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Gliding At Arlington

Arlington has a gliding club and they were active on a Sunday visit.  They had two gliders in action while I was there.  Both are Let gliders, one a Super Blanik and the other a Solo.  The tug was their Pawnee and it was busy getting them up.  Neither glider was spending long airborne.  They towed up to the north and were released and seemed to be straight back in to downwind and then landing.  Sometimes, they beat the Pawnee back in.

They were a long way from me on the other side of the field but, with cool winter conditions, the heat haze was only an issue close to the ground and, as they climbed away, you had a pretty clear shot against the mountains.