"open source" video project for glider ratings

On 11/23/2010 1:28 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 11/23/2010 12:49 PM, bildan wrote:

However, I don't think a video will ever replace a real live flight
instructor even with Condor. If the student is doing something wrong,
the video can't analyze the student's performance and offer a critique.

Could a real, live instructor snow bound in Boulder have his student
(snow bound in Fort Collins) fly Condor, while the instructor's monitor
displays the student's flight, and talk to the student while he's doing
it? All on his computer?

I imagine him "flying" with two or three students at once, or the other
students "going along for the ride" while he instructs one of them.

Here's a fun idea: Tom Knauff gives intensive ridge running instruction,
in the middle of the worst winter storm Pennsylvania has ever seen, to a
pilot in Florida, using Condor and the internet. Tom gets some income,
the pilot gets some great instruction, and is 96% up to speed before he
even gets to the ridge next April.

Or maybe a Minden wave flight between 20,000 and 30,000 with Gordon or Jim?

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FWIW – Philadelphia Glider Council conducts a very comprehensive
ground school that is a close equivalent to a King or Sporty’s
training course. It’s a 20-hour program that fulfils the FAA ground
instruction requirements and provides an excellent tutorial for both
the private and commercial written exam. It’s not on video (yet), but
the faculty uses some rather sophisticated PowerPoint presentations
and the subject matter has been well refined over the years. Here are
the topics that are keyed to the FAR requirements:

- Weather Services
- Critical Weather
- Flight Instruments
- Pre-Flight Procedures
- Sailplane Aerodynamics
- Effects of Density Altitude
- Flight Limitations
- Emergency Procedures
- Off-Field Landings
- Aeromedical Factors
- Aeronautical Decision Making
- Collision Avoidance
- Cross-Country Planning
- Sectional Charts
- The Airspace System
- Communications
- Weight & Balance
- Pilot Privileges
- FAR’s for Glider Pilots
- Documents & Certificates
- Flight Maneuvers
- Prepping for the Checkride

If there is a need and some glider community interest maybe we would
consider developing a video format.

Bob