Dartmoor Gliding News- Instructor Training

Module "C" at the Long Mynd.

The Saturday training started with the club's 9.30 am briefing for all pilots and then our training brief started with Simon Adlard assisted by Steve Males.

It all started with a good cup of tea for Peter and Rick,
The twin Astir and motor Falke are also at the ready for the training course.

After two hours of lectures it was into the air in the Astir and the motor Falke . The training involved how to ' pre flight ' briefing in the clubhouse and then demonstrate slow flight exercise and turning exercise including the patter.

The clubhouse in the distance , the ridge to the west that was being used by gliders ,
hang gliders and paragliders 

Coaching a ' type ' conversion was the next exercise using the twin Astir and then Saturdays training finished with taking the Bronze C exam in the evening.

The Twin Astir

Sunday morning started with the good news that we had all passed the Bronze exam. However ,a debrief on the Saturday exercises brought our attention to some areas that had room for improvement in and we went to work on those areas with more flying in the Motor Falke.

The colourful Motor Faulke

We would like to extend our thanks to both Simon and Steve for ensuring we completed the course successfully and to the Midland gliding club for their very warm welcome and hospitality this was greatly appreciated.

Five happy faces indicate the 'C' module was then signed off for us all
by Simon Adlard and Steve Males as , ' successfully completed '.

Mike Jardine