bildan wrote:
I wasn't looking forward
to that landing without spoilers.

Once we stopped rolling in the -4C surface temperature, the spoilers
refroze - this time open. The visiting pilot got a better wave
checkout than either of us intended.

It occurs to me that spoilers frozen shut provide two problems for a lot
of gliders: 1) getting the glider down safely on the ground by slipping,
and 2) stopping the glider on the ground without the wheel brake.

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