Albuquerque Soaring Club
The following is a list of subjects that would be covered on the way to the Private Pilot Glider rating. Some of the items are taught in ground school and some are covered in the flight portion of your training.
_1. FAR Part 1, 43, *61, *91, & NTSB 830
_a. *Eligibility Requirements
_b. *Medical Requirements
_c. *Personal Logbook
_d. FCC Station License
_e. Glider Pilot Certificates: privileges, and limitations
_f. Glider and tow pilot recency of experience requirements
_g. *Airworthiness and registration certificates
_h. *Maintenance requirements and records
_i. *General operating rules
_j. Flight rules
_k. Accident Reporting
_l. FAA Advisory Circulars
_2. *Glider Flight Manual
_a. *Operating Limitations, equipment list
_b. *Performance charts, tables, and data
_c. *Weight and balance
_d. *Ballast and it's effect on performance
_3. *Glider Assembly, disassembly
_4. Flight Preparation and Planning
_a. *National Airspace System
_b. *Controlled airspace
_c. *Special use airspace
_d. En route checkpoints
_e. Go ahead points
_f. Using lift sources and speed between lift sources
_g. Terrain considerations
_h. Selecting landing areas
_i. Personal equipment
_j. Aeronautical Information Manual
_k. Navigation, aeronautical charts
_l. Cross country emergency procedures
_5. Personal Equipment
_a. High altitude
_b. Varying Terrain
_c. Long Distances
_d. Climatic conditions
_e. Oxygen systems
_f. Parachutes
_6. Flight Instruments and Associated Systems
_a. Magnetic compass
_b. *Yaw string
_c. *Airspeed Indicator
_d. *Altimeter
_e. *Variometer
_f. Inclinometer
_g. Total energy compensator
_h. Gyroscopic instruments
_i. Electrical system
_j. Landing gear
_k. Avionics
_7. Soaring Weather
_a. *Recognition of critical weather situations and conditions suitable for soaring flight
_b. *Basic VFR weather minimums
_8. Pilot weather reports and forcasts
_a. Procurement and use of aeronautical weather reports
_b. Area and terminal
_c. Winds and temperatures aloft
_d. Severe weather watch bulletin
_e. Surface analysis chart
_f. Weather depiction chart
_g. Radar summary chart
_h. Composite moisture stability chart
_i. Significant weather prognosis
_j. Effect of density altitude and wind on performance
_k. Severe weather outlook chart
_l. SIGMET's and AIRMET's
_m. NOTAM's
_n. PIREP's
_o. Wind sheer reports
_p. Making go-no-go decisions based on weather
_9. Stability Charts
_a. Pressure and temperature lapse rates
_b. Atmospheric instability
_c. Thermal index
_d. Thermal production
_e. Cloud formation and identification
_f. Frontal weather
_g. Other lift sources
_10. Hazards Associated With Thunderstorms
_11. Preflight
_a. *Line inspections
_b. *Tiedown. Control lock and wheel chock removal
_c. *Ice and Frost removal
_d. *Written checklists
_e. *Flight controls
_f. *Proper assembly and disassembly
_g. *Personal equipment
_h. *Tow rope, weak links, towline inspection, releases.
_i. *Launch equipment inspection - tow hitches, releases
_j. *Structural damage
_k. *Noting discrepancies
_l. *Ground handling
_12. Launches, Aerotow and/or Ground tows. (this syllabus covers aerotow only)
_a. *Pre-takeoff checklists
_b. *Takeoff
_c. *Aerotow, including airspeeds
_d. *High and Low tows
_e. *SIgnals
_f. *Safety precautions
_g. *Release procedures
_h. *Slack towline procedures
_i. *Boxing the propwash
_13. Aerotow, Abnormal Procedures
_a. *Towplane power loss during takeoff
_b. *Towplane power failure at altitude
_c. *Glider release failure
_d. *Towline break during takeoff
_e. *Glider and towplane release failure
_f. *Porpoising
_14. Precision Manuvering
_a. *Straight glides
_b. *Turns, shallow, medium, steep
_c. *Spirals
_d. *Flight at various airspeeds
_e. *Imminent forward and turning stalls
_f. *Full stalls, forward stalls
_g. *Collision avoidance
_h. *Ground reference
_i. Spin entery, spins, spin recovery technique
_15. Critical Performance Speeds
_a. *Never exceed speed
_b. *Minimum sink speed
_c. *Maneuvering speed
_d. *Rough air redline
_e. *Speed to fly
_f. *Best glide speed
_16. Traffic Patterns
_a. *Co-existing traffic patterns
_b. *Rules
_c. *Pre-landing checklist
_d. *Collision avoidance
_e. *Wake
_f. *Windshear avoidance
_g. Radio communications procedures
_17. Normal Landings
_a. *Use of dive brakes, spoilers, and flaps
_b. *Accuracy approaches and landings
_c. *Faulty approaches
_d. *Side slips, forward slips, turning slips
_18. *Crosswind Takeoffs & _*Landings
_19. Downwind Landings
_20. Off Field Landings
_21. Emergency Procedures. Including
_a. Descents with high drag devices
_b. Equipment malfunctions
_c. Towline break procedures
_22. Exercising Judgment
_a. Aeronautical decision making and judgment
_23. Soaring Techniques
_a. *Thermal Soaring
_b. *Ridge and slope soaring
_c. Wave soaring
_d. Mountain soaring
_e. *Convergence soaring
_24. Recovery From Unusual Attitudes
_a. High speed spirals
_b. Excessive bank angles
_c. Excessive pitch angles
_d. Crossed control stalls
_e. High sink rates
_25. Medical Factors
_26. Pre-solo Written Test
_27. Flight Test
_a. Flight test requirements
_b. Written test requirements
_c. Use of distractions during flight test
ADDITIONAL FLIGHT
_Control functions
_Yaw string
_Use of trim
_Aileron drag
_Shallow, medium, and steep turns
_Spins
_Benign spiral mode
_Low "G"
_Unassisted takeoffs
_Landing pattern
_Left and right hand landing patterns
_Accuracy landings
_Wheel brake
_Rope breaks, land straight ahead
_Rope breaks above 200 feet
_No instrument flight
_Radio procedures
_Student training area
_Flap usage
*requirements for solo flight.