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Differences in Italian vs US soaring instruction?
Can anyone who is familiar with soaring instruction in the US and
Italy comment on the differences? I ask because I have started training a 'student' - actually an Italian licensed glider pilot - who wants to add US glider ratings to his US commercial and CFI certificates. His flying is generally very good, but I have already noticed that there are things he is not familiar with that any US glider pilot with a hundred flights would certainly know. So far, I've noticed that there are certain wing runner signals he is not familiar with - I assume this is because Italian procedures differ from those in the US. He also has obviously had no instruction in formal glider XC planning (as opposed to actually flying XC - this he has done) and has never heard of the PTS accuracy landing as we do it in the US. I would appreciate as much information on the differences between the US and Italian systems of instruction as possible, mainly so that I can identify the likely problem areas and make sure we cover them in depth. I've tried to find the Italian equivalent of a glider PTS, and have had no luck at all. Michael |
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