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===Assistance=== {{Main|Assisted takeoff}} [[File:Glider in flight.JPG|thumb|Tow line and towing aircraft seen from the cockpit of a [[Glider (sailplane)|glider]]]] '''Assisted takeoff''' is any system for helping [[aircraft]] into the air (as opposed to strictly under its own power). The reason it might be needed is due to the aircraft's weight exceeding the normal [[Maximum Takeoff Weight|maximum takeoff weight]], insufficient power, or the available [[runway]] length may be insufficient, or a [[hot and high]] airfield, or a combination of all four factors. Assisted takeoff is also required for [[Glider (sailplane)|gliders]], which do not have an engine and so are unable to take off by themselves. Hence assisted takeoff is required.
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