The winch launch is from a static truck stationed at the far end of the runway and you normally reach 1000-1200 ft but on a good day with a headwind maybe 1400-1500ft. It's quite a ride
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But there is yet another method -- being towed behind a car. Needs to be a pretty powerful car and even then the height gained is 600 ft or less. Connel airfield used an elderly V12 Jaguar which I was supposed to get qualified on, but the weather was so foul while I was there that I never did. A launch to 600 ft means a very scrappy first few minutes desperately searching for some low-level lift however weak. Or, too frequently, a quick return to the ground.
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