This page is intended, primarily, to be a reference for GBSC instructors
Glider training is exempt from TSA regulation 49 CFR Part 1552
Glider students do NOT require a security background check.
Important: instructor certificates no longer have expiration dates but, to remain eligible to instruct, you still need to adhere to FAR 61.197.
- Altimeter setting - FAA legal interpretation
- American Standard Soaring Signals
- BGA Instructors Manual
- Derek Piggott on Landing
- Do The Right Thing - a © "Private Pilot" magazine column by Leroy Cook
- FAA Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) - Official Guide to Basic Flight Information and ATC Procedures
- FAA AIRMAN KNOWLEDGE TESTING MATRIX
- FAA form 8710-1 - airman certificate and/or rating application
- FAA Glider Flying Handbook
- FAA Instructors Handbook
- FAA recommended logbook endorsement formats
- FAR part 61 - pilot certification
- FAR part 91 - general operating and flight rules
- Franconia Soaring pre-solo test
- GBSC pre-solo test
- High Temperature Operations - Bill Tisdale
- Positive Control Checks - a presentation by © Jim Vincent
- Sample Flight Review Questions
- Sport Pilot Information
- Spring Checkout Checklist
- SSA Cross Country Instructor Program
- SSF Instructor page
- TLAR - landing process summary written by © Jim Vincent
- Transition Pilot Sign Offs - There are THREE sign offs required.
- TSA regulation 49 CFR Part 1552 -see section .3 Flight Training.
- Wings Glider Courses - a subset of available glider courses
- Wings Glider Flight Reviews - Sample Knowledge and Flight Topics