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This is one of the gliders at The Yorkshire gliding
Club.It is moments away form take off. You can just see the roap
attached to the tug. Behind the glider a member of the club signals
to the tug pilot to move slowly forward until the rope has no
slack in it. As soon as the signal is given the tug pilot tows
the glider down the runway. The wing holder (on the far side of
the glider) runs holding the wing. When he or she can't run any
faster they let go. This alows the glider enough speed flaps on
the end of the wing work, and the pilot can stop the wing touching
the ground.
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