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Old January 20th 13, 12:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
son_of_flubber
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Default Not required, by worthwhile, training

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.
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Old January 20th 13, 11:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Doe
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Default Not required, by worthwhile, training

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.
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Old January 21st 13, 08:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bart[_4_]
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Default Not required, by worthwhile, training

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
 




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