About the Course
Prerequisites: All Student Pilot Courses
Estimated time to complete: 4.5 Hours
A cross-country flight in a glider is when the glider has flown beyond gliding distance back to the airport of departure. Gliders can cover many hundreds of miles in a single flight using just the movements of the atmosphere, and the pilot's skill. For many pilots, cross country soaring, provides some of the greatest challenges and rewards in aviation.
In this course, you will learn about the knowledge, skills, and planning required to safely and enjoyably enter the realm of cross-country soaring.
Course Curriculum
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1
Course Overview
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2
Glide Slope Management
- Section Overview
- Video
- Links
- Quiz 1
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3
Speed-to-Fly Theory
- Section Overview
- Video
- Using the Speed-to-Fly/Speed-Made-Good/Glide Slope Ruler Spreadsheet
- Links
- Quiz 2
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4
Practicing Cross-Country Skills
- Section Overview
- Video
- Quiz 3
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5
Choosing and Flying a Route
- Section Overview
- Video
- Links
- Quiz 4
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6
Off-Field Landing
- Section Overview
- Video
- Quiz 5
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7
Retrieve
- Section Overview
- Video
- Quiz 6
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8
Badge Flying
- Section Overview
- Video
- Quiz 7
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9
Final Exam
- Final Exam
About the Instructor
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Russell Holtz
[email protected]Russell is the author of two well-respected and widely-used soaring flight training books in the United States - the Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and the Flight Training Manual for Glider Pilots.
Russell grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.
He obtained his Private Pilot Certificate in gliders in 1995, in airplanes in 1996, his Commercial Certificate in Gliders in 1998, and his Certified Flight Instructor rating in gliders in 1999. He completed the FAI Silver Badge requirements in 1997, and the Gold and Diamond requirements in 1998. Russell has given over 2,800 hours of primary, cross-country, contest, and aerobatic flight instruction, and has over 4,000 hours total time in gliders.
Russell's passion for understanding and communicating soaring knowledge is evident in his teaching.
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