Glider License to Power

soarpilot wrote:

I was wondering if anyone in the group has gone from Glider License
only to Single Engine Land licensing?

Yes.

Ease / difficulties to transition?

The first difficulty is to understand the concept of flying straight and
level and holding altitude. Once this step is mastered, then the next
challenge is to try to understand what the whole point of flying
straight and level is and fighting boredom.

Comments and recommendations?

Recommondation: Don't sell your glider too fast.

I corrupted my "glider only" ticket about 15 years ago with a SEL
rating. As John Smith stated, don't sell your glider too fast. Heck,
don't sell it at all. I agree with John about learning to fly
straight and level, buy why do such a boring thing? Oh yea, stall
recovery. The instructor kept insisting on adding power. Power?
What the heck is that? And there's another item to learn: Fuel
quantity and how quickly it ain't there. I was used to glider flights
of several hours in length and about forgot the little Cezzna 150/152
might get thirsty before I was ready to quit flying. Luckily, I got
back on the ground before the engine coughed or became silent.

They cost so much to fly now that about the only time I fly an
airplane, it's every two years and with an instructor when I'm doing a
Flight Review.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

On Oct 6, 9:54*am, rlovinggood wrote:
I corrupted my "glider only" ticket about 15 years ago with a SEL
rating. *As John Smith stated, don't sell your glider too fast. *Heck,
don't sell it at all. *I agree with John about learning to fly
straight and level, buy why do such a boring thing? *Oh yea, stall
recovery. *The instructor kept insisting on adding power. *Power?
What the heck is that? *And there's another item to learn: *Fuel
quantity and how quickly it ain't there. *I was used to glider flights
of several hours in length and about forgot the little Cezzna 150/152
might get thirsty before I was ready to quit flying. *Luckily, I got
back on the ground before the engine coughed or became silent.

They cost so much to fly now that about the only time I fly an
airplane, it's every two years and with an instructor when I'm doing a
Flight Review.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

It'll also be hard to explain why you landed a Cessna on the infield
grass instead of going around when someone taxied onto your runway.

Bill,

Or sitting in the Cezzna on the runway, waiting for the towplane to
pull out in front of you...


Ray

What the heck is a "Cezzna"? Is that spelling analogous to "****a"?

-John

On Oct 6, 12:48 pm, rlovinggood wrote:
Or sitting in the Cezzna on the runway, waiting for the towplane to
pull out in front of you...

On Oct 6, 11:02*am, jcarlyle wrote:
What the heck is a "Cezzna"? Is that spelling analogous to "****a"?

-John

On Oct 6, 12:48 pm, rlovinggood wrote:



Or sitting in the Cezzna on the runway, waiting for the towplane to
pull out in front of you...

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