On Sep 10, 7:31*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
bildan wrote:

* *I wasn't looking forward

to that landing without spoilers.

Once we stopped rolling in the -4C surface temperature, the spoilers
refroze - this time open. *The visiting pilot got a better wave
checkout than either of us intended.

It occurs to me that spoilers frozen shut provide two problems for a lot
of gliders: 1) getting the glider down safely on the ground by slipping,
and 2) stopping the glider on the ground without the wheel brake.

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No kidding!

I had flown IFR in the area for many years and knew to be on the
lookout for a low altitude warm layer. We just flew around at min
sink in the warm air until the ice melted, then entered the landing
pattern.

Someone with less experience might have missed that and rushed to a
spoilerless landing. Good thing Grobs have OAT gauges.