Gliding Scholarship
Gliding Scholarship
(GS) courses are an opportunity for cadets to undergo further training
after the GIC. The course consists of up to 40 launches in a Viking to
achieve GS wings. Cadets showing the necessary aptitude are invited to
progress to solo standard and hopefully achieve the GS Solo Wings. The
course will teach you how to use the controls of the aircraft, as well
as how to plan circuits in different conditions. Emergency procedures
are also taught.
Courses are available
in two formats; either over successive weekends until you have completed
the course or a continuous week-long course. You must have the commitment
to attend a GS course, as it can be difficult to predict the exact time
it will take to complete. Weather conditions, as well as individual progress,
affect the length of time take to complete the course, although typically
in summer a course will take 3 weekends to complete. Successful completion
of the course will entitle you to wear the Blue GS wings. Cadets who show
the required aptitude, have the opportunity to progress further and possibly
reach the solo standard. They are then entitled to wear the Silver GS
wings.
For students who are
recommended for further training by their instructor, there is the opportunity
to become a Flight Staff Cadet and undertake the Advanced Glider Training
(AGT).
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