Another question: do PPLS make worse glider pilots? I've recently acquired a PPL, and have an incipient yen to go gliding (though somewhat put off by all the standing around in windy fields that appears to be involved). I feel that gliding might sharpen up my attitude flying (I have always tended to be far too much of an instrument nugget) and help me in getting a better hang of energy management (especially as I hope to join an aerobatic Group and spend a lot of time viewing the tumbly-tumbly world from interesting angles). I wonder, however, if my wicked and idle PPL habits (cheating a lot with the engine, coshing the thing onto the runway etc.) will make life hard for me (hard is OK, short less so). Still, what the hell? I'm sure that thermal hunting must beat iffy glide approaches and PFLs in the brick-outhouse fondly referred to as a Beagle Pup 150. (Beagler: dont get me wrong: I love and adore Pups, but not so much when they are pretending to be gliders)
Best finish with a fish:
(did that work?)