2018 Bronze Badge Clinic
SOSA will host a Bronze Badge course in May.
Who should attend? Any licensed pilot with 10 or more solo hours. Ideally you should have flown a couple of good soaring flights – two hours minimum, for each flight. However, we are prepared to waive this restriction if you demonstrate adequate soaring skills.
Who should attend? Any licensed pilot with 10 or more solo hours. Ideally you should have flown a couple of good soaring flights – two hours minimum, for each flight. However, we are prepared to waive this restriction if you demonstrate adequate soaring skills.
Dates for 2019
Course Dates and Time
Dates: To be confirmed
Time: The course If weather conditions preclude flying, we will execute the flying portion of the program on June 03 and June 04. We will start each day at 09:00 and we should be finished around 16:00.
Dates: To be confirmed
Time: The course If weather conditions preclude flying, we will execute the flying portion of the program on June 03 and June 04. We will start each day at 09:00 and we should be finished around 16:00.
Course Outline
The following items will be covered and tested:
Completion of this course will allow you to start meeting the requirements of the Silver badge.
- Three consecutive precision landings at SOSA supervised by a SOSA cross country rated instructor.
- Dual field selection exercise.
- Review of basic map reading and course plotting.
- How to plan and execute your first off field landing.
- Dual flight and landing at another airfield including map reading and communication with Waterloo tower.
- Rigging and derigging both the ASK 21 and Junior.
Completion of this course will allow you to start meeting the requirements of the Silver badge.
Registration
You MUST register in advance to participate in the off field dual landing part of the course. Please contact John Brennan offline to register or sign the pink sheet at the club house.