This is how your glider pilot career may look like with us:
- Membership at our club
- Practical and theoretical training
- 100 to 120 take-offs in one of our double seated gliders with one of our flight instructors; 3 to 6 take-offs per day
- Aero-tow course (optional)
- Medical examination (Class II)
- Acquisition of the Radio Certificate
- 30 solo flights (single or double seater glider)
- Practical and theoretical exam
- Picking up the licence at the Austrian Aero Club
- Gaining practical flying experience in proximity of the airfield
- Double-seater rating after 20 hours of flight (enables to fly double-seated gliders with passengers)
- Acquisition of other ratings (e.g.: retractable powerplant rating)
- Cross country flying
- Acquisition of the FAI Gliding Commission Badges
- Becoming a certified flight instructor at out club
- Aerobatic rating
- Participation at gliding competitions
- And much more depending on your interests!
More questions may be answered in our FAQ.