Well Mike on the positive side at least he thought it was 300ft and not 100ft!!
It looks like there are some holes in the training system in regards to rules of the air, I suspect its club related since all of the rules are well covered in Basic Gliding knowledge, The Instructors Manual and other GFA literature. It also seems likely, especially based on your weekend observations this issue is not restricted to new pilots. This is something that I think should best be addressed at a national level by the NGS instructors, perhaps there are some who subscribe to this list who would like comment and perhaps take this matter up at their meetings. Our own clubs instructor panel meeting is tommorow night and we have an NGS instructor in our group, I will seek his comments on this matter. John Parncutt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Wednesday, 15 June 2005 8:36 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring inAustralia. Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] What do I do? At 02:26 PM 11/06/05 +1000, you wrote: >It raises some serious concerns if there are current glider pilots who are >not aware of such a fundemental rule as the 200ft vertical/horizontal >seperation. I am wondering if all clubs are covering the rules of the air >syllabus properly in their training. The seperation rule is the same for >competition pilots as for normal flying, as are all rules of the air! > >John Parncutt I asked two experienced pilots on the weekend. One had never heard of the rule and the other who had been an instructor and CFI thought it was 300 feet. I wonder what _else_ the training "system" is missing? Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 Int'l + 61 429 355784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
