Today was always likely to be a non-flying day, and it turned out to be the case. After a note on GG last night we were expecting some members to turn up for some lectures and some practice on the simulator.
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| Jonathan Erskine in the simulator (Mark Courtney) |
As it happened only Jonathan Erskine appeared as a willing volunteer to be our “student”. Jonathan quickly mastered the differences between a real
glider and a simulator and was soon practicing stalls and spins as well
as height/distance judgement in relation to final glides back to North
Hill.
Simon Minson and JB were also keen to learn how to use the simulator admitting that they have not used the sim to its full potential.
Dan Hender was at hand to help us “tweak” the Blanik C of G to make it spin more readily, and it did!
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| Dan checks out Simon (Simon Leeson) |
Dan “checked out” Simon Minson who very annoyingly adapted to the simulator far too quickly!
Today showed the potential of our great asset, we Instructors have been too slow to embrace the use of the sim, but with the BGA singing the praises of simulator training at a recent Management Conference, it has woken us all up to the need for regular training sessions on non-flying days and indeed flying days as well.
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| If only the sky was like that outside (Simon Leeson) |
Remember ‘practice in the sim, perfect in the air’, it can save you time and money, data shows that a student making progress is a happy student, and progress fuels enthusiasm.
With that in mind, see you the next rainy day! - Mark Courtney
