flight instruction
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August 27, 2020
Editor Note - With schools quickly getting fired up again in some form or another, I thought it might be nice for our readers to read a traditional summer essay written by a newly minted CFI-G who is currently going to college, and represents the future of our sport. Soaring is not dead, folks, it is simply going through a handoff from the baby boomers being the old heads and mentoring Generation
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November 01, 2018
Your CFI Certificate is Waiting for You
So you want to have people try and kill you for your fun? I mean you want to share soaring with others and teach others how to fly by becoming a glider flight instructor? Well the SSA announced on October 31, 2018, there is a scholarship available for those looking at getting their CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) rating.
About once a year I
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October 18, 2018
We have a new instructor at Sky Sailing and since one of our requirements is to have all of our pre-solo students do spins, I figured it would be good to brush up and review the spin lesson that we like to see.
Somewhere in our conversation we started talking about having students try to relax. Watching their shoulders, holding the stick with 3 fingers, not double fisting the stick etc. I wrote
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February 01, 2018
When I am trying to teach aero-tow to students I spend most of the time telling them to 'get the wings level'. Most of the time they over control and try too quickly to get aligned. This results in going back and forth behind the towplane.
Most of the time the student overshoots. I find it easier to teach them to just level off and get in control of the glider, even if that means you are out
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August 03, 2017
In February one of the topics was about landings and to 'not land' when trying to land. To float and dissipate the energy. The following 3 questions are what I repeatedly ask myself on every landing.
Am I high?
Am I low?
Is my speed ok?
They are new separate questions each time. If my speed was fast, I am going to ask it again, because hopefully, I have corrected it since the -
March 02, 2017
You want to be surprised when the rope doesn't break. I use this same pessimistic attitude while slope soaring. Be surprised when things go your way. But this should be applied to the entire tow too. When you do your takeoff checklist you really want to be ready for it. Not just giving the checklist lip service. Be ready when it breaks and have a plan. Know where you are and where