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Summer Training Courses are
offered to members and visitors alike and run from June - September each year.
For a 2008 course timetable, prices or booking information please
click
here!
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Each course runs for five days and we only accept
six students. There are normally two instructors and three qualified
helpers assigned to each course and this ensures that each student receives
personal attention. Students will receive theirs flights in groups of 3-4
launches at a time which helps with the continuity of training. When not
flying, students are expected to help with all of the other activities required
to help launch other members on the course. Students with receive tuition
in launch point operations, retrieving launch cables and theory briefings.
If the weather makes flying impossible then instructors will run lectures on all
aspects of gliding. Our instructors will aim to assess your abilities and
previous experience (if any!) and create a course week tailored to suit each
individual.
Each day starts at 8.30am when all of the gliders and equipment are taken out of
the hangars and workshops and prepared for the days flying. The end of the
flying day is variable but as a guide will normally be about 5.00pm. A
break is normally taken at about 1.00pm for lunch when hot and cold food and
drinks are available in the club house.
 
On the Thursday evening of each
course week, the members get together for a course meal, and it is generally
accepted that speeches are made and awards are presented for outstanding
achievements....be they good, bad or ridiculous!
Our aim is to provide you with
a week of training not just to become a glider pilot, but in all aspects of what
being a member of a gliding club entails, one thing is for sure, we will make
sure you have an enjoyable and rewarding week!
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