AN SMA PLT HAD LTSS WITH A GLIDER IN AN AIRSPACE THAT THE RPTING PLT SAYS SHOULD NOT CONTAIN GLIDERS.

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THERE SHOULD BE NOTAM PROCS IN EFFECT WHEN GLIDERS ARE OPERATED AT IFR ALTS NEAR A BUSY ARPT WITH IFR ARRS. I WAS ON THE IFR FLT PLAN FROM WDR TO PDK. APCH INITIALLY INSTRUCTED ME TO PROCEED DIRECT (WHICH WAS 255 DEGS). THEN APCH SAID; þTURN L TO 210 DEGS; SEQUENCING FOR TFC.' AS I TURNED TO 210 DEGS; I HEARD ANOTHER PLT ADVISE APCH THAT THERE WAS A GLIDER AT 3000 FT NEAR STONE MOUNTAIN. APCH'S VECTOR WAS TAKING ME DIRECTLY TOWARD STONE MOUNTAIN. I WAS LOOKING FOR THE GLIDER. I SPOTTED IT AT 12 O'CLOCK AND TOLD APCH THE GLIDER WAS AHEAD OF ME. APCH THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO TURN R TO 280 DEGS -- CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 2R. AS I SAW THE GLIDER AHEAD; I REALIZED IT WAS NOT MOVING IN MY WINDSCREEN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HEADED W. I DID NOT WANT TO DEVIATE FROM THE ATC CLRNC. IF ATC/APCH HAD NOT GIVEN ME THE L TURN TO 280 DEGS; I WOULD HAVE HAD TO DEVIATE TO AVOID DANGEROUS PROX TO THE GLIDER. EVEN WITH THE APCH VECTOR TO 280 DEGS; AFTER I ALERTED APCH TO THE GLIDER'S PRESENCE; THE SEPARATION WAS LESS THAN COMFORTABLE. THE CLOSURE RATE WAS MORE RAPID THAN I HAD EXPECTED. GLIDER OPS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE NOTAMED -- OR THE TOW PLANE SHOULD CALL ATC LIKE PARACHUTE OPS -- OR THE GLIDER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING TO APCH CTL AND/OR HAD MODE þC' INFO XMITTED FROM A XPONDER..