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pdf GPC 26 Assessment of competence for first solo Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 26 Assessment of competence for first solo Trainer Guide Rev 1

Assess whether the student is competent to safely carry out a successful first solo flight;

Supervise the safety, conduct and debriefing of the first solo flight; and

Promote continuance of further training towards the GPC

pdf GPC 27 Advanced Aerotowing Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 27 - Advanced Aerotowing Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 27 Advanced Aerotowing Trainer Guide Rev 1

Develop and demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to conduct Advanced Aerotow techniques:

Changing station on tow

Boxing the slipstream

Cruising and descending on tow

pdf GPC 28 Sideslipping Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 28 - Sideslipping Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 28 Sideslipping Trainer Guide Rev 1

Develop the student’s knowledge and ability to confidently utilise a sideslip to increase their descent rate.

pdf GPC 29 Steep Turns Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 29 - Steep Turns Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 29 Steep Turns Trainer Guide Rev 1

Develop the skills and knowledge to perform steep turns in a glider (60° of bank).

pdf GPC 30 Thermal Centring Techniques Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 30 - Thermal Centring Techniques Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 30 Thermal Centring Techniques Trainer Guide Rev 1

To develop the student’s skills and ingrained habits in centring thermals effectively, using Feel technique and Vario technique.

pdf GPC 31 Thermal Entry Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 31 - Thermal Entry Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 31 Thermal Entry Trainer Guide Rev 1

To develop the student’s knowledge and skills for safe thermal entry and the first thermaling turn.

 

pdf GPC 32 Soaring with Other Gliders Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 32 - Soaring with Other Gliders Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 32 Soaring with Other Gliders Trainer Guide Rev 1

To train how to safely and cooperatively fly with other gliders. This requires awareness, separation and predictability.

pdf GPC 33 Thermal Sources and Structure Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 33 - Thermal Sources and Structure Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 33 Thermal Sources and Structure Trainer Guide Rev 1

To develop the student’s knowledge and skills related to thermal sources, thermal structure, and thermal lifecycle.

pdf GPC 34 Outlanding Planning Demo and Execution Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 34 - Outlanding Planning Demo and Execution Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 34 Outlanding Planning Demo and Execution Trainer Guide Rev 1

To develop the skills and knowledge required to plan, prepare and perform a landing in an unknown field. This may include a landing at the conclusion of a cross country flight and in an emergency situation (launch failure, low in circuit, etc) close to the airfield.

pdf GPC 35 Flight preparation, glider, trailer and pilot Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 35 - Flight preparation, glider, trailer and pilot Trainer Guide Rev 1.pdf

GPC 35 Flight preparation, glider, trailer and pilot Trainer Guide Rev 1

To develop the student’s skills, knowledge and ingrained habits to minimise risks due to inadequate preparation for themselves, the glider and trailer. This is essential for the pilot to be able to concentrate on achieving their goals when flying cross country.

pdf GPC 01 Lookout Awareness Trainer Guide Rev 1 Popular

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GPC 1 - Lookout Awareness Trainer Guide Rev 1 (1).pdf

GPC 01 Lookout Awareness Trainer Guide Rev 1

The aim of this GPC unit is to: ● Develop the primacy of effective lookout; and ● Develop the application of the basic rules of the air for collision avoidance.

 Lookout PriorityThe priority of lookout to avoid collisions through see and avoid; ● the potential collision risks in flight; ● the use of radio for alerted see-and-avoid; ● Situational Awareness at all times in flight; ● the risks of excessive focus on instruments and devices.

Application of Lookout: ● The importance of checking airspace before commencing any maneuver; ● the limits of vision and how to look in difficult to see airspace (above, below, behind), when turning; ● the use the clock code to report other aircraft and identify prominent landmark