flyingpilotman
Filing Flight Plan
Currently building my time! I have about 20 hours in gliders (1.8 Solo/PIC). Can I log those 20 hours toward my PPL? Can I log 1.8 PIC? Will airlines honor glider time?
Building hrs in a glider?
I'm probably going to start relatively soon because it's a much cheaper method of building hours towards the ATP rating.
As long as you are in an area where you can get lift. If you are in an area where you get mostly sled rides, the tow costs add up.
As long as you are in an area where you can get lift. If you are in an area where you get mostly sled rides, the tow costs add up.
i got about 40 hours of soaring this month.
Tucson gets some good lift. And the local gliderport is near relatively mountainous terrain. Looking at the online time log I see a lot of multi-hour flights.
I've met all of the ATP-ME time requirements except for total time and multiengine time.
If you look at every ace, astronaut, major record breaker, capt sulley, Gilmore glider, all of them have been glider pilots.
I think you meant Gimli.
I agree 110%. Thirty years ago when I was interviewing with one of the majors, the chief pilot zeroed in on my glider time. I actually attribute that glider time to getting hired. Times are no different nowadays, every applicant is pretty much a clone of every other one. They've all got at least a BS/MS degree, an ATP, and several times more than the posted minimum required times. Anything that can set you apart from the crowd certainly won't hurt you and might even help your cause. Not to mention that flying gliders will make you a better pilot.You're a smart man!
Building time in gliders is one of the most under utilized resources in the time building options for pilots.
If you look at every ace, astronaut, major record breaker, capt sulley, Gilmore glider, all of them have been glider pilots.
Any airline that would bust your butt for having a chunk of glider time isn't a airline I would want to fly for, or even fly on.
Of course you'll have to end up with XX of multi time, XX turbine etc, but having a good chunk of your initial hours outside from the standard IFR, multi, etc, being in a glider is a good thing IMO.
Yeah. It takes a lot of tows to build time at 0.2 per flight.
Building hrs in a glider?
ridge soaring for hours at a time… cheap too!
I went for my first glider flight yesterday. Two hours with the CFI.