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Old 22nd Oct 2004, 15:09
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robin
 
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Having sat for many hours in gliders, we do hear aircraft coming towards us quite clearly (not having a noisy fan motor in front). We can even hear dogs barking on the ground. And as we are unlikely to survive a collision, we have a vested interest in trying to avoid being around you guys

But when you have power pilots head down in the cockpit pressing the buttons on a GPSIII, ignoring the words 'Intense Gliding Activity' on their charts and ploughing overhead a field with 'Cables up to 3000' we don't have a lot of faith in power pilots even trying to take on board the fact we are legally entitled to fly.

As for Jaguar and Hawk pilots, by the time they see us, we are a dent in their wings. Yet they still route through areas we use intensively and blame us for near-misses

Sorry, but if an area is promolgated as being intensively used for gliding, then power pilots should adjust their use of such airspace accordingly. They may be the only ones present at the court of enquiry. but it doesn't make them right.
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