When I first started out racing, I graduated High School and hit the road with one of Sky Sailing’s gliders and our not so trusty Astro Van and headed to Turf Arizona. We rolled in with the windows down, enjoying the Pheonix heat with the air-conditioning that wasn’t keeping up. But we toughed it out and camped in tents behind the wing of the glider. After the first night, we realized towels were not

Soaring overload

Becoming overloaded can be from many things and any experience level. A new student might be overloaded entirely looking at the complex instrument panel of a 2-33 and flying straight. You might be a 10,000-hour glider pilot and get yourself into a situation in the mountains in an unfamiliar glider, and you wonder. Why did I get myself here?

Spring

Knowing about the use of oxygen when flying goes beyond the pre-flight planning Area of Operations section during your Private Pilot check ride. Unless you stick to flying in the US midwest then you will need to use supplemental oxygen regularly or occasionally.

The Examiner may ask when oxygen is required?  Did you know pilots may need oxygen at a lower altitude than required by FAA regulations? 

I am sure that at some point in your childhood you played the game connect the dots. It might even be on the back of your cereal box right now. Assuming you are eating something as wonderful and nutritious and designed for a four-year-old. The rest of you will have to relive your youth.
Thermals are similar; you have to have a target cloud or point you are trying to get to, and you have to make

We want to be slow and steep to get the smallest turn radius possible. However, if you get too slow, you do not have the control authority that you need. The sink rate increases as you get too slow or too steep. Plus when the wing stalls it is very inefficient.  Thermalling too slow causes lower control authority, higher sink rate, and is inefficient.

Stall recognition

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