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Gliding: From passenger to pilot
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Gliding is for everyone who has ever dreamt of riding the air currents with the view stretching to the horizon, and with barely a sound to disturb the moment. Written by an experienced instructor, this book guides you through the first steps to realising that dream, and goes on to explore the many opportunities offered by this compelling and existing sport.
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Steve Longland
Steve Longland's thirty-year career as an instructor has included being chief instructor of the Cambridge Gliding Club and a regional examiner for the British Gliding Association. He holds a Gold Certificate Badge with the coveted three diamonds, continues to fly solo and has amassed 5000 hours in gliders and flown approximately 90,000km cross-country, both abroad and in the UK.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great introduction. There are plenty of clear, helpful diagrams, and the language is simple to understand. The book doesn't go into a great deal of depth about anything, but that's a good thing - there are a several books that go into detail about thermalling, glider aerodynamics, the intricacies of weather and its effect on gliding, all of that stuff - but what has been a little harder to find is a book that sets the basics out clearly for the beginner. This book fits the bill perfectly: there's a fair amount about the early stages of learning to glide, and also several chapters giving tasters of various subjects to look forward to and explore in greater detail elsewhere - the badge system, cross-country flying, racing, aerobatics and so on. Recommended for people new to gliding (even if, like me, they have had experience in power flying or other areas of aviation).