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Old 25th September 2003 | 06:35
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rotorcraig
 
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From: Northampton UK
If my route takes me in the vicinity of an active glider site, I am always worried

Find it very difficult to anticipate what gliders are going to do ... sometimes convince myself that I'm fitted with some sort of glider magnet.

Advide from an instructor lately was "go straight over the top at ~2500ft keeping a good watch on the winch - that's where they're least likely to be". Wasn't convinced

What do others do? Route over the active site & high? Route round - in which case how wide, upwind / downwind etc?

RC
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