Dive into the world of cross-country soaring with this guide, designed to help pilots bridge the gap from local flights to expansive cross-country adventures. Discover the joy of soaring as you gain competence, confidence, and initiative in your flying endeavors. Learn essential skills and strategies to overcome fears and challenges, and get ready to explore the skies with a new level of freedom and commitment. This comprehensive training resource will motivate and inspire both instructors and pilots, paving the way for a rewarding cross-country soaring experience.
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Objective Identify pilot skills and experiences necessary to build the competence and confidence required for safe and rewarding cross-country soaring flight.
Goals • Bridge the Comfort Gap (Local -to- XC Soaring) • Assist Instructors • Assist Clubs & FBOs • Motivate • Build Confidence • Increase Initiative • Grow Sport Cross-Country (XC) Soaring • Get Pilots Addicted
Why Should We Soar XC? Survey Says You Already Want To • A Rare Kind of Freedom • A Rare Kind of Commitment • A Rare Kind of Reward
Why We Don’t Try XC Soaring • Fear of Club! (Not Risk Free) • PERSONAL GLIDER IS HUGE BENEFIT • Landing Out (Off-Field or Airport) • Getting Lost • Retrieve Preparations & Cost • Taking the First Step
FAAFundamentals of Instruction “Probably the greatest single barrier to effective communication in the teaching process is a lack of common (recent) experience.”
FAAFundamentals of Instruction • T-Ball • - Throw, Catch, Hit, Run • First Applied to a “Game” • Nobody is keeping score • Throw/Catch (Easy) … Game (Difficult) • Goal #1 - Bridge the Gap
FAAFundamentals of Instruction Is our lack of recent experience “learning” XC … … a barrier to us “teaching” XC? I believe this to be a significant factor influencing the success of sport XC training.
Fledgling XC Pilots • What are they comfortable & confident with? • Home Operations • Thermalling Skills • Endurance • Navigation (?) • Radio Communications (?)
Fledgling XC Pilots • What might they NOT be comfortable & confident with … & why? • Off-Field Landings? • Little or no experience • Unfamiliar Airports & Operations? • Little or no experience
Key Question? If it could be guaranteed that you would not “land out”, would you be more likely to soar cross-country?
Fledgling XC Pilots It’s probably safe to say that the fear of “landing-out” is the greatest obstacle to overcome.
Fledgling XC Pilots • What NOT comfortable with & why (cont.): • Off-Field Landings? • Little or no experience • Unfamiliar Airports & Operations? • Little or no experience • Navigation? • Little or no experience • Radio Communications? • Little or no experience
Preparation – XC Logistics • Network of Help / Support • Club Member Initiative • Trailer & Tow Vehicle Prep • Cell Phone & Phone Numbers • Good Road Maps / GPS Nav System
Preparation - Sailplane • Comfortable & Quiet as Possible • Sectional Chart (Carry and Use Always) • Mounted Handheld GPS? (~$100)
GPS for Distance Measuring • Set to display (9) Nearest Waypoints (Distance/Bearing) before takeoff • Should be mounted • Don’t touch it
Preparation - Sailplane • Comfortable & Quiet as Possible • Cell Phone / Phone Numbers • Sectional Chart (Carry and Use Always) • Mounted Handheld GPS (~$100) • Weak-Link • 100’- 200’ Poly Rope (Gnd Tow or Tie Down) • First Aid Kit
Preparation - Capabilities/Experience • SSA Bronze Badge / Soaring Skills • 2 Hour Duration, Accuracy Lndgs, XC Test • MANY Non-XC Pilots are capable of this • Do Your Homework! • SSA XC Handbook for Students • Dean Carswell
Landing Patterns • The Landing Pattern Rectangle • Fly by Angles (the “Cone”) • Ignore the Altimeter (Stop turning base at 600’) • Stop turning base at the farmhouse • Left - Right - Abbreviated Patterns • Fly The Plane … Then the Pattern
FAAFundamentals of Instruction 1st Lesson Should be a Pleasurable Experience “A flight to a nearby airport is a good, positive approach for a first flight lesson.” XC Soaring Law of Primacy
Landing at Other Airports • Elements of Landing at Other Airports • Spotting from the Air • Always fly with a chart and PRACTICE • Triangulate to estimate locations of distant airports
Landing at Other Airports • Elements of Landing at Other Airports • Spotting from the Air • Runway Types: • Practice Angles other than N/S or E/W • Hard Surface (Noises), Narrower • Use the Hard Surface Runway! (Not the ditch beside it) • Stop on center-line… pull glider off (beware lights!) • Use chalk center-line on grass for practice
Landing at Other Airports • Elements of Landing at Other Airports • Spotting from the Air • Runway Types • Communications • Get comfortable with the radio • Who * Where * What • Say GLIDER! • !!! Aviate - Navigate - Communicate !!!
Landing at Other Airports • Elements of Landing at Other Airports • Spotting from the Air • Runway Types • Communications • The Retrieve • Unassisted Takeoff • Good for tow pilots also • Simple but Important Experience
Landing at Other Airports “This experience, and the confidence it brings, may be the single most important factor in allowing a pilot to successfully develop cross-country soaring skills.” If you have experience … PLEASE TALK ABOUT IT!
Preparation - Capabilities/Experience • SSA Bronze Badge / Soaring Skills • Weather Awareness • Landing at Other Airports • Off-Field Landings • Read • Talk to those with Experience!
