PPL to glider solo in 2 days – a course designed by glider pilots for power pilots

Click here to see the full LOOP report written by Dave Caulderwood "Editorial Director of LOOP" who successfully completed the course on the 21st April 2009 ... reproduced with kind permission of LOOP from the May 2009 edition.

This course is designed to take a pilot with a full PPL through an intensive 2 day training course to fly a glider solo at the end of day 2.

Course syllabus

Training Day 1

•           Airfield Safety briefing.
•           Flight briefing glider/power.
•           Familiarisation flights - motor glider - Flying will be split into sessions with good pre flight and post flight briefing to ensure that the correct level of understanding is achieved.
•           Adverse yaw / Coordination
•           General handling and thermalling / steep turns.
•           Use of Airbrakes and approach control.
•           Circuit planning.
•           Field landings (engine failure in an aircraft is an emergency)
•           Aerotow launch failures (some times you can turn back)
•           Ballooned landings without power
 
Training Day 2   
•           Aerotow briefing.
•           Stall / spin briefing.
•           Introduction to the K13 glider
•           Familiarisation flights - K13 glider
Flying will be split into sessions with good pre flight and post flight briefing to ensure that the correct level of understanding is achieved.
•           Aerotow training and exercises including divergent oscillation.
•           Aerotow signals and a wave off.
•           Stall / spin syllabus including further stalling / further spinning.
•           Assessment of the student’s ability will be made during all flights to test aptitude and judgment.
•           Final assessment.

Glider solo

For more information, or to talk through the syllabus with one of our instructors please telephone the office on 01256 384900