Pete's flying

The conditions are not great but the forecast for the rest of the week is worse so Pete has taken a launch.

He was the only glider to launch today.

At the moment he's floating around about 2000' up under a mix of 8/8th cloud cirrus, alto cu and cu.

The tugs here are the locally manufactured Dynamics which have retractable tow ropes.

Once the glider is hooked on the tug pulls forward spooling out the tow rope like a spider spinning silk.