Student-Instructor question (USA)

Also, our insurance states that there will be an instructor "on the field",
with solo students, but does that mean, feet on ground?

My club http://www.soargbsc.org is insured by Costello and has the same
statement. We asked for a clarification and were informed that the
instructor has to be on the field to approve the flight. The instructor
is then free to perform other tasks - including flying his own glider
for fun (what a concept :-).

Tony V

Tony Verhulst tony.verhulst wrote:

My club http://www.soargbsc.org is insured by
Costello and has the same statement. We asked
for a clarification and were informed that the
instructor has to be on the field to approve the
flight. The instructor is then free to perform
other tasks - including flying his own glider for
fun (what a concept :-).

Does the insurance say whether the instructor approving the flight has to be
the same instructor who signed the student off to solo?

Does the insurance say whether the instructor approving the flight has to be
the same instructor who signed the student off to solo?

They said that it doesn't matter.

Tony V.

Tony wrote.The instructor
is then free to perform other tasks - including flying his own glider
for fun (what a concept :-).

I watched a first time solo, student deploy the spoilers and then disappear
below the cliff on the approach end to 19 at Truckee. His instructor was in the
can, taking a dump. All that was necessary to prevent this accident was for the
instructor to be watching with a hand held radio. A simple,"Close your
spoilers" would have been all it took. I think any instructor has a moral
responsibility to observe his students, especially during their first 3 solo's.
JJ Sinclair