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Bicester works well, but does require a thorough briefing of any powered aircraft pilots so they understand the principles of operating from a gliding site.

No overhead joins are allowed. All aircraft must join via the downwind or extended base leg to allow a good lookout to be kept.

All take offs or landings are made without crossing either the winch cables or the centreline of the glider approaches. If the cables aren’t laid into wind, there is still usually enough airfield to allow non-conflicting approaches and departures to be made into wind.

If you land with the cables between you and the hangars, you simply backtrack to behind the launch point and cross there.

If radios are carried, we normally make blind calls on the gliding frequency, but most operations are non-radio.