About the Course

Prerequisites: none
Approximate time to complete: 45 minutes

The proper personal equipment can contribute to your comfort, safety, and enjoyment while flying. In this chapter, you will learn about the proper clothing to wear while soaring, the need for sufficient food and water during a flight, the inspection and use of a parachute, and what to carry in a survival kit.

This course consists of four sections:

  • Section 1: Attire
  • Section 2: Food and Water
  • Section 3: Parachutes
  • Section 4: Survival Kit

    • 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!

    About the Course

    Course Curriculum

    • 1
      Course Overview
    • 2
      Attire
      • Section Overview
      • Attire
      • Quiz 1
    • 3
      Food and Water
      • Section Overview
      • Food and Water
      • Quiz 2
    • 4
      Parachutes
      • Section Overview
      • Parachutes
      • Quiz 3
    • 5
      Survival Kit
      • Section Overview
      • Survival Kit
      • Quiz 4
    • 6
      Final Exam
      • Final Exam

      About the Instructor

    • Russell Holtz

      Russell Holtz

      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.

    Reviews

    • Great Course

      Armida Hollingsworth

      I took a webinar on cross country soaring and this course made what I learned in the webinar make sense.

      I took a webinar on cross country soaring and this course made what I learned in the webinar make sense.

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