O'Flight Instructions --
Glider Orientation Flights at:
Revised 01-04-2009
Boulder Municipal Airport
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Meet your Orientation Pilot:
For all other locations, please directly contact the COWG Glider Manager.
IMPORTANT ITEMS----
First and foremost --- Call - via phone - your Pilot
a minimum of 2 hours BEFORE your flight meeting time, to confirm flights.
Changes due to weather, etc can cancel that day's flying.
Maximum front seat weigh is 230#s. The Pilot in
charge, at his discretion, has the right to weigh a passenger before flight if
he feels his/her fully clothed weight is near the maximum. This is for
Safety reasons and maximum glider limitations.
For Boulder Municipal Airport:
--- Mile High Gliding
For directions:
--- Soaring Society of Boulder
For directions:
All Cadets MUST have ALL the following to fly:
--- Please use this as a check list:
*** Remember, it is the Cadet's/Senior's responsibility to provide and do the following:
- 1- [ ] Bring proof of current membership (CAP ID card, current Squadron MML or report from CAPWATCH).
Proof that a Cadet or Senior has just renewed their CAP membership is NOT
enough. They MUST be in the system with one of the latter requirements.
- 2- [ ] A Cadet's CAP membership must NOT expire within 60 days of the flight date.
- 3- [ ] Wear a uniform with sneakers, NO boots or large shoes!! (see list of acceptable uniform combinations).
- 4- [ ] Cadets must bring a copy of the CAPP 52-7 Cadet Orientation Flight Syllabus.
The Cadet must know which flight they are taking (i.e.: first, second, third, forth or fifth).
All Cadets should also fill out the Glider COWG Glider Signoff Sheet
on page 22 of the Syllabus with information about flights already completed.
If this is a Cadet’s first flight, then just fill in the name and CAPID number.
- 5- [ ] Bring a smile on your face to enhance a great time.
- 6- [ ] All the above must be done and be complete for the Cadet/Senior to
fly. There will be no exceptions.
- 7- [ ] Take the Wing Runner Course if this
is the Cadet's first Glider flight. Take and pass the final exam. Not
mandatory.
Optional:
Glider log book: If the Cadet/Senior would like to log his/her flights, a Glider log book may be purchased at Mile High Gliding, Kelly Airpark
or from the Soaring Society of America. Contact us directly if you can't get to either location
to purchase a log book.
Open Flying:
O'Flights will regularly be announced via
Wing announcements email list. If you'd like to be kept up to date on
Glider Flights, please subscribe to this list. Anyone may participate in
open flying. Please follow the same Sign-up instructions, directly
contacting us. Your parent can bring you.
All Squadrons must:
The Squadron must assign a Senior Member(s) to bring/accompany the Cadets to the
Gliderport and to provide supervision on the ground, as required by CAP regulations. The Senior Member(s) MUST provide supervision for the ENTIRE
time there.
Senior Info:
The Senior member may take a flight after all the Cadets have flown, if time
allows, and must pay for his or her own Aerotows. Please consult your
Orientation Pilot. Depending on flight location, this flight possibility
can change and should be pre-arranged with the O'Pilot before coming to the airport. Tow rates
(depending on where and who we use) can be found
here for
Mile High Gliding, Husky Aerotows
or ask us depending on who's towing. All tow fees must be paid in full,
before leaving the airport. (Wing will be billed directly for all aerotows
for the Cadet Orientation flights.) Senior Members must conform to items 1, 3
and 5 of the needs above, in order to fly in the glider.
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What else you need to know....
Bring:
- Water for de-hydration protection. Soda is NOT good.
- Sunscreen.
Lipscreen. SPF45 minimum, even in the Winter.
- A hat for sun protection.
Remember, no hats with buttons/beanies on top!
- Warm clothes with hat and gloves in
Winter.
- Snacks and/or lunch (generally none available at the glider port).
- Dress as if it could be 10 degrees colder than on the ground.
Remember:
- The bathroom facilities at the Gliderport could be primitive. At
Boulder it's a porta-potty.
- The glider port can be a dangerous place to wander around, so at all times listen to the instructions of your Orientation Pilot!!!
- The most important rule: Be safe and have fun!!
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Uniforms:
Acceptable uniform combinations include, in accordance
with 60-1 part 5.7:
- BDUs with sneakers -- NO boots**
- Flight suit with sneakers -- NO boots**
- A hat for sun protection ^^
- A CAP emblazoned shirt or t-shirt, and hemmed dark blue or khaki shorts, or long pants with sneakers -- NO boots**
- Dress for the weather.
**It is important to remember that boots, large shoes or any open toe shoes or
sandals, of any kind, can NOT be worn in the glider. If you wear one of
these and do not bring correct footwear, you will NOT be able to fly!
NO exceptions.
^^Also, baseball style hats are not permitted in the glider unless the top button has been removed.
There is very little clearance between the top of your head and the glider canopy.
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Wing Runners Course
An important part of the Glider Orientation Flight Program is to learn how to handle gliders on the ground.
We have chosen the Wing Runners Course offered by the Soaring Safety Foundation to provide this learning experience.
As part of the First Flight in the Orientation Flight Syllabus, all Cadets, before coming out for their first Glider Orientation Flight, are
encouraged to read this short, interactive and fun online course.
All Senior Member escorts are encouraged to read this as well, as part of how to properly manage Cadets at the
Gliderport.
This course should take about 30 minutes to read. Please do take the final exam
and bring your certificate with you.
We recommend that Squadrons incorporate this course into an Aerospace Education
lesson during a Squadron meeting.
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