Originally Posted by
Just This Once...
Indeed - the though of operating in cloud without a procedural clearance or a radar service is abhorrent to professional aviators. Yet some in the glider community think it is fine to gamble with their live and those of others just to have fun.
There are far too many glider pilots who like to hunt through rules, regulations and laws and any time they find the word 'glider' missing they take as approval to do what they like.
If you cannot maintain safe separation from other aircraft then you are operating illegally. There is zero point learning the rules of the air and who has right of way if you cannot see where you are going and not receiving an appropriate radar service.
Indeed m8. Meant to acknowledge your points regarding freefall parachuting but it got left out.
To add to the list; at a local airspace meeting a glider pilot representing one of the local sites acknowledged that many of their pilots will turn OFF their FLARM if they find a good thermal to prevent other glider pilots from using it to find the good thermals. It's utter madness.