same pilot, and then another had a turn. He got a little bit more lift, but we're talking like 2 more feet here.

At that point, one of the pilots was like "yeah, you're light Veronica, we'll pull you". I'm not usually one to say no, so naturally I agreed!

I strapped on one of the guy's harnesses, and got ready to forward inflate. As I inflated and the guys pulled me, I got airborne right away - yeeeehaw, 10 whole feet! The whole ordeal lasted maybe 20 seconds, but it was damn funny fun!

I got some some wicked new experiences from my 20 second flight: flying a DHV II wing, having my first towing experience, and seeing how funny it was from the air to see 2 guys running their asses off.

LOL, this was definitly some Thanksgiving flying to remember. And yes, todays 20 seconds of airtime is making it into the logbook.