First time that I flew with the dreaded trappers was as a lowly air cadet glider pilot, on winch launched Viking gliders in Kent. I was so nervous I made a complete
of the launch: yawing left and right to indicate that the winch driver was going too fast set me off on a left-to-right pendulum motion on the cable. Each time I tried to correct it led to further swaying, with me cursing under my breath and fighting the stick. Eventually I got to the top of the launch, released the cable and apologised for the "crap take-off". Slight pause followed by "Hmm....I was going to simulate a launch failure, but I chose not to as you had enough on your plate, and I thought you were going to do it for me anyway at some point". Thankfully the rest of the flight was okay, and after another launch he passed me.
I think I'll stick to fixing aircraft.......now where's that spanner??
