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Old 13th Jun 2015, 23:47
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aroa
 
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Up and down, noisy and silent.

Not only will you tug up.... you may also may have to go off and find someone in a paddock who has fallen short on a cross country exercise and bring them home.
There's heaps to learn about retrieves from all sorts of out-landing places, like you can only get into the field under a power line, and plenty of considerations about T/O distance, ground conditions, length of grass, far fence height and etc.
You have to really do some serious thinking in tight situations so your tow out of a marginal field all works as planned.
Or you call in the trailer.
All good decision making experiences that you don't normally get in the operating from an aerodrome world. Flying skill building with a difference!

Enjoy and stay safe.
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