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Conducted by a team of APPI Qualified Thermalling / XC Instructors
You must be CLUB PILOT
RATED before attending this course.
This Course is designed for any pilot desirous of learning the art of Thermalling
or wishes to improve his thermalling skills and fly cross country. The thrill of
finding invisible thermals and then climbing in them will make you feel particularly
fortunate. Playing with these powerful forces of nature will give you a new freedom
to fly long distances. This will open new possibilities to get higher than ever
before, taking your addiction to flying to the next level.
You will learn all about Thermal Flying – understanding the science of Thermals,
Thermal Indicators and triggers. Thermal Formations & Development, Thermal safety
and Practical Considerations, Thermal Rules and Etiquettes , Canopy control in thermals,
thermalling and coring techniques, Clouds and associated dangers, Reserve deployments
and emergency landings.
The Instructors will fly alongside you marking the thermals for you and guiding
you inside the thermals by guiding you, using their radios while flying with you.
You will be provided with a Training Manual for the course and there would be extensive
briefs and debriefs to maximise your learning along with film screenings on the
subject
Once you have mastered thermal flying the transition to cross country flying is
relatively easy. Depending your level and progress we will then be doing a guided
XC flying tour.
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