I continued climbing straight ahead to about 500 feet while closely monitoring the gauges before I waggled the wings in a sign to the glider that I was in trouble. As we were now high enough, (and still within the precincts of the airfield) both of us could get back. The instructor got off the tow promptly, turned right and headed back towards the glider landing check point. I radioed a Pan Pan call.
The M20 accelerated down the runway and I had been told to look for 60-70 kts. for a smooth takeoff and climb out. The Mooney lifted off (virtually by itself) and I could feel the acceleration. Glancing at the airspeed indicator (ASI), I was surprised to see only about 35 – 40 kts. The M20 was good, but surely not that good. We continued to accelerate and had become definitely airborne but the ASI still showed around 40 kts.
We lined up, got clearance to go and I opened the tap on the 182. She accelerated a bit slower than normal but we managed to get off the deck OK, when suddenly at approximately 200 ft. the jump master lurched towards the back of the aircraft. Unfortunately for me, his parachute had somehow snared my propeller control and put the 182 into full coarse pitch.