Originally Posted by
fantaman
Afternoon All,
I'm going to be doing my Bronze Award in Glider flying next week and wondered if anyone had any tips or advice as I'm a bit nervous about the course.
I did gliding as an Air Cadet about six years ago and have flown regularly since. I'm hoping to take it up as a full time hobby and want to try and fly every couple of weekends.
Pardon me for saying, but in gliding, you can't plan on getting any award in any week. It took yonks for me to get Silver Height.
If you are getting to Bronze C stage, then you will already know what gliding is about, and the only issue is the off-field landings we did to prepare for cross-country. The soaring is a doddle if you are fairly current
Just prepare yourself for circuit planning away from your normal landing patterns
As for a club, Nympsfield is great, but suffers a bit from poor vis, on occasion