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FOREWORD
REVISION HISTORY
CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS GLIDING?
BACKGROUND
HOW DO GLIDERS GET INTO THE AIR?
COMPETITIONS
RECORDS
GOVERNMENT AND GLIDING
CHAPTER 2 - THE TRAINING PROCESS
PRE-SOLO TRAINING
THE PRE-SOLO TRAINING SYLLABUS
POST-SOLO TRAINING
GFA GLIDER PILOT CERTIFICATE
CHAPTER 3 - BASIC THEORY
BASIC AERODYNAMICS
HOW A GLIDER ACHIEVES FORWARD FLIGHT
GLIDER STABILITY AND CONTROL
PRIMARY EFFECTS OF CONTROLS
SECONDARY EFFECTS
ANCILLARY CONTROLS
GLIDER INSTRUMENTS
TURNING
STALLING
STALLING IN A TURN - THE INCIPIENT SPIN
THE FULLY-DEVELOPED SPIN
CHAPTER 3 - SELF-TEST QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER 4 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE LOOKOUT
INTRODUCTION
LOOKOUT FOR GLIDER PILOTS
TYPICAL GLIDER BLIND SPOTS
CHAPTER 5 - OPERATING PROCEDURES
PARKING, SECURING AND GROUND HANDLING OF GLIDERS.
LAUNCHING
LAUNCHING SIGNALS
LAUNCH HANDLING TECHNIQUES
CROSSWIND TAKE-OFFS
LAUNCH EMERGENCIES
THE CIRCUIT PATTERN
THE APPROACH AND LANDING
CROSSWIND LANDINGS
SIDESLIPPING
OUTLANDINGS
CHAPTER 5 - SELF-TEST QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER 6 - AIR LEGISLATION
RULES OF THE AIR
AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION AND AIRWAYS PROCEDURES
RADIO PROCEDURES
ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEMS AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIAN AIRSPACE
FLARM
ALTIMETRY
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
AERODROME GROUND SIGNALS TO AIRCRAFT
CHAPTER 7 - BASIC AIRWORTHINESS
GLIDER CONSTRUCTION
FLIGHT LOADS AND GLIDER LIMITATIONS
GLIDER LIMITATIONS PLACARDS.
WEIGHT AND BALANCE
AIRWORTHINESS DOCUMENTATION
WEAK LINKS
FLUTTER
GROUND HANDLING - AIRWORTHINESS IMPLICATIONS
RIGGING AND DE-RIGGING
THE WALK-ROUND INSPECTION
DAILY INSPECTIONS - POLICY
DAILY INSPECTIONS - PRACTICAL
CHAPTER 8 - BASIC NAVIGATION
MAPS AND CHARTS
TRACK, DRIFT, HEADING
USE OF THE COMPASS
CHAPTER 9 - BASIC SOARING METEOROLOGY
ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY AND THE DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE
DEW POINT
THE SATURATED ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE
PRESSURE PATTERNS
FRONTS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
CHAPTER 10 - BASIC SOARING TECHNIQUES
THERMAL SOARING
HILL SOARING
WAVE SOARING
CHAPTER 11 - PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS GENERAL
THE WEATHER
DEHYDRATION AND HEAT STRESS
PROTECTION AGAINST THE SUN
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
GFA STANDARD COCKPIT CHECKS
SAILPLANE
POWERED SAILPLANE
GLIDING CERTIFICATES
THE "A" CERTIFICATE
THE "B" CERTIFICATE
THE "C" CERTIFICATE
GFA GLIDER PILOT CERTIFICATE
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