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Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim
From the second Wiki link above, about the technique in general:
"The steel wire was then winched in. It was possible for one plane to pick up two gliders in this way, in two passes."
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Yeah I don't get it, the first glider is going to be a ways behind the tug so I can't see how that wouldn't get in the way of grabbing a second. Maybe the glider pilot flies it higher than the tug out of the way? After all it is a plane. 
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