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The Bronze C
Airmanship
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Airmanship
Is about common sense and thinking ahead
Therefore being a minute ahead of the action
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Airmanship….
Before flying, you may have to rig a glider and do a daily inspection.
If you are in control of the rigging exercise get someone else to do the DI.
This DI must include a ‘positive check’ on all control surfaces….
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Airmanship….
Don’t forget to check the instruments at the DI, make sure that the electric ones operate and don’t blow fuses, make sure static vents are not blocked
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Airmanship….
If you are visiting another club look at their notice board
If there are local rules then read them, get clarification if necessary, but OBEY them. The local instructors know how their site can bite
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Airmanship….
If you are not current ask for a check flight.
You will not be safe to fly if you are on medication (unless you know that it does not affect your flying).
You may not fly if you have taken alcohol within the previous
eight hours
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Airmanship….
If you are going cross country check the current NOTAMs and TNWs
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Airmanship….
When you get into the aircraft make sure you are comfortable, the controls are operable and you can see adequately straight ahead and around.
Can you see to land when the attitude changes?
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Airmanship….
There are two check mnemonics which you MUST be familiar with – CBSIFTCBE before you launch and HASSLL before doing aerobatics
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Airmanship…. The ‘Eventualities’ part of the pre-
launch check is important. You think about the whole situation at the airfield including obstructions, wind direction, launch failures, other aircraft, low sun etc. ‘Eventualities’ become even more important on a first flight on a new type when you don’t want a fresh cross wind, into sun aerotow, poor wing tip runners etc.
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Airmanship….
If the situation deteriorates whilst you are waiting for a launch then abandon the idea rather than take a risk.
A typical situation is misting of the canopy – you think it will clear once you get airborne, then you get a cable break at 30ft!
Another is condensation, drizzle or snow on the wings.
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Airmanship….
Only the pilot in command can start a launch by accepting a cable.
ANYONE can stop a launch if they see a problem even if it is only a bent weak link or a knot in the aerotow cable
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Airmanship….
If, on a winch launch, the cable parachute deploys, or the speed is too slow, the safe course of action is to release and treat it as a launch failure.
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Airmanship….
If the speed is too fast, lower the nose SLIGHTLY, yaw the glider and, if still too fast, release and treat as a launch failure
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Airmanship….
From the moment you get in the glider and until you have landed you must maintain a good look-out
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Airmanship….
In the air this is best done by short, regularly spaced, eye movements around the field of view.
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Airmanship….
If you get very high, such that you have no distinctive visual references, your eyes will focus at about one to two metres ahead, making life very difficult. If you see another aircraft in the distance coming straight towards you, remember that its size will appear to grow slowly at first….
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Airmanship….
but will enlarge rapidly just before it demolishes you
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Airmanship….
The procedure is – look out, look over the nose, turn
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Airmanship….
Stolen from Cyril. He is a star
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Airmanship – Ridge Soaring
If you are ridge or hill soaring, certain rules apply
All turns are made away from the ridge
To overtake other gliders you must pass on the hill side
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Airmanship – Ridge Soaring…..
On the beat when you have traffic on your left fly further out from the ridge to avoid head-on situations
Before turning downwind to land, turn out from the ridge, execute a 270 degree turn, look left, look right, then set off downwind
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Airmanship – Thermals
When thermalling there may be disadvantages in climbing all the way to cloud base. It is more difficult to see your next likely cloud or you may inadvertently enter cloud and become disoriented
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A few general points – flying gems!!!
Be careful where you leave your glider. A nice blend of moisture and sun is very bad for your plastic (GRP) glider
If you are making a climb in cloud and your ASI gradually ceases to function it is probably due to the formation of ice in the pitot head
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A few cross-country-type gems
When selecting fields, if you see a stream the field probably slopes towards it
As you approach a field, as you cross the boundary you will need 10x (approx) the space to land as the height of the obstruction (ie 50ft high tree – 500 extra feet of field required
When on final glide home, if you request a racing finish and get no reply from the radio you must fly a more conservative finish
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Rules and Regs ….