Giant Scale Towplanes that died.

[Len]

Oh no!!!!!
Considering the amount of flying one tug will do in one weekend, its inevitable they will eventually suffer a mishap. Either equipment malfunction ( rare ) or a "neurological down link error " ( more common than reported)

Here are some of the better ones.

Oops,
These gliders hit in mid air.
A bad day..

 

[ChickenBalls]

Ouch

 

[yakpilot]

Cheese and rice!!!!! That there is some devastation!!
Love that last pic

 

[Len]

These pictures were collected over the last 5 years of towing. A couple were send from friends around the country.

It can happen and does.

 

[dhal22]

Tough job,being a tow plane it appears.

 

[BarracudaHockey]

A lot more takeoff's and landings than an average plane and then you kind of have to trust the glider pilot, it's hard to fly the tow plane and see what the glider is doing till you get up and away a little bit and we all know if things are going to go bad its probably immediately after takeoff

 

[Robbins]

I plan to be my friemds towplane operator this year. Its exciting to become part of this niche.

not so exciting to see those pics but what a great thread!