Is towing hang gliders more dangerous than foot launch?
Probably not, but it’s hard to say as we don’t actually know the proportion of towing activity to foot launch. On the minus side is because towing is more complicated than foot launch and more equipment intensive, there is more room for error and equipment failure. On the plus side the air in the average tow paddock is usually much more laminar than on the average hill. Most methods of towing also minimize the portion of launch that is low and slow – the part where a mistake can lead to impact.6. Aerotowing6.A. Introduction There are quite a few ways to fly a hang glider. One of them is aerotowing, and it offers a unique, fun and rewarding way to begin a flight. A foot-launch free flyer is as free as a bird from the moment he clears launch. That’s why most of us pursue hang gliding – the swooping, the soaring, the controlled carving of turns through unseen powder-snow air molecules that give us the same giddy euphoria as our childhood dreams of flight did. Aerotowing, on the other hand
