GliderFlying

I first flew gliders while instructing at the Air Force Academy, which is the largest glider operation in the world.  In addition to the material here, you can read the Wikilint Aviation page or the Increa Aviation page..

Resources

• Weight & Balance spreadhsheet for the Schweizer 2-33.  Generates printable operating envelope graphs.
  
• Soarsing Safety Fondation standard soaring signals - ground and air
  
• FAA Glider Flying Handbook, FAA-H-8083-13A
  
• Easy to digest, and authoritative opinions from a long time CFIG and FAA Examiner: John Burch
• Soaring in Central Michigan - I consider Sandhill Soaring my home glider club:
  • Sandhill Soaring Club Homepage
  • Sandhill Soaring home field K69G Richmod Field weather
  • Sandhill Soaring Yahoo Discussion Group
  
  
  • Caesar Creek Soaring Club Homepage
  • Caesar Creek Soaring home field 2OH9 weather
  
  
  • Red Steward field 40I
  
  
• Perhaps, some day glider flying will be available at the SugarSpringsAirstrip.
• Soundings are generated based on a Model, so you can type in any identifier, including L94 (Mountain Valley). Using the Java-based plot, you can scroll your mouse over your forecasted high temp for the day and see the top of the lift.
• Soundings based on the few remaining balloon launch sites.
• Simple Soaring forecast based on the sounding.

Additional Reading

• "Air Force TG-7 Decommissioning: Motorglider 4-ship Formation," Joe Volmar & Brian Mork, Soaring Magazine, December 2004.
• "445th FLTS tests new USAF Academy glider," YouTube video, July 2011.
• "Team Edwards' Test Operations helps Air Force Academy glide into future," Air Force Print News Today, 7/27/2011.
• "New aircraft soar into Academy," USAFA Web Page, 7/15/2011.

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Created by brian. Last Modification: Thursday 22 of December, 2011 18:15:15 CST by brian.