An unfortunate crash landing that was selflessly shared on YouTube so others may learn from the incident. Here I have a look at the video and give my thoughts as a gliding instructor
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An on-line instructor forum tailored specifically to the needs of Glider Instructors that is held each quarter. A short update section is then followed by our main presentation. This quarter we will review ...
... of my accident shown on the popular BBC 999 program. 10 years later I returned to the sky in a similar ASK21 glider with the same instructor that had to bail out with me. We flew together and then I went ...
... skills like cross-country flights, aerobatic flying, mountain flying, cloud flying, taking your friends and family flying and eventually becoming an instructor. This manual supports a pilots training from ...
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Take your gliding experience to the next level with this new book written by Pekka Havbrant - a Glider Aerobatic Instructor, Competition Pilot, Airshow Pilot, Judge, International Jury member, Aerobatic ...
... flight instructor for years but recentlry he has been teaching students online all over the globe using condor the soaring simulator. He has so much to share about how we can get the most out of our simulators ...
In this video we analyse a near miss with a tow plane and glider on tow. How it happened, what went wrong, and what we learned to help avoid such incidents in the future. It was closer than we would like! ...
... a glider pilot some 35 years ago, my instructors used to proclaim that “the most dangerous aspect of the sport is the drive to the airport”. This was a widely held belief at the time even though it could ...
... everything had changed. I remember talking to the instructor (Peter) when there was a tremendous bang, the plane jolted and it felt as if a missile had hit us. Eyewitnesses say they saw a ball of lightning ...