Flight following for sailplane XC flights?

Same experience for me with KABE. Especially on weekdays, I think the controllers are bored and any sort of diversion from the routine keeps it interesting. I've been offered (and accepted) flight following several times on ridge missions that run just underneath the outer layer of their Class C. Actually providing a meaningful conflict avoidance for a Medevac chopper that was shooting the Slatington Gap below ridgecrest.

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On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 11:58:02 PM UTC-5, Linwood Stevenson wrote:
I highly recommend being transponder equipped, especially if near busy airspace. I talk to Knoxville approach (TYS) quite regular with my ASW20c, and often am cleared direct thru their Class C to get to back home towards the end of the day. Several times have flown directly over the TYS airport getting home. They are very cooperative. Think it gives the controllers a bit of a changeup from dealing with the repetitious power traffic. Had the same experience with Nashville and Chattanooga. Often they just give a discrete squawk and leave me alone, while pointing the glider out to the other aircraft. And the transponder keeps the heavy iron away...with or without ATC... Adding ADS-B out soon to the T22.