Glider Orientation Flights

Glider Orientation flights will provide cadets with a special opportunity to participate in one of the great flying activities, soaring on the wind, just as birds do. This is a special experience. The cadet orientation flight program shares with cadets the thrill of flying. Every CAP cadet under age 18 is eligible for five flights.

Flying a sailplane is probably the closest thing any human will come to feeling like a bird. Powered only by gravity and air currents, these gliders move silently through the sky, often for hours at a time. Because they have no engines, gliders or sailplanes can be thought of as pure flying vehicles, staying aloft by balancing the forces of gravity, lift, drag, and if they are motor gliders, thrust as well.

Prerequisites: Preparation is required. Please review the items below, including the required reading and equipment list. Please email Major Williams if you have any questions or concerns.

1. You must be Safety Current, have completed the Aircraft Ground Handling Course, and have completed the Wingrunner course.  See either one of us if you are not sure of your status with any of these. Save your certificates if you take a course.  Review the Blanik L-23 Cockpit Familiarization and other information.
2. Read the Glider Flight Syllabus.

Required forms:

1. CAP ID
2. Special Activity Application - CAP Form 31
3. Permission slip - CAP Form 6080
4. CAPF 161, along with copies of front and back of insurance card

Packing List:

- Lunch and or snacks
- Extra cash for meal stops out and back
- Water
- Gum – to clear ears
- Sunglasses and sunscreen
- Bug spray
- Camera, if desired
- Orange/Yellow/Lime safety vest
- Homework/something to read for when not flying or working ground ops
- A folding chair