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Old July 13th 15, 04:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Craig Reinholt
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Default Midair Warning

The local Air National Guard (F-15's) safety officer came and gave a talk to us last fall. It was an excellent back and forth discussion and very illuminating for all parties.
MOA's came up. In a nutshell, they are very willing to tailor the airspace in a MOA around a glider if they know where we are (time, location, direction). They offered to place a "bubble" around our ships, set up a corridor in the MOA, keep above certain altitudes, etc. depending on what we were doing. Granted, this is a bit difficult with gliders, but the main takeaway was that they were very willing to work with us.
I suggest a similar meeting with your local ANG/Military contacts. It was very worthwhile for both parties.
The ANG safety officer also commented that the http://www.seeandavoid.org/ website is a great resource. They keep it current. Please use it.




http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medial...Operations.pdf

Folks flying near MOA etc. airspace might want to look out for similar information/talk with those folks.


I attended a MACA session where Clover Control, Hill AFB, SLCTracon and others presented. Struck up a conversation with Clover Center and took it from there.

They understand that we all the right to access air space and work to make it available to John Q public.

Ron Gleason