Fly Safe 2

Flying safely is important to us. Only if we fly safely can we experience our hobby in an enjoyable and stress-free manner. But what does safe flying mean? From our point of view, it means mastering our glider as well as a forward-looking and tactically clever flying style.

This begins with good preparation, which facilitates safe route selection during the flight. This requires an internalized plan and technical skills in case you nevertheless find yourself in a critical flight situation – for example, in the event of a collapse or stall. In extreme cases, a simple thought pattern must be in place to quickly decide whether to pull the rescue or not.

How do you learn all this? The requirements described for a safe flying style require a holistic approach. We’ll be working on the topic for a whole week. We discuss the theory and practice behavior with increasing escalation levels: 1. Prevention, 2. What to do if the unwanted still happens and 3. When nothing helps anymore.

We cover in detail: Safe flight route selection depending on the weather (leeward, windward, venturi, glide angle, turbulence, washover), off-site landings, cloud flying, material (harness adjustment) and flying techniques (active flying, control technology). We train various descent maneuvers, the reaction to collapses and emergency parachute deployment in the G-Force Trainer. At least one training session over the lake.

As usual, we make the program flexible, meaning we practice the individual content when it makes sense given the weather conditions. Every day we focus on a learning goal and deepen it with specific flight assignments. We use the diverse flying sites in Central Switzerland.