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Membership / Ride Applications

• Ride Application

• Introductory 3 Flight Membership Application

• Regular Membership Application

• FLSC Tow Pilot Application

• Junior Member Application

• Guest Membership Application

• New Member Orientation

Training

• Training Expectations Document

• Wing Runner Course

• Glider Training Record - Check-off Log

• Glider Training Record - Progress Sheet

• IACRA - Integrated Airman Certification and Rating Application

• Questions for Flight Tests - by Jim Martin

• Glider and Training Scheduling

• Glider Training Handbook (FAA-H-8083-13) (268 pages)  pdf (47.6 MB)

• How a Glider Flies - by Jim Martin

• FAA Form 8710-1 Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application (pdf)

• PTS - PRIVATE FAA Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-22 (pdf)

• Glider CFI - Simulation-based Glider Flight Education  - using CONDOR Simulator

• FLSC - Pre Solo Test (right click and click on "Open in New Window")

• Winch Operations

• Winch Preflight

• Winch Operations - Lessons Learned

Operations

• New Member Orientation

• Operations Manual

• Operations Manager Daily Operations Log

• Operations Manager Daily Cash Receipt Log

Safety

• FLSC - Accident/Incident Reaction Checklist

• FLSC - Safety Incident Report Form (pdf)

• FLSC - Spring Checkride Standards (pdf)

• FLSC - Spring Checkride Form (pdf)

• FAA FAR Part 830 Accident /Incidents

• NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)

• NTBS Accident / Incident Reporting Form 6120.1 (pdf)

Cross Country Training

• FLSC Cross Country Syllabus  - Jim Martin

• Intro to X-Country Soaring - Kai Gertsen

• Off Airport Landing - Kai Gertsen

• Thermaling - Kai Gertsen

• Spinning - Kai Gertsen

• Dansville Cross Country Range Charts – questions, see Jim Martin)

  • 18 to 1 Circles
  • 24 to 1 Circles
  • 30 to 1 Circles
  • 36 to 1 Circles

Badges / Contest SSA - Soaring Society of America (www.SSA.org)

• FAI Sporting Rules (Badges, etc.) (642 KB pdf)

• Badges - 101 FAQ's (318 KB pdf)

• Badge database

• Region 3 Turnpoints

• KELM Harris Hill Letter of Agreement (LOA) (760 KB pdf)

• Contest Results

Soaring Apps    

• XCSoar - Open-source Glide Computer

• Top Hat Soaring - Glide Computer

POH - Pilot Operating Handbooks

• ASK-21
     POH
  Weight & Balance

• Grob G102 Astir CS (5.2 MB)

• Grob Vario - Borgelt B21 (232 KB) 

• Pawnee PA25-235 (3.1 MB)  

• Pegasus 101B
     POH
     Characteristics & Status (Doug Cline)
     Weight & Balance Spreadsheet (Doug Cline)
     Trailer Removal & Assembly (90 MB)

• Schweizer 1-26 (1.1 MB)

• Schweizer 2-33
     POH
     Flying Diffs/Tips - Jim Martin

Weather

• FSS - Lockheed Martin - FAA Sanctioned Weather Briefing and Flight Planning

• Van's Air Force Weather Links NOTE: May take several minutes to load.  

• Dr. Jacks BLIP Forecast Models (free login account is required)

• XCSkies   NOTE: Paid subscription required  

• Radar - Dansville Area

• Lightning Strikes (Real Time)    

• Soaring Weather (108 slides 10.8 Mb  PowerPoint ppt)   NOTE: May take several minutes to load.     

• How To Read A Skew T Chart - by Jim Martin  (500 kb pdf)  

FAA - AIM, Regulations, Advisory Circulars, WINGS

• IACRA - Integrated Airman Certification and Rating Application

  • FAA Form 8710-1 Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application (pdf)

• PTS - PRIVATE FAA Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-22 (pdf)

• PTS - COMMERCIAL FAA Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-23A (pdf)

• PTS - CFI-G FAA Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-8A (pdf)

• Glider Flying Handbook - FAA-H-8083-13A (links)

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge - FAA-H-8083-25A (links)
  (NOTE: FAA-H-8083-25A supersedes AC 61-23)
  FAA-H-8083-25C (2023)

• AFD - Airport Facilities Directory (links)

• AIM - Airmans Information Manual (links only)

• AIM - Airmans Information Manual (January 2020) pdf  726 pgs (9.0 MB) 

• 14 CFR Aeronautics and Space - Overview

  • 14 CFR Aeronautics and Space (links to all parts)

  • 14 CFR Part 21 Certification Procedures for Products and Parts

  • 14 CFR Part 43 Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance, Alteration

  • 14 CFR Part 61 Certification: Pilots

  • 14 CFR Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules

• Advisory Circulars

• AC 00-6A Aviation Weather (link to 6 pdf)

• AC 00-45G Aviation Weather Services

• AC 61-21 Flight Training Handbook (old - no longer in print)

• AC 61-65G Certification: Pilots and Flight and Ground Instructors
  NOTE: New in 2017 - Appendicies Added – New endorsements for Student Identification logbook entries now includes recommended CFI endorsement text

• AC 61-84B Role of Preflight Preparation (1985)

• AC 90-48C Pilot's Role in Collision Avoidance (1983)

• AC 90-66A Std Traffic Patterns (1993)

• FAASTeam - WINGS Program

• Links to FAA Aviation Handbooks & Manuals

• National Beacon Code Allocation Plan (NBCAP) JO 7110.66D
  1202 - Reserved for use by VFR gliders not in contact with ATC.

• Glider Data Plate Exemption  14 CFR 43.11 (h)

Towing / Tow Pilots

• FLSC Tow Pilot Application

• SSA Tow Pilot Course

• Tow Pilots Daily Tow Log

General

• FLSC Bylaws

Frank Reid - Bermuda High Soaring

The following are links to articles written by Frank Reid.
Frank contributed to Soaring Magazine for several years.
 

The "NEW" SSA Signal	Landing Short	Impending Stall
What's Your Left Hand Doing?	Dehydration	Canopy Closed and Locked
Recognize and React (R&R)	Fly the Plane	The "Black Spot" in the Spot Landing Concept
One Last Check	Fly Safely	Getting Lost, A Major Fear in Cross Country Flying
Positive Control Checks	Tow Pilots	The Incident At Jonesboro, Tn
Something In Reserve	Wind and Landing	Flight Instructors
Slips To A Landing	The Baseball Cap	Practice Rope Break
More On Tow Pilots	SSA Instructor Development Program	What Kind of Instructor Are You?
Beyond The Private Pilot Rating	The Tow Pilot's "Wave-Off" Signal	Skids
Coordinated Turns	Uncoordinated vs Cross-controlled Flight	Completing the Pilot Certification Loop

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