Let's Get Visible

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The Oz Report
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Let's Get Visible

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<div id="1580473323"><i>Reflective Leading Edges</i><br><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.fai.org/page/civl-meetings" ... eetings</a> - Annex 24A</p><p class="BN">In Class 1, 5 and Sport, to improve visibility, all competitor gliders must display either very visible leading edges or a high contrast nose cone. Most visible colors are day-glow yellow, orange and green.</p></div>
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Murfy
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Re: Let's Get Visible

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It's not a bad idea.
It might convince manufacturers to provide clean visibility solutions on their sails rather than having 10k€+ gliders with home made "bricolage" fluo patches :roll:
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Re: Let's Get Visible

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Murfy wrote:...."bricolage" fluo patches :roll:
Didn't know that 'bricolage' was a word not unlike 'sundry'.
I only knew Bricolage as the title of a great album by Amon Tobin.
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