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Old November 17th 17, 06:08 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Advice on returning to Soaring after over 20 years

On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 9:33:13 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote:
I am finally returning to Soaring after over 20 years, I earned a Private Glider rating in '91 and had @175 flights in 2-33/1-26 and a Private Power rating in '92 and 350hrs.
My goal: Regain currency/proficiency and purchase a standard class non-flapped glider.
Specifically I was looking for advice/opinions on how best to proceed to that goal in a short time frame (140 days)

Question 1: Is it unrealistic to train 2-3 flights a day twice or even 3 times a week?
Question 2: Start out in 2-33 or pay a little more for ASK/Grob from the start? (both options are available to me)

In the next @140 days I would like to get to 60 or more flights.


I think this should be totally realistic. When I first started (almost 30 years ago) I did 37 flights in my first 4 weekends, and another 30 in the month after that. So if you are motivated, it should not be a problem.