Subject: FAA
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Date: 8/14/2003 7:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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Craig,

Its been a long time since I've done any power flying but I can tell you
that the folks at LA center have been great about providing VFR flight
following when flying between the border and the Mojave wth a mode c
transponder. They seem to get quite a kick out of "working" a glider.
Granted most of my experience with this over the past 13 years with a
transponder has been in pretty good VFR conditions so they might not be at
max workload. I have also had great cooperation on clearances above 18K in
wave conditions. Now this is in VFR conditions and I am instrument rated...
Hi Bob:

I am sure there are exception to my experience, however VFR flight following is
not like working IFR traffic. Hey just a thought, since you have not been
flying power how do you keep your IFR currency, and is it really a valid ticket
at this point?

How do you like the ASW-22? I hope to see that bird in the air someday. I
heard Al did a nice job of refinishing her.

Cheers

Craig