Larry wrote:

'I noticed in looking at the pictures from the contest
that many of the gliders shown had what I presume was
bug wipers at the leading edge wing root. Are bug wipers
back in vogue in Europe?'

Have you ever flown in Finland? The (non-malarial)
mosquitos are the size of large moths.......and Finland
is all forests and lakes, breeding the b...ers in summer.

David Roberts
(BGA)