"Hello Bourenmouth, Hi, yes I would like to do a bit of gliding in your controlled airspace....No, I don't have a radio, no I don't have a transponder, you see we don't have any electrical equipment onboard....why? Because we don't, and we don't feel that as gliders we should have to fit any....what do you mean bugger off?........"
I would like to think I am a huge supporter of peoples' rights and freedom to do etc.
I am very much against unnecessary class D airspace.
However, whilst inside CAS of any description I like to feel that I am within a known traffic enviroment and therefore since gliders who chose to operate within CAS, could if they were bothered fit a mode C transponder, I feel they should be required to do so.