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Old 13th April 2001 | 02:53
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Skylark4
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Ghengis, I am surprised at you. Have you been near a modern glider, on the ground I mean. "A small air generator" would probably produce more drag than the rest of the aircraft. I believe that a modern strobe could be driven by a battery for the eight hours required but an article about mid-airs in S&G a while back reckoned that they were not actually very effective.
Don`t forget to use your map. It will tell you where there are areas of intense Gliding activity and which sites launch gliders. If you avoid Gliding fields by a couple of miles, you will avoid MOST of the gliders.

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Mike W