On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 8:43:08 AM UTC-4, JJJ wrote:
Hello, all. I just discovered this site a few hours ago, spent a few
hours poking around here, and joined right up. Permit me to introduce
myself, if I may.

I took sailplane lessons 40 years ago at Sky Sailing, Fremont, to the
point of getting about 4 solo hours in a 2-33, but other things happened
in life, and I got away from it. Of all the stupid choices I've made in
life, I then spent 40 years kicking myself in the butt over that one.
Now at a ripe old age, I've decided to dive right back into it (about 2
months ago), essentially starting over as if a near--ab-initio- beginner
(almost). In my newly re-incarnated experience, I have about 8 hours
dual instruction by now. Hey, I can almost keep a glider behind a tow
plane already! (ETA: That wasn't true just two weeks ago!)

Poking around this site just in the last couple hours, I already notice
two user names who appear to be people I know! (Hi, *Buzz*! Hi,
*Ramy*!)

As a novice (effectively) student pilot, I expect I'll probably do a lot
more reading than writing on this forum for the near foreseeable future.
I'll contribute more later, perhaps, once, y'know, I actually know
something.
-- J.J.
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JJJ

JJJ

Welcome back to soaring.

You may want to consider using computer-based glider flight simulation (a.k.a. Condor) to augment your training.

I would be happy to help you get started.

You can contact me via my website: gliderCFI.com

Cheers, SRM