Power Commercial to Glider Commercial

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Terry wrote:

At the commercial operation where I teach/check, we have many visitors
that complete their training in a few days. A few solo in a handful of
flights, but the average will be in the 15-20 range assuming the use of
the Schweizer 2-33. The Grob 103 will take longer since its
characteristics are less forgiving.

Same here. Pretty typical solo 4-10 flights for those
who are already airplane pilots. 15-30 for those who've never flown
anything before.

If you are a competent stick and rudder pilot and not a slave to GeePS
wizz stuff,

ROFL. Twin Garmin 100s, fuel totalizer, blah blah. I got
to watch a guy last night playing with toys, and missread back
frequency changes for ATC. Sigh...no need for ME to create a
realistic inflight distraction...

this is a very realistic shedule. You need to ensure that
there are gliders, tows, instructors, and finally an examiner available
to complete within your schedule.

1) Airworthy glider,
2) student,
3) CFI,
4) towpilot,
5) airworthy towplane,
6) good weather,
7) DPE

It's hard to get all 7 together. I've found that the best bet is
to train and test in lousy or marginal soaring weather. Less
competition for resources. Also, scratching for weak lift
is really fun!

Or you can just go somewhere that is set up ideally for this kind of
concentrated training. Isn't there somewhere like that
just south of Pheonix, AZ? Southwest has cheap flights in and out of
PHX, right? ;P


Good luck with your plan.

Terry Claussen
Estrella



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