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Motorglider hours same as glider?
I understand you can use glider hours towards a private pilot license, but can you use motor glider hours toward a glider pilot license?
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 5:23:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I understand you can use glider hours towards a private pilot license, but can you use motor glider hours toward a glider pilot license? A glider certificate has 3 endorsements for launch. Aero tow Ground launch(winch or auto) Self launch Flying a self launch sailplane is a way to get a glider certificate. Then additional training is required to get endorsed for the other launch types. UH |
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 5:23:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I understand you can use glider hours towards a private pilot license, but can you use motor glider hours toward a glider pilot license? From http://www.ssa.org/GliderPilotRatings "Holders of a valid FAA Power plane license with 40 hours as pilot-in-command need a minimum of 10 solo flights to qualify to take the glider flight test. No written exam is required to add a glider rating to a power license. In all cases, refer to the Federal Aviation Regulations for details on pilot licensing." Your CFI-Glider decides how many glider flights you need before you receive the endorsement to fly solo in the glider. The amount of pre-solo training that you require depends on your present skill and aptitude. In that sense, your experience in a motor glider may help you to solo sooner (or later). |
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 3:23:02 PM UTC-6, wrote:
I understand you can use glider hours towards a private pilot license, but can you use motor glider hours toward a glider pilot license? A glider is a glider... If the FAR says required time in a glider it counts. If the FAR says required time in an aircraft it counts. If the FAR says required time in an airplane, it doesn't count. Brian |
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 6:54:21 PM UTC-4, Brian wrote:
On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 3:23:02 PM UTC-6, wrote: I understand you can use glider hours towards a private pilot license, but can you use motor glider hours toward a glider pilot license? A glider is a glider... If the FAR says required time in a glider it counts. If the FAR says required time in an aircraft it counts. If the FAR says required time in an airplane, it doesn't count. Brian Also, a private license is a private license. It's issued for particular classes and categories. So, you can have a private pilot license authorized for glider, airplane single engine land, airplane multiengine land, or whatever. You'll have one piece of plastic in your pocket saying "PRIVATE PILOT" which on the back will specify what you can use it in. Matt |
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
On Monday, 28 September 2015 22:23:02 UTC+1, wrote:
I understand you can use glider hours towards a private pilot license, but can you use motor glider hours toward a glider pilot license? As an aside which is probably not relevant to most of you, in the UK I fly both TMG (fixed prop) and SLMG (folding prop) using the privileges of an aeroplane PPL. Time in the SLMG is disregarded in considering currency rules for revalidating my PPL, but time in a TMG does count. Under new rules (EASA) I will have the option of flying motor gliders using a Sailplane Pilots License - for an SLMG it will just be treated as a different launch type. |
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
Is there any trick to locating a motorglider/instructor other than a Google search? (Austin, TX area)
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 3:02:19 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Is there any trick to locating a motorglider/instructor other than a Google search? (Austin, TX area) Man, are you in luck! http://www.learn2soar.net/ Just up the street from you! |
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
Oh, and I found it using the SSA Where to Fly page.
http://www.ssa.org/WhereToFly Used the Google Maps version, winged my way over to Texas, and there I was. |
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Motorglider hours same as glider?
I did find that one, apparently he doesn't operate out of Llano anymore. I've found an old listing for Georgetown as well. It appears the next closest is near Dallas which strikes me as odd. Not as many as I thought might be around.
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