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"open source" video project for glider ratings
Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in
the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you tube or other video sites. If interested, post to this usenet. |
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"open source" video project for glider ratings
On Nov 19, 11:56*am, thing73 wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you tube or other video sites. If interested, post to this usenet. e-mail me directly or call 970-330-2050 7am-10pm MT Frank Whiteley |
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On Nov 19, 6:29*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Nov 19, 11:56*am, thing73 wrote: Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you tube or other video sites. If interested, post to this usenet. e-mail me directly or call 970-330-2050 7am-10pm MT Frank Whiteley It would be nice, and you think that there would be more responses to this thread. Combating the decline in our sport should be a top priorty of the SSA, and this would be a easy way to do it. From the chatter on this Board, it seems that batteries, trailers, and new gizmos like FLARM are more important. aerodyne |
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On Nov 22, 1:34*pm, wrote:
On Nov 19, 6:29*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote: On Nov 19, 11:56*am, thing73 wrote: Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you tube or other video sites. If interested, post to this usenet. e-mail me directly or call 970-330-2050 7am-10pm MT Frank Whiteley It would be nice, and you think that there would be more responses to this thread. *Combating the decline in our sport should be a top priorty of the SSA, and this would be a easy way to do it. From the chatter on this Board, it seems that batteries, trailers, and new gizmos like FLARM are more important. aerodyne I think that most of the individuals on this newsgroup are already pilots and the thought of videos for students is not a hot topic. |
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"open source" video project for glider ratings
As Eric as pointed out, this is a world wide forum, not exclusively
USA. As a UK glider pilot, I'm interested in this subject, but have no expertise to produce training videos myself. It seems to me that much of this subject matter would be of potentially common use throughout the world. I suspect that only a minority of the relevant information would be country specific, such as some aspects of air law. I have seen some training material, for example on theory of flight etc, produced by other people, but I do not have a library of it myself. If there is interest in sharing a worldwide database, I could put out an enquiry among UK pilots and clubs to see what might be available for sharing. Please let me know if anyone is interested. What about Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, or anywhere else? Chris N |
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"open source" video project for glider ratings
On Nov 22, 2:34*pm, wrote:
On Nov 19, 6:29*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote: On Nov 19, 11:56*am, thing73 wrote: Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you tube or other video sites. If interested, post to this usenet. e-mail me directly or call 970-330-2050 7am-10pm MT Frank Whiteley It would be nice, and you think that there would be more responses to this thread. *Combating the decline in our sport should be a top priorty of the SSA, and this would be a easy way to do it. From the chatter on this Board, it seems that batteries, trailers, and new gizmos like FLARM are more important. aerodyne Can't even get a reply from the OP despite attempts on and off group. Anyone know who he is? There are similar things happening out there and I'd hoped to inform him how this might dovetail with what he suggests. Frank Whiteley |
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"open source" video project for glider ratings
On Nov 19, 1:56*pm, thing73 wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you tube or other video sites. If interested, post to this usenet. Much of the required subject matter is the same as for airplanes. The available resources from King, Sportys, whatever are readily available. The only areas that vary are specifically related to glider flying, I would guess something like 20%. That subject matter is quite well covered by publications available from Wander, Knauff & Grove, or others. But, it isn't free and available on You Tube. I suspect most of the really qualified authors of such a curriculum likely would not be doing this for free, and hurting their text book sales. Sorry for cold water on your topic. UH |
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"open source" video project for glider ratings
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:56:45 -0800 (PST), thing73
wrote: Wouldn't it be nice to collectively (amongst all the soaring clubs in the country) to develop a soaring curriculum aimed at passing the FAA glider rating writtens (much like King Schools do now for FAA airplane/ helicopter ratings)? We could assign topics to different clubs and post them to you tube or other video sites. If interested, post to this usenet. You may be re-inventing the wheel with this. Bob Wander teamed up with Sporty's to create a DVD entitled "So you want to Fly Gliders". It is only 39.95 and it is also available for download. Here is a link to the video: http://sportys.com/PilotShop/product/9046 P.S. I have no relation with Sporty's.. |
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