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Old 22nd Aug 2015, 19:28
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DaveUnwin
 
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Sorry, please excuse my confusion but you keep contradicting yourself.
Initially you said "Flying for me and others of a like mind is not a hobby."
This implied that you were flying commercially, but you've now added "When flying a GA aeroplane in uncontrolled airspace." This sort of implies you are flying for fun. If you're flying commercially in a GA aircraft, then why not file IFR?

Re improving seperation;- I am fully aware of the possibility of a technical fix for this particular problem. I believe I wrote about it in a magazine about ten years ago.

Oh, - you also said "Until then I at least will prefer to fly during the week."

Now, here's something that I would've thought an ex-military and ex-(or possibly current - who knows?) commercial pilot of 40 years standing might have been aware of, via the NOTAM system;- they hold some REALLY big comps during the week and 60+ sailplanes may launch from the same site and then set off on tasks hundreds of kilometres long..
Hope this helps.

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