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On Friday, November 16, 2018 at 7:42:42 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
When I was associated with the Black Forest Soaring Society, near the USAFA, we had several cadets join BFSS and complete their pilot certificates in gliders. On 11/15/2018 11:03 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote: On Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 8:26:04 PM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote: On Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 6:17:13 PM UTC-8, wrote: Not sure about their logic of using an aircraft apparently less conducive to the intended task. Congratulations on finding a way to help overcome that incongruity. If your KPI is to get students to one solo tow and sled ride to a safe landing on a dead calm day and then never set foot in a glider again then, yeah, the 2-33 is probably superior. Otherwise I'd take the DG1000 every time. The only shortcoming with the USAFA glider program is that the Cadets,until commissioned, are not active military members, thus not eligible for any ratings issued under 8900.1 http://fsims.faa.gov/PICDetail.aspx?...ol.5,Ch2,Sec15 Frank Whiteley -- Dan, 5J A few may still do that at Black Forest and an occasional cadet drifts to Boulder. I might have clarified a bit more. The glider instructor pilots accumulate a lot of experience that isn't transferable. I've attended several G-Wings ceremonies (now an annual formal affair). 35-37 new instructor pilots were pinned each semester. Not sure about the team pilots that fly at SSA Regionals or IAC Aerobatics competitions, whether they are flying with FAA ratings. Would be useful were they able to add this to their USAF Flight Records. AFAIK, cadets still can't have a car until third year and they are very busy people and the instructor pilots are pretty busy during the summer months. Even the local FSDO and CAP tried to get some action on this, but the hiccup is the cadet status. Frank Whiteley |
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