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The decline of gliding - a worldwide issue?
On Sun, 02 May 2021 10:39:45 -0700, Tony wrote:
It doesn't need to be this way. In the midst of a pandemic, Sandhill Soaring Club (located in S.E. Michigan) has grown from 70 to about 90 members in the course of a couple of years. We largely attribute this to upgrading the fleet, having a regular presence on social media and a decent website that attracts customers and informs prospects and members It can work pretty well with the normal British pilot progression: while working on the Bronze qualification, which is entirely local soaring and must be passed, at my club anyway, before getting a cross country endorsement (the latter covers field selection, landing out, i.e. landing on a part of the airfield that is rarely used, and doinf field selection, field landing exercises and navigation exercises with an instructor on a touring motor glider[*]) its entirely practical do the Silver duration and height gain legs as and when good weather comes up while working on Bronze. Then, once you have the Bronze XC endorsement our instructors pick a task on a decent day and brief newly Bronzed pilots to do there Silver distance. Certainly worked that way for me. Next step: the 100km diploma flown as a declared triangle. Did that with a brief of "if you get round in good time, turn around and fly a second lap on the opposite direction". Well it was a super day and I was in the club's Pegase 90 so I did just that. Fun! [*] Falke SF-25 with a trickle of power to approximate a 30:1 glide ratio to practise field picking, followed by circuit and approach to the field. Like in GA training the instructor puts the powe on whe its obvious whether (or not) your field selection and approach was any good. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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