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Flight Training Manual for Gliders Sample Pages
Click here to view the files containing sample pages from each chapter of the Flight Training Manual for Gliders.

Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge Sample Pages
Click here to view the files containing sample pages from each chapter of the Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.

Notes to Students and Instructors on Using the Flight Training Manual for Gliders and the Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
These notes describe how to use the record keeping system supplied with the books, the Flight Training Manual for Gliders and the Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and their corresponding workbooks.

Practical Test Preparation Progress Record
This record documents the progress of your preparation to take the practical test.

FAA Written Test Question Index
To help you study for the FAA Aeronautical Knowledge Test (i.e. the “written test”), we have developed an index to the FAA Written Test Questions. At test preparation websites, such as www.exams4pilots.org, you can practice taking the FAA written test. This index shows you where in the Glider Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge or the Flight Training Manual for Gliders you can find the information to correctly answer the questions.

Flight Training Progress Record
This file contains the same version of the Flight Training Progress Record that is included in the front of the Flight Training Manual for Gliders.

Flight Training Progress Record Card
This 2-page file contains a version of the Flight Training Progress Record that has been modified to fit onto a folded 8 1/2 x 11 card.  The reverse side contains a form that allows the instructor to record student information, including the records required by the FAA, and SSA Badge requirements.

Knowledge Training Progress Record
This file contains the Knowledge Training Progress Record that is included in the front of the Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.

Glide Slope Ruler Template
This file contains a blank glide slope ruler template, as described on pages 268-273 of the Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.

www.GliderBooks.com Printable Flier
This file contains a printable flier for Flight Training Manual for Gliders and Glider Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge so that you may print it out and share it with your fellow pilots/instructors.

Updated Wave Description, pg 134, figure 6.55, GPHAK

"The Three Essentials of Good Judgment: What's Going On? What Should I Do? Do I Really Have To?" presentation given at the 2008 SSA Convention in Albuquerque.