G-APAP Thruxton Jackaroo was our tug aircraft at Moonrakers Gliding Club RAF Upavon in Wilts. It was there up to 1973 when I left. Learned the art of prop swinging on this old girl. Great fun.
GGR
Minor correction, the Upavon based Jackaroo was G-APAM, owned by Ralph Jones, and the one originally owned by Sheila Scott. I did my first aerotow from the front end of the rope in PAM, with 11 hours power total in my logbook. We used her as a tug at Inkpen from 1972, when Moonrakers closed. There was another Jackaroo at the Army Club at Netheravon at the time.
I remember it being a one-speed type, but nearer 60 kts than 80; also the 12 inch speader bar in the undercarriage to cater for the increased fuselage width making it far more docile than a standard DH82 in a crosswind.
PAM is now converted back to a proper Tiger, based at a strip near Hungerford.