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TEN STEPS

This comprehensive guide outlines ten crucial steps to enhance safety in glider flights, covering phases of flight, emergency procedures, and proficiency maintenance. Emphasizing preparedness, this guide includes tips on checklists, pre-flight preparation, control checks, situational awareness, and collision avoidance techniques. Learn how to effectively plan for emergencies, recognize and eliminate obstructions, and prioritize safety in decision-making. Enhance your flying skills and safety protocols with this essential resource from the Soaring Safety Foundation.

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TEN STEPS

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  1. TEN STEPS TO SAFER SOARING

  2. Phase of Flight • In-flight 10% • Takeoff 20% • Landing 70%

  3. In-flight • Mid-air Collision • Mechanical (Structural)

  4. Takeoff • Improper Configuration • Spoilers • Canopy • Mechanical (Assembly) • Low Altitude Emergency (PT3) • Hit Obstruction • Loss of Control

  5. Landing • Land Short • Hit Obstruction • Loss of Control (Stall / Spin) • Mid-air Collision

  6. 1. Maintain Personal Proficiency • Current • Being up to date or occurring within a recent period of time. • Proficient • The ability to perform a skill with expert correctness.

  7. Personal Proficiency • Legal vs. Safe • Being legally current to act as Pilot in Command does not necessarily imply the level or proficiency needed to do so.

  8. 2. Use Checklists Effectively • Assembly • Flight Control Operational Check • Wing Pin(s) • Flight Control Hook-ups • Horizontal Stabilizer

  9. Checklist Usage • Pre-takeoff • Canopy • Spoilers • Flight Control Continuity and Operation • Landing

  10. 3. Properly Prepare for Each Flight FAR 91.103 “Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight.”

  11. Pre-flight Preparation Inadequate Pre-flight Preparation The most common Frequent Cause Factor of General Aviation Accidents Involve the Pilot in Command

  12. Pre-flight Preparation • Weather • Weight & Balance • Flight Planning • Pre-flight Inspection • Pilot

  13. 4. Conduct Positive Control Checks Frequently The Positive Control Check is not just for post-assembly anymore!

  14. Critical Assembly Check • Wing Spar Pins • Horizontal Stabilizer • Flight Control Hook-ups • Flight Control Operational Check

  15. 5. Know the Standard American Soaring Signals • Briefings • Tow Pilot • Ground Crewmembers • Emergency Plan • Pre-takeoff Review

  16. 6. Always Plan for Emergencies • Add “E” for Emergency Plan to every Before Takeoff Checklist • Fly the Glider !

  17. 7. Maintain Situational Awareness • Unanticipated Sink • Increased Wind Velocities • Misjudgments of Altitude • Traffic

  18. Situational Awareness Pilots must develop and maintain an awareness of meteorological conditions or other circumstances that may affect the altitude required to safety complete the landing approach.

  19. 8. Use Effective Collision Avoidance Techniques • VFR Weather • Below 3,000 AGL • Within 10 Miles of a Non-tower Airport

  20. Mid-air Collisions • A pilot’s greatest exposure to a mid-air collision is on the final approach to a non-tower airport.

  21. 9. Eliminate Obstructions in Close Proximity to the Runway • Gliders • Ground Tow Vehicles • Automobiles • Tow Planes • Spectators

  22. 10. Make Safety the Primary Goal in all Decision-making “ A superior pilot uses superior judgment to avoid stressful situations which might call for the use of superior skills.”

  23. SOARING SAFETY FOUNDATION http://www.ssa.org “Safety”

  24. Billy Singleton 74717,237 @Compuserve.com

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