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Glider Rating
Hi gang,
I may have some rather stupid questions but I ask them anyway ;*) (it's rec.aviation.student anyway, but I am also crossposting to rec.aviation.soaring). I am a private pilot trying to get a glider rating which takes me some time due to irregular schedules (my fault). So I am usually flying either a Cessna 172 or a Grob 103 glider. I already got soloed in the glider - actually more than once because I messed some things up and the instructor wanted to be sure that I don't mess things up again. For example, once I tried to force the Grob on the runway but she wasn't ready to land yet. I was too high but didn't properly use the divebrakes, thus landed her with numerous bumps the full length of the 7700ft runway, inducing hysteric screams by the owner of the flight school - meaing more dual flight instructions. Anyway, Now I am slowly getting the feeling of soaring, working towards my check-ride. What I read in FAA requirements, I need 10 solo flights and three dual training flights for the check-ride? Thus, these 10 flights could practially "just" pattern tows, although I should of course do some longer flying? I also hope, that the examiner counts my solo-landings, because some of the flights were rather short and I put more than one flight under one logbook entry. Then, the check-ride would be done with the instructor of the flight school, or will that be a DE as for the private pilot certificate? And after getting my glider rating, does that count as a biannual for my private pilot certificate? And after that, for the next biannual could I get a biannual in one aircraft category to be valid for all categories I have a rating? Thanks Chris |
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