Gliders and VFR
Following the earlier thread re: VFR and IFR...
Do glider pilots understand VFR rules or do they simply choose to ignore them? Or are they somehow exempt?
How often during the summer do you see gliders above 3000' that are clearly within 1500m laterally and 1000' vertically from cloud? I often see gliders thermaling near cloudbase. Is this legal, or do they become IFR above 3000' and consider thermalling to be some crazy climb to a quadrantal FL?
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ps/ I started out as a glider pilot. I was never told about VFR rules until I commenced PPL training.