AmericanParagliding

Instructor Clinic - Day 1

8am - Meet & Greet

• Meet at the training location we will email to you prior to the event
• Introductions
• Verify Required Documents
• Waivers
• Instructor Commitment

9am - Presentations & Discussion Subjects:

• USPPA Syllabus Overview
• Wheeled Syllabus
• FAR 103 Highlights
• Waivers & Your School
• Safety & Limitations
• Judgment & Attitude

12pm - Lunch

1pm - Simulator Presentations & Discussion Subjects:

• Radio Commands
• Reserve Parachutes
• Torque
• Basic Flight Maneuvers
• Extreme Maneuvers & Aerobatics
• Flying Ettiquite: For the Public, Cameras, with Fellow Pilots, Fly-Ins
• Solo Briefing
• Equipment - Glider
• Equipment - Motor
• Equipment - Propeller
• Equipment - Helmet, Footwear, Hook Knife
• Starting Your Motor Safely
• Throttle Considerations
• Wing Care

Instructor Clinic - Day 2

8am - Presentations & Discussion Subjects:

• Weather Overview
• Wind Gusts, Thermals, Gradients, Rotor
• Prop Wash & Wingtip Vortices
• Aerodynamics
• Safety & Limitations
• Emergencies
• Flying near Water
• Risk & Reward
• Site Evaluation
• Best Glide & Wind Effects
• Wing Certifications
• Airspace
• Long Distance XC

12pm - Lunch

1pm - Field Work - Presentations & Discussion Subjects:

• Setup and Preflight
• Motor Practice (no wing)
• Hooking In
• Inflations, Forward & Reverse
• Kiting the Glider
• Launching
• Landing
• High Winds

3pm - Radio practice

• All attendees to practice with actual pilot flying

Instructor Clinic - Day 3

8am - Test

• Testing
• Test Review
• Recurrency Overview

12pm - Lunch

1pm - Field Work

• Cover any missing subjects
• PPG Trike flights

3pm - Clinic Assessments & Comments

• Discuss anything more that will be needed
• Wrap-Up