SOSA

Safety and Emergency Procedures

Before our first flight we cover safety topics in the event  of an emergency: emergency situation decision making,  emergency egress, reserve parachute handling and use.

Section 1- Unusual Attitude Recovery

You will slowly and safely open up your flight envelope  to include recovery from flight attitudes including  positive G and negative G, vertical up, vertical down, as  well as inverted flight and advanced stall and spins.  You will focus on early detection and prompt authoritative  recovery.  This is foundation on which you will safely  learn basic aerobatic maneuvers.

Section 2- Basic Aerobatic Maneuvers

Loops, Wingovers, Turns, Spins, Hammerhead, Slow Roll.

Section 3- Combination Aerobatic Maneuvers

Split S, Reverse 1/2 Cuban, 1/2 Cuban, Immelman, 1/2  Snap Roll Split S, 1/2 Loop 1/2 Snap, 1/4 Cloverleaf,  etc...

Section 4- Aerobatic Sequences

You will begin preparing for aerobatic competition by  learning energy management while linking maneuvers.

Section 5- Aerobatic Instructor Rating

Get your own glider aerobatic instructor rating and learn  how to teach this skill to others.

DG505 Orion

Primary aerobatic trainer.  Two wing configurations enable it to be a good aerobatic and cross country glider. The relatively large flight envelope makes this the prefered aerobatic trainer

SZD50-3 Puchacz

Primary aerobatic trainer.  This aircraft has excellent stall / spin characteristics making it a great platform for stalled flight training.

Schleicher ASK-21

The ASK-21s are primary student training aircraft at SOSA, and are occasionally used for aerobatic training.