On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:56:41 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:44:34 AM UTC+1, son_of_flubber wrote:

On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:48:07 PM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie wrote:

As I mentioned previously, all gliders in our club fleet carry audio
the batteries in gliders at the start of the day and taking them out and
putting them on charge in the evening. How is that different from doing
the same with the 'chutes and being involved in hangar packing and
helping with the DI in the morning?

Audio varios, FLARM, parachutes? In a club glider??

And radios. Why wouldn't you? We're training people to be cross country pilots.


We've circled back to the original topic question that I posted. Is there really such a stark contrast between UK and USA pilots on this matter? I wonder if it springs from the government regulation of USA gliding by the FAA, whereas UK gliding is "self-regulated" by the BGA.