Jeremy wrote in message . ..

My .02. You can find almost all of the training material you need
for *free* on the net. You could use the GGS "table contents" as a
guide, or go to the FAA or Transport Canada sites and get a "Study
Guide", that will tell you what you need to study.

Second option, is the libraries, 98% of "glider" ground school is the
same as power-aircraft material. The other 2% can be filled by
reading a glider specific book.

You could probably pass the written after a few weeks of intensive
reading/study.

Mike

Greetings.

I am getting into the Soaring sport at the wrong time. I live in Central
Ohio and in a few months it's going to be getting cold and it seems that
most of the glider schools shut down at the end of October. The local
soaring club (10 minutes away at Wadsworth Airport (3G3), the Soaring
Thunderbirds, recommended that I purchase two instructional books, and
be ready to pass the FAA test next spring when operations resume.

Searching for instructional material, I found :

http://www.falcontrainingsystems.com/ggs/

and was curious what opinions might be out there? Has anyone used this
training material before? It appears to me that I could not only be
ready to take the written test but have already passed the written test
by next spring with this material.

Also, are their any other programs like this? Maybe coorespondence or
something?

Thank you for any input.

Jeremy