Tow planes...who relaunched this debate???

I see in the seemingly endless stream of e-mail traffic that circulated whilst I was sunning myself at the beach was a diatribe about tow planes and especially PNE.

In amongst the commentary was the braindead suggestion we should by an AirTruck...also known as a Transavia PL12. Apparently it was the "best" towplane ever...quite what "best" means I'm not sure??? Brightest colour scheme, highest fuel consumption per minute,  most comical looking tow plane ever...

However if the fellow had done just the smallest amount of homework he would have discovered that there are only 2 flying in the world...1 in the land of the big flood but no Ashes, and the other in Slovenia. The only examples in NZ are in museums...

He might also have considered the fuel consumption with a 300hp motor...

Let's keep looking shall we...and besides, what's wrong with a slow rate of climb??? It means I end up off tow near the edge of the Control zone, not overhead the city...much better.