New Glider Flight Instructors to be Mentored at the SSA Convention.

"How to Become a CFIG" will be the theme of the Soaring Safety
Foundation (SSF) booth at the SSA Convention. The booth will be
managed by Matt Michael, an SSF Advisor and Master SSA Instructor.
Trustees of the SSF including chairman Richard Carlson will answer
questions and encourage potential glider flight instructors to become a
CFIG. Support materials in the booth will include the applicable FAA
Regulations, the Practical Test Standards for CFIG, Bob Wander's "CFIG
Checkride Made Easy" and "Learning to Fly Gliders" training syllabus /
lesson plans. A handout of CFIG "sample endorsements", and a new DVD
of the SSF safety videos will be shown in the booth, demonstrating the
free training tools available from the SSF to all instructors.

The staff of Costello Insurance Associates, broker for the SSA Group
Insurance plans, will be adjacent to the SSF booth to answer questions
regarding CFIG liability and non-owner's insurance.

The Soaring Safety Foundation Trustees and Advisors are available
year-round to assist existing Commercial Glider pilots or airplane
CFI's explore the idea of becoming Glider Flight Instructors. Earning
your flight instructor certificate is challenging, yet the path is made
clear by the Flight Instructor Handbook, the FAA PTS, Bob Wander's
"CFIG Made Easy" book, the nationwide SSF Flight Instructor Clinics,
along with information in "Soaring" magazine and on the SSF website
www.soaringsafety.org