glider operating area - Soaring Society of America
glider operating area - Soaring Society of America
glider operating area - Soaring Society of America
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Parallel Glider Operation Issues<br />
The ADOs are using specific paragraphs <strong>of</strong> AC 150/5300 in their<br />
determination <strong>of</strong> compliance. The paragraph cited is 207 which reads:<br />
207. PARALLEL RUNWAY SEPARATION<br />
a. Standard. For simultaneous landings and take<strong>of</strong>fs using<br />
visual flight rules (VFR), the minimum separation between<br />
centerlines <strong>of</strong> parallel runways is 700 feet (214 m).<br />
However, this is for "simultaneous" operations. There is no definition<br />
if the operation is simply adjacent and not simultaneous. Typical<br />
<strong>glider</strong> <strong>operating</strong> agreements <strong>of</strong>ten preclude simultaneous operations for<br />
this very reason.<br />
Additionally, this "guidance" does not differentiate based on classes <strong>of</strong><br />
aircraft using the parallel runways.<br />
The SSA believes that this paragraph is being mis-interpreted by the ADOs<br />
to preclude safe <strong>glider</strong> operations by assuming that any adjacent<br />
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<strong>glider</strong> operation is "simultaneous".
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