Short Final

Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK elevation: 303 feet) with a long-standing glider club on the field recently began tower operations. After the tower had been operating for about a week, on a relatively busy Saturday afternoon, I heard this exchange: Glider:“Frederick Tower, Glider XXX at 1,600 feet inbound for a right downwind for landing runway 12 with information Sierra….” Tower:“Glider XXX, Frederick Tower. Hold your altitude. I have a few ahead of you.” Glider:“Frederick Tower, I’m a glider.” Tower:“Glider XXX, cleared to land, runway 12.” Lance Nuckollsvia e-mail