PARA PRO 2 :::
Altitude Gliding, Practical Skills, Experience & Airmanship Requirements
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| Planning: Insights, evaluations & decisions, making a flight plan. |
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| Pro-Flight routines: Repetition of Stage 1, spreading, adjustment, pre-flight checks. |
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| Takeoffs: Start position, final check, smooth acceleration, lift off at correct speed, good speed & directional control. | |
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| Speed Contol Manoeuvres: Best glide angle & minimum sink speed. | |
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| Turns: 90 - 180 degree, gentle to medium bank, left and right, co-ordinated. | |
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| Slow Flight: Recognition & recovery (at safe altitudes) | |
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| Ground Reference Manoeuvres: Figure 8-turns & rectangular patterns, correcting for wind-drift. | |
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| Traffic Rules: Manoeuvring according to other traffic. | |
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| Landing Patterns: Following planned procedure. Approach with downwind, base & final legs. Figure 8-turns. Control of gradient. | |
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| Turning & Landing: Only by the use of the rear risers (simulation of break line failure) | |
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| Precision Approaches & Landings: Safe & standing inside an area pre-set by the instructor. Slow flight & mushing is not allowed. | |
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| Written Exam: Minimum of 75% | |
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| Experience (to be verified from
log) * A minimum of 6 flying days * A min of 30 successful flights of which at least 10 are altitude gliding flights |
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| Airmanship Requirements: The instuctor should be convinced that the student is able to take care of his own & others safety, while flying low or altitude gliding within the instructional and safety recommendations given. |
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