About the Course
Prerequisites: None
Approximate Time to Complete: I hour 30 minutes
In this course, you will learn about the parts, controls, and various glider configurations that you may encounter. You will also learn about the limitations of the glider, and about the documents that are required by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) to be in the glider.
Purchase of this course entitles you to one year of access to the course material.
Please Note: This course is designed for use by a single individual. It is against the Terms of Use to share this course, in part or whole, with other users, or to teach others using the content from this course. The time and effort that goes into the development of these courses is immense. To ensure that we will be able to offer more courses, we need to collect a fee from every student who takes a course. Thank you for supporting our effort!
Course Curriculum
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1
Course Overview
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2
The Glider
- Section Overview
- Video
- Quiz 1
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3
Flight Manual
- Section Overview
- Video
- Quiz 2
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4
Documentation
- Section Overview
- Video
- Quiz 3
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5
Final Test
- 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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Reviews
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Great Course
Armida Hollingsworth
This course was review for me, but any review is good for me.
This course was review for me, but any review is good for me.
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Weight Balance explained clearly
Ken Desforges
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Overall very good introduction
Brian Campbell
Simple and easy to follow introduction course
Simple and easy to follow introduction course
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Great!
Megan Dobos
I enjoyed studying all the concepts presented in this course.
I enjoyed studying all the concepts presented in this course.
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