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Learning to Fly Gliders
Your first step into the thrilling world of
soaring is to take a discovery flight in a glider. You will enter
a new world that you have only previously visited in dreams. It
is such an incredible experience that you will want to become
a permanent part of this new world. This desire, along with your
commitment, will lead you on the path to becoming a glider pilot!
Lessons can be scheduled at your convenience. The closer together
the lessons are, the easier it is to build on the knowledge gained
from the previous lessons, and the faster you will learn. Most
people try to fly at least once a week, and most prefer to take
more than one flight during each lesson.
You may begin your training at the age of 12, but must be at least
14 years or older to solo. Most students with no prior flight
experience, master the skills to make their first solo in 30 to
35 flights. An experienced private power pilot can generally solo
a glider in 10 flights.
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The
air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing
and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? -- it is the
same the angels breathe.
— Mark Twain, ‘Roughing It,’
Chapter XXII, 1886.
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