Not required, by worthwhile, training

In article ,
, son_of_flubber says...

Last summer, I put my ear to the wind and I figured out that 'spin training' was worthwhile, but not required to obtain a private pilot glider rating.

What other training is worthwhile, but not required? What can I ask a qualified instructor to teach me after I obtain my glider rating?

For example, I'd like to learn how to recover from inverted flight, because rotor is common where I fly.

What else?

How's about.... spend some time under the hood. And how about unusual
attitude recovery from under the hood.

It's fun, and one day, it might save yer butt.

--
Duncan.

On Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:34:04 PM UTC-5, Dave Doe wrote:

How's about.... spend some time under the hood. And how about unusual
attitude recovery from under the hood.

I'm guessing that you are suggesting some sort of IFR training. My only technique for IFR is "benign spiral", so yeah I'd like to get some basic IFR skills. Wet wave puts me at risk of flying into a cloud, or getting stuck up above the cloud deck.

How do I get IFR-for-glider-pilots training? Do I have to go to a powered flight school? Do I have to get a single engine rating before I can do IFR training? Seems like a power plane would be the efficient way to to this.

In article ,
, son_of_flubber says...

On Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:34:04 PM UTC-5, Dave Doe wrote:

How's about.... spend some time under the hood. And how about
unusual attitude recovery from under the hood.

I'm guessing that you are suggesting some sort of IFR training. My
only technique for IFR is "benign spiral", so yeah I'd like to get
some basic IFR skills. Wet wave puts me at risk of flying into a
cloud, or getting stuck up above the cloud deck.

How do I get IFR-for-glider-pilots training? Do I have to go to a
powered flight school? Do I have to get a single engine rating before
I can do IFR training? Seems like a power plane would be the efficient
way to to this.


Sorry, can't answer the how to go about it thing. However, I believe
you're best to do the training (IFR) in a glider and not a light a/c -
as that's what you fly! - should an excursion into cloud ever happen.
I'm sure you've seen the "178 seconds to live" thing - you don't wanna
be one of those. And I don't know a lot about gliding, being a light
a/c pilot only (involved w' a gliding club for years, but never been in
one, yet ) - however I believe gliders are pretty slippery things,
and over-speeding is far more sucseptable in a glider than a small
plane. So knowing when and how to recover correctly from a spiral dive
(or similar) is probably pretty damn important IMO - use of correct
recovery procedure, air-brakes, spin recovery, etc. Talk to your
instructor about it.

I'm sure such instruction is probably optional - but it's great fun and
IMO well worth knowing that you *can* do it - should it ever happen.

--
Duncan.

On Jan 19, 4:44*pm, son_of_flubber wrote:
How do I get IFR-for-glider-pilots training? *Do I have to go to a powered flight school? *Do I have to get a single engine rating before I can do IFR training? *Seems like a power plane would be the efficient way to to this.

Do what I did and buy a lesson in a power plane. The instructor was
happy to let me fly under a hood. It did not matter that I was not a
power pilot.

Flying itself was not that big of a deal, by the way.

Bart