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Old 18th Jun 2014, 08:15
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cats_five
 
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A lot of gliders have two hooks. They are all made these days (and for many years) with a CoG hook for winching, some have an extra hook added further forwards for aerotow as a/t on a CoG hook can be 'interesting'. (in some cases the a/t hook is right in the nose)

Some older gliders have a compromise hook which does neither that well.

The a/t hooks usually don't have a back release, though the one in my glider does.
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