Tomorrow I will be going out to the "gliderport" to assist with glider assembly. The cool thing is the gliderport is only 15 minutes away. So getting there is not a big deal. Here is a google maps satellite pic of the gliderport:


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You can see the gliders parked mostly along the southern edge. and if you look at the right edge you can see a flying...

I have received book number two.



This is the FAA handbook. This one is much more textbook like than Glider Basics. But it is a bit better quality with many color diagrams and better organization. There is a lot of information packed into its pages. I'm torn as to whether to spend more time reading this one or stick with the other book.

Since the other book follows...

I've read through the first flight lesson in Glider Basics. It begins going over the basic parts of the glider. Wings, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, ailerons, elevators, rudder, wheels, even the pitot and total energy tubes for instrumentation.

Then it gets into what to expect on the first flight. It says the instructor will do most of the flying but I should get to do a few turns with and without the rudder.

I find the bit about the rudder interesting,...

My first textbook has arrived. I'm glad it is the one that got here first, because it should prove the most interesting. The other is merely an FAA handbook.

Glider Basics: From First Flight to Solo by Thomas Knauff.


I haven't read any of the book yet. But I have flipped through a few times and it looks very cool. Line drawn illustrations fill its pages accompanied by detailed...

No it's Crumb!

Watch the skies ers! Crumb has decided to forgo investment in RC airplanes and jump right into the real thing. Well, the real thing without an engine.

That's right, soon I will be taking lessons on flying sailplanes. The recommended instruction books are already on their way to my door and there will be a safety session held in the first week of April that I will be attending. I will meet up with perspective instructors...