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It was what I did and I don't think it is that uncommon at the right soaring operation for a Power pilot transitioning to glider. Tailwheel time probably does help. I soloed the Glider after 4 flights totaling 1 hour of flight time on 9/21/1990 in a Blanik L-13. To be fair I did have 2 prior...

I don't recall where, but I have seen criteria for an aircraft to be classified as a glider. I believe it had to do mostly with wing loading but Aspect ratio may have also been part of the equation. Brian

Russ I actually like the list you posted, Just adding some of the other side of the coin to it Power vs Glider. Power plane>>>> Glider Takeoff distance/performance >>>> Cable Rope lengths required, TO distance/performance required (there are no performance charts for Towplane/Glider...

Do be careful that all AD's are properly documented. We had to do a teardown just to find out that a crankshaft AD had been complied with, it just hadn't been documented properly in the logbooks. An expensive missing entry in the logbook. Ours only gets flown about 30-50hrs per year between...

A bit over a year ago I did my 312 mile (500km) triangle and wasn't quite ready to land and was bumping up against 18,000 feet with cloud base still above me. I recently put ADS-B in my glider in part for this situation, so I called ATC for an IFR clearance to go higher. I had never done an IFR...

This is where requirements to fly a glider are worlds apart from proficiently flying a sailplane. Flying a glider is towing (launching) up and gliding back to the airport, which is essentially all the FAA requires for a glider rating. I would agree it is much easier to get a glider rating than...

I find the main advantage of the laser jet, (I work with big inkjets daily), is they are perfect for people that only print occasionally as when you don't print for a month or 3 months and send a job to it, it is going to print where as the Ink jet will either be out ink from servicing printhead...

Your friend and I would get a long great. I also like practicing flying the pattern with only one finger on the yoke, when needed. This teachs how to use the trim, how the power and flaps affect the trim. Of course it does require a bit of pull for initial rotation and round out and flare, at...

I also prefer the 9-10" models. I do use mine for everything, especially documentation when doing ground instruction, like ACS's, POH's, TCDS, FAA and other Manuals, as well as Videos and some Ground Courses, and a fair amount of web surfing. I think I would like to try using a pencil with my...

Have your instructor give you a lesson in Minimum Equipment. You are going to need to know it for you checkride anyway. This should cover... What equipment may be inoperative? What procedures must be followed for inoperative equipment. Note there is a difference between inoperative and just...

I guess I should have emphasized the “might” more. True that would not be a typical 1st IFR flight. But then I rarely have access to a Sim for IFR training so we are usually starting at Hour #1 not Hour #7 or more and I sort of assumed the OP didn’t post about things that happened that he...

Also agree that pilots do way to many taxi calls. I am always tempted to responded with something like Taxiway Alpha Traffic In Sight. But then I would be cluttering the the frequency just like they are they are. the bigger problem is when multiple airports are on the same frequency as they...

Look like about this… A 13/01/2024 14:15-> METAR KMAN 131415Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM OVC039 M11/M16 A3011 RMK A01=

Weather 10+miles visibility, 4000ft AGL ceiling, outside temp at 2000ft AGL 15F. Was early morning flight, just before sunrise. At 1st I thought it was just snowing south of us due to the reduced visibility ahead, but when we turned it turned with us and I thought it was the windshield...

There are many people way more qualified to answer these questions than I , but here is my amateur take on it. One of dirty secrets of injury insurance and part of the reason health insurance is so expensive is when someone injured, their health insurance will take the major hit for medical...

:yeahthat: as I am often they guy in the J-3, Taylorcraft, Champ, or Glider. The bigger issue I see when instructing is ADS-B Scale is hard to get your head around and I watch pilots doing evasive maneuver's for an ADS-B target that is still 10 miles away. Because on the screen it looks like an...

This is a really good exercise to try, i.e. navigate only using the map. Turns out it harder to do on an electronic device than a paper map, although an electronic pencil where you can mark the map easily, might help. Brian CFIIG/ASEL

You didn't specify what kind of PPL. But you said looking for idea's. For a glider PPL which isn't a terrible way to start.. Last time I checked https://azsoaring.com/training/ has an onsite bunkhouse, and on onsite DPE if it hasn't changed. Don't know what food accommodations are available...

You will have a hard time beating this one.

Nice Job, I have seen a Cardinal that overran the runway and went through the airport fence with a similar issue. My thought was the same, why not shut the engine down and land. I do agree with, I prefer to pull the mixture to shut the engine down, easy to push it back in if you decide you...