Topics will include...
Aero-towing: wheels on the horizon, rudder in the middle, sweet spot, zone of safety, lockouts inside and outside, prop wash, tug signals, dollys, and getting the rope.
Foot Launch: how to pick up the glider, ground handling, launch timing, weather, aero-dynamics, shallow slope, steep slope, cliff launching, wire crew, site protocols
Soaring and Gliding: forms of lift, speeds to fly, wind and clouds, how to ridge soar, how to thermal, right of way rules, airspace rules
Landing: patterns, speeds to fly, posture, weather, landing on your feet, landing on your wheels.
Aero-towing: wheels on the horizon, rudder in the middle, sweet spot, zone of safety, lockouts inside and outside, prop wash, tug signals, dollys, and getting the rope.
Foot Launch: how to pick up the glider, ground handling, launch timing, weather, aero-dynamics, shallow slope, steep slope, cliff launching, wire crew, site protocols
Soaring and Gliding: forms of lift, speeds to fly, wind and clouds, how to ridge soar, how to thermal, right of way rules, airspace rules
Landing: patterns, speeds to fly, posture, weather, landing on your feet, landing on your wheels.
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