Gliding Question (Mary Meagher)?
I am a fixed wing instructor, who is on the verge of packing it all in due to disillusionment on a large scale, which I won't go into on this post.
I have been reading the posts on gliding with much interest, as here is something I've been intending to try for ages but never got around to. (It may just possibly save my flying soul).
A few questions that I have follow, it would be great if people in the know could give an opinion:
1) As well as learning generally, I'm interested in what gliding could bring to my PFL teaching skills. With this in mind, would a motor glider be a better option
2) Should I 'leave' my flying experience to date behind, (& start from scratch with no pressure), or fess up my background to the instructor
3). What sort of costs can I expect? On looking on gliding websites, trial lessons are almost as much as powered fixed wing ones are - is this the case for subsequent lessons
4) Are there any recommended books to read on the subject of gliding
5). Finally, (& excuse my ignorance on this one), what do glider pilots do if they have messed up the landing back at the gliding field/site, as they can't go around..... Surely it does happen sometimes..!
Thanks for reading