To learn to fly in the UK is an ambition
that many people harbour and through the sport of gliding you can learn to fly
easily and effectively.
All training at NVGC is carried out by BGA qualified instructors,
in one of the club's tandem 2 seat training aircraft. Training
is provided free of charge and carried out to an approved
syllabus, with the pace of training tailored to the individual,
as some people learn to fly faster than others. At NVGC, we
use the winch method of launching and on average 65 launches
are required to attain solo standard. The number of launches
required will depend on the person's age (younger people tend
to pick up skills quicker), individual aptitude and finally,
time commitment.
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As the minimum age to fly solo in a
glider within the UK is 16 years old, we normally recommend
that young people wait until they are over 14 before
learning to fly gliders, otherwise before this age they
will quickly advance to solo standard and then have
the long frustrating wait till they are 16. Providing
a person can meet the medical standard to drive a car
and have the aptitude of hand, feet and eye co-ordination
(similar to that encountered when driving a car), than
they should be capable of completion of flying training
to solo standard.
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Pilots
who can attend weekly will progress quickly because they achieve continuity of
training. Those pilots who can only make a sporadic attendance, although they
will hopefully achieve solo standard eventually, will require additional launches
to recap on things covered from their past attendance.
So if you wish
to learn to fly consider the time you have available. With learning to fly a powered
aircraft, you book a specific one hour slot with your instructor, turn up, fly,
pay your £120 and then go home.
Gliding is totally different!!
Gliding is a sociable team effort which although has the advantage of keeping
costs down, does require an amount of time commitment from the members.
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