On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 05:52:44 -0800, Tango Eight wrote:

Fortunately, those are just minimums. I teach soaring, and I start
teaching soaring pre-solo.

Same is done over he my path to solo is pretty much the norm in my
club except that my first logged flight was an aero-towed launch in an
ASK-21 at Front Royale, VA.

I learnt and was sent solo on a winch and didn't get my solo aero-tow
signoff until after I'd gotten my Silver C.

However, I was being taught how to find and centre thermals (9th flight)
before I was permitted to fly the top half of a winch launch (10th
flight). I flew the whole launch and the landing on my 19th flight with
just under 4.5 hours total time in ASK-21 and G.103 gliders. I was
introduced to the Puchacz on my 20th flight and started learning to plan
circuits on my 24th flight and was sent solo in an ASK-21 on my 80th
flight.


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