GLIDERBOOKS
offers a
Comprehensive Training Program
to students, instructors, clubs and commercial flight schools consisting of books, sim training resources, and online learning.
Books
Our textbooks are the foundation of our program. They include all of the required topics from first flight to license.
Sim Training
Our simulator training products offer instructors and students an efficient and inexpensive way to practice maneuvers, master core concepts, and explore new scenarios.
Online Learning
Our online ground school courses and advanced seminars use video and animation to deliver convenient, cost-effective, and high quality self-paced online training.
Flight Training Manual for Gliders
About GLIDERBOOKS
GLIDERBOOKS
is the collaboration of brother and sister team Russell Holtz
and Rhonda Clerkin. Rhonda, with her graphic design and publishing company,
White Oak Communications, LLC, provides the publishing and marketing expertise while Russell contributes his passion for teaching aeronautical concepts.
They both grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Russell attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. Rhonda attended Grinnell College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a minor in Technology Studies. Russell obtained his Private Pilot Certificate in gliders in 1995, in airplanes in 1996, his Commercial Certificate in Gliders in 1998, and his Certified Flight Instructor rating in gliders in 1999. He completed the FAI Silver Badge requirements in 1997, and the Gold and Diamond requirements in 1998. Russell has given over 2,800 hours of primary, cross-country, contest, and aerobatic flight instruction, and has over 4,000 hours total time in gliders. Rhonda prefers to keep her feet on the ground.
Together they publish two popular and widely respected textbooks, run an online ground school for aeronautical knowledge training, and sell/build the Mach 0.1 Simulated Glider Cockpit and related lesson plans for simulated flight training. Our goal has been and will always be to
improve the quality and availability of glider pilot training resources.
