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Old 6th December 2003 | 13:48
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LowNSlow
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Mmm I've not seen this level of personal slagging in Private Flying before. Chill chaps, ever since the emancipation of the slaves I thought everybody was entitled to an opinion.......

The only glider I've ever been in was an open cockpit Slingsby back in my Air Cadet days. I've seen loads since in our crowded UK airspace. Given the vast expanse of Canadian skies I can understand how MLS-12D hasn't seen a glider whilst flying powered aircraft.

I still grin when I remember listening to a conversation between an American bizjet pilot and Luton Radar. You could hear the unasked question (gliders? International airport?) when he was refused a descent to 4,000' as there was glider activity beneath him

The invisibilty of gliders was discussed a while ago here. Somebody posted the frequency that gliders use as a "chat" channel. Can anybody here refresh my memory?
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