OK.....
Same...But different....
Once upon a time, AT A CONTEST!!
An elderly gentleman had entered OTS with a Fox 35 powered Ringmaster.
Never flown the new plane.
Never had entered a contest.
But HAD flown C/L 'back in the day'.
The CD asked if I would go out to the circle with him "JUST IN CASE he needed help."
We walked out to center circle after someone else started the almost new Fox 35.
He waved for release.....
Then the fun began! YEP! Wingover takeoff!
Classic response: "Hey! Where did it go?"
No crash. but after re-orientating the 'pilot' with the 'where-bouts' of the plane,
we settled down to level (?) flight.
Then came the anticipated remark: "I THINK I'm dizzy!"
So I released his 'death grip' on the handle and as soon as I had it I said to take off the safety thong.
TOO LATE!!
PLOP! Down he went with the thong still attached to his wrist!
And yep....Zing went the handle out of my hand slicing my palm nicely.
The safety thong did it's thing and the plane continued in a series of small outside loops.
I grabbed the lines, (Yea...WHAT WAS I THINKING!) and proceeded to de-loop the plane while yelling:
"TAKE OFF THE THONG!"....Never thought of this till now.....
But luckily he wasn't actually WEARING a real one.
Finally the 'safety thong' was released and I continued flying with a line in each hand till I was able to slowly
slide the lines down and regain a grip on the handle.
Landed safely. All was well, except the gash in my palm.
Never saw or heard from him again.
Sorry for the long banter....
So you CAN fly with a line in each hand.
Using two handles would have been better!
Don't think any 'Precision Aerobatics' would be possible.
"Tight Lines!"
Wes