Training

Required courses/video to fly gliders with Squadron 41 (Orientation Rides, Training Flights, Currency/Proficiency Flights):

• SSF CAP Wing Runners Course (CAP eServices)

• Aircraft Ground Handling Course (CAP eServices)

• SSF U.S. Soaring Signals (SSF)

Tow Pilot course through the Soaring Safety Foundation (SSF):

• SSF CAP Tow Pilot Course

Glider Orientation Flight Syllabus:

• Ground Handling, Preflight, Takeoff & Landing

• Normal Glider Flight Maneuvers

• Advanced Glider Flight Maneuvers

• Use of Instruments in Soaring Flight

• Weather

Glider Training Syllabus

Glider Ground School Syllabus:

• Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs)

• Accident reporting requirements 

• Use AIM and FAA ACs 

• Use of aeronautical charts for VFR navigation using pilotage, dead reckoning, and navigation systems; 

• Radio communication procedures; 

• Weather recognition, windshear avoidance, and aeronautical weather reports and forecasts; 

• Safe and efficient operation of aircraft, including collision avoidance, and recognition and avoidance of wake turbulence; 

• Density altitude 

• Weight and balance 

• Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems

• Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery techniques 

• Aeronautical decision making 

• Preflight action — runway lengths, takeoff and landing distances, weather reports and forecasts, and altitude requirements 

• Preflight action — Alternatives if the planned flight cannot be completed