On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7:36:28 PM UTC, Tom Knauff wrote:
Some pilots will not be able to resist doing beat-ups / flyby's /restarts/ self launch/ or whatever, but unless the remarkable noise issue can be solved, the airport / gliderport neighbors will raise hell, and either close the gliderport, or cause regulations to ban their use.

Anyone with any interest, better investigate the noise issue before purchasing.

Tom Knauff

Jets are very noisy, albeit directionally so in flight, there's not much left to investigate about that. It's more a question pilots and airfields reaching an understanding about their use. Surely an airfield management or gliding club chief instructor can ban jet glider self launches (which would be outwith the glider's TC any), unauthorised powered low passes and/or use within a specified distance from the airfield? That is what I am planning to self-impose if and when I get my turbine installed. It would be a sorry state of affairs if an airfield couldn't keep that level of discipline.

John Galloway (UK)