As you can see, we have acquired a new tug. We are pleased with its performance-it’s capable of launching the entire fleet (including the hangar) to 2000ft in two minutes. Its only drawbacks are a rather high fuel consumption and certain difficulties getting aerotow retrieves from New York. For the record, our club Skylark 4 landed at RAF Fairford in the summer. It was flown by Tony Bullock who, although he denies it, we are sure was thoroughly lost. Since it was late in the evening, HAC allowed him to store it in the hangar alongside Concorde. It was aerotow retrieved the following morning. Incidentally, Fairford don’t like gliders very much so it’s not a recommended practice.
