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Aerotowing
What is Aerotowing?
Aerotowing is a system where a hang glider is towed aloft with a specially designed ultralight towplane (a so-called 'aerotug', or 'tug', for short). Although towing hang gliders - using boats, trucks or winches - has been part of the sport since its inception, most people still think that in order to hang glide, you need a mountain to launch from.
While footlaunching and mountain flying remain an important aspect of hang gliding, the development of aerotowing in the late 80's opened up the possibility of flatland-flying and revolutionized the way hang gliding is being taught, making the sport accessible to practically anyone. Aerotow tandem instruction by far the easiest, fastest, safest, and most enjoyable way to learn how to fly hang gliders, and it is aerotowing that gives us access to the year-round excellent flying conditions here in sunny Central Florida.
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