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Cross-Country Clinic Pre-requisites The minimum experience level required to attend a CAS cross-country clinic is a Silver badge. You are also expected to bring a glider and be checked out by your club to fly cross-country The fee for the clinic is $100, and you must also be a member of CAS. Membership is available at the clinic for $25. |
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How the clinics operate The aim of the clinic is to help pilots fly faster and farther. Silver badge pilots can gain the knowledge necessary to successfuly complete the Gold and Diamond 300 km badge legs. Pilots who have already completed their 300 km flights can also attend the clinic to prepare for the 500 km badge leg or contest flying. In flight instruction is tailored to each individual pilot's requirements. In general, the clinic runs for 5 days from Monday to Friday. The mornings are used to brief the various topics as listed below. The afternoons are used for flying. Students are teamed up with experienced cross-country pilots who shepherd them on a cross-country flight. Since both pilots are flying their own ship, the student gets a birds-eye view of how some of Canada's best pilots do it! |
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Ground School Subjects 1. A purpose for every flight 2. Flight Preparation 3. Effective inter-thermal flying 4. Speed to fly Theory 5. Glider Polar curve analysis 6. Final Glides 7. Equipment 8. Turnpoint photography 9. George Moffat's commandments for low loss flying 10. Tom Knauff's articles on stall/spin accidents 11. Off-field landings 12. Thermalling techniques |
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