I've started my work on My CFI and commercial after deciding soaring is a crucial part of my life. Now that I've started my pursuit, I've gotten stuck in all of this CFI work. Is there an example of Glider Lesson Plans somewhere? Also, is the soaring guide by the FAA an important part to being able...

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Any last words of wisdom for the initial glider CFI applicant? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via...

We just read into the regs a bit deeper. I was always under the impression you had to have 100 hours in category and class and if it was a tail wheel you had to have 1000 hours in that. I actually read the reg and it looks as though it's only 100 hours of category and class. So I know if the...

I've tried my best to find out if this is a club policy or a FAR thing. Is it a reg that an instructor must see the student pilot's birth certificate or passport in order to give instruction? If someone comes here from overseas, am I allowed to instruct them? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com -...

What is the rule of thumb to reduce the L/D when plotting a cross country flight? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total...

I need to find a digital source for the Blanik L-13 manual. Some how our club's has dissapeared. Can anyone help? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and...

I'm looking for where in the regulations it says what an instructor must log in a student's logbook. All I've been able to successfully find is the part about how an instructor must sign a student's logbook. I know what has to be there, but I want to see it in the regs. ----== Posted via...

I've come to something I can't find definite regulations for. Does a lesson plan have to be in a certain format? I have a couple of examples of formats but I don't know which one to use. I have a format I would like to use. This is all for the CFI-G check ride and I know I wont use them much...

Can someone elaborate on the formula GAG=GAA(airspeed +/- wind)/airspeed I'm a little confused on what GAA is and if it's just a constant number. I kind of derived it as being 30 degrees as a constant target of angle you want to the touchdown point (?). it works for Tom Knauff's calculation in his...

I'm looking for a right wing for a Grob-103 Twin Astir. Anyone know of anyone who has one? If so reply here or contact me at

What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's $17 to 2k and $22 to 3k. We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees, only club dues. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!...

I can't find the Marion, OH club on SSA. I'd like some information. If you would please contact me at slickone at zoominternet.net ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000...

Don't be an asshat. You can sit there and argue about how things shouldn't be generalized and get this thread off topic, or you can take this little reminder and stick it in the back of your head the next time you go out. I hate to tell you, but not all people can afford the luxury of a...

What is it worth? I'm looking for a GPS that will tell me where airports are, and when I am getting to close to Class B and C airspace. Anyone have any experience with this model? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service...

Does anyone know where I can get a speed ring for a Grob-102 club? I'd rather have a manufactured one than make my own. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19...

Any of you have annoying habits when you start to get nervous about your flight? I swallow hard and lick my lips a lot when I start to get low and un-sure of where the next thermal is. Anyone else do anything like this? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News...

I would like to find the female end for the standard speaker mic plug on most hand held radios. We want to make an extension to reach the back seat of our Blanik, but we need the female end. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1...

(Tigercat F7F) wrote in message ... From: "E. A. Grens" Well, said Ed! And I know I feel safer now that was have found and destroyed all those WMD that were an imminent threat to "our way of life". We...

Why a flying wing ? How can one come to understand the Fauvel flying wing formula as opposed to a more classic formula? The complete answer to this question requires delving deep into the inner workings of these machines. Summarized here are some ideas that explain the advantages of this...