Glider Basics - First Flight To Solo

This easy to read manual helps train better, safer pilots by making the student pilot an integral part of the flight training program. A complete flight training syllabus is included to insure complete training and full compliance with FAA regulations. Students will sneak out the information required by FAA regulations so they can fill in the included flight training checklist.

Extremely well thought out with simple, easy to understand explanations. Students with no flying background, as well as the very young are especially appreciative of the easy to understand writing style.

Glider Basics is the first flight training manual to include new judgment training concepts.

by Thomas Knauff

About the author:
Doris Grove and Tom Knauff have set nine world soaring records and more than 60 national records. They have written the most popular glider flight training manuals, are frequent speakers at soaring events and contributors of articles in Soaring magazine. They founded the youth scholarship program, Petersburg Wave camp, and the Senior Soaring Championships.

Tom Knauff is an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, Flight Safety Counselor, and Trustee for the Soaring Safety Foundation. His FAA CFI Revalidation Clinic is recognized as one of the very best, and the FAA awarded him the honor of Flight Instructor of the Year for the Eastern Region. He has been nominated several times for the prestigious Brewer Award given by the NAA to the outstanding Aviation Educator. Tom was National Open Class Champion in 1989 and the recipient of the Robert Kronfeld Trophy for the longest glider flight ever flown in a world soaring championship.