A PLT OF A GROB 103 SAILPLANE IS NOTIFIED OF A MIL F18 PLT WHO CLAIMS A NEAR MISS.

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A MIL F18 PLT ARRIVING AT CECIL NAS FROM NORFOLK DURING SCATTERED TSTMS IN THE AREA RPTED TO CECIL TWR CONCERN ABOUT THE SAILPLANE NEAR CECIL NAS STATING HE HAD A NEAR MISS RPTED AT 3000 FT. I DID NOT SEE THIS WHILE ON A SSE DSCNT FROM 4500 FT TO 3500 FT OVER 4 MI FROM OVER CECIL NAS. CECIL HAS A SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE FROM GND UP TO 2600 FT. I WAS NOT IN RADIO CONTACT; BUT DID SEE AN F18 ABOUT 2500 FT ENTERING A TFC PATTERN AND LATER LNDG INTO A LIGHT RAIN N OF CECIL NAS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS WAS NOT A NEAR MISS. I BELIEVE THE MIL F18 PLT WAS DISTURBED THAT THE AIRSPACE WAS NOT 'PROTECTED' OR 'PRIVILEGED.' ALSO SINCE HE PROBABLY APCHED FROM A CLOUDED AREA TO THE N; HE HAD NO CHANCE TO ESTABLISH A VISUAL SOON ENOUGH. USUALLY ON WK DAYS I AVOID BEING NEAR CECIL DUE TO A LOT OF TRAINING ACTIVITY. THIS PARTICULAR DAY; I HAD FORGOTTEN A PORTABLE RADIO THAT I OFTEN CARRY TO MONITOR. IN THE PAST I HAVE COMMUNICATED MY PRESENCE TO CECIL TWR; BUT IT TENDS TO RESULT IN DISINTEREST OR CONFUSION SINCE VERY FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ATTRIBUTES OF A SAILPLANE. THIS PARTICULAR DAY; I WAS ABLE TO CRUISE AT 75 KTS AT 3500 FT TO 4500 FT FOR OVER 1 HR IN AN 8 MI RADIUS OR SO FROM HERLONG. THOUGH IT WAS NOT A NEAR MISS; I THINK I WILL MAKE AN EFFORT TO LET CECIL TWR KNOW THERE IS A SAILPLANE IN THEIR VICINITY THOUGH SOMETIMES THEY ARE SLOW TO RESPOND ON A CIVILIAN FREQ (126.1).