Soaring "Ground School" Stuff

This is an on going series of informal conversations. The goals are to cover the topcis required for the FAA Private Pilot Written test, general conversations about soaring technique and general aviation education. There is no formal "completion" of the course. An individual evaluation and recommendation by a CFIG (or online test prep organization) will be required.

Topics for each meeting are chosen at the end of the previous meeting. No formal homework is assigned but topics of interest are provided during the week in the "class" group chat. Each attendee is expected to pick a single, small section of the regulations for each meeting. The focus of the discussion of each is around WHY did this regulation come into existance and what can we learn from that.

Class Topics

Gliders

NSA Gliders

Aerodynamics

Checklists: Aircraft and Checkride

You can make your own aircraft checklist based on the POH but here are a couple of simple memory checklists. You should always speak checklist items outloud even in single place gliders. What you say you do.

Here are some documents listing useful information for progress towards a rating

Useful Links

FAA

SSA

AOPA

Weather

Glider Trackers

Interesting Websites

YouTube Channels and individual videos

There are many but here are a couple to get you started.

Google Groups

Simulators