A comprehensive and completely up-to-date flying training manual for glider pilots. All aspects of training are covered, leading the beginner throught the flying training exercises and giving enough technical information for the various principles of flight examinations right through to basic soaring. Covers basic flying train...

The Soaring Pilot's Manual advances the reader from elementary flying to confident soaring by clearly and precisely explaining the basic soaring mechanisms and techniques. Explanatory diagrams illustrate the text throughout, making a complicated subject simple to understand. Having covered the first steps, the book progresses t...