Glider Aerobatic Training

Have you always wanted to learn to fly glider aerobatics? You have arrived at the right place! We offer Canada's largest and longest running glider aerobatic training program, where our team has been offering structured, one-on-one glider aerobatic training for over 15 years.

Overview

We have built a comprehensive curriculum to support a variety of pilot skills & goals.

  • Improved piloting skills
  • Unusual attitude recovery
  • Aerobatic maneuver (dual or solo)
  • Aerobatic competition flying
  • Aerobatic Instructing

If you’re interested in improving your feet and rudder skills perhaps you can consider the “unusual attitude” training. If you want to know how to perform loops, rolls, and advanced spins, then the regular curriculum is what you’re looking for.
What's it like?
The video below captures a great flight where a SOSA aerobatics instructor demonstrates a glider aerobatic sequence to a new student in the program.
Curriculum
Each lesson comes with focused ground briefings to maximize learning during the in-flight portion of your training.
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  1. 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.
  2. 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 the foundation on which you will safely learn basic aerobatic maneuvers.
  3. Basic Aerobatic Maneuvers: Loops, Wingovers, Turns, Spins, Hammerhead, Slow Roll.
  4. 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.
  5. Aerobatic Sequences: You will begin preparing for aerobatic competition by  learning energy management while linking maneuvers.
  6. ​Aerobatic Instructor Rating​: Get your own glider aerobatic instructor rating and learn how to teach this skill to others.

Sign Up

Course Dates and Time:
The program typically runs on a weeknight (day TBD) starting around 4:00 PM.
Requirements:
License: Glider Pilot License
Hours: No minimum time required
Type: ASK-21 / SZD-50 (Aircraft training and checkout included​)
Fees: Just the cost of the tows
Registration:
​SOSA members interested in participating should contact the CFI or the Acro team directly.
"Even though I have many hours of power flying, the aerobatic flights at SOSA were an experience I will never forget. The excitement of performing amazing loops, rolls, hammerheads, inverted flight and more in a glider was in a class by itself. The aerobatics program at SOSA is really professional with very experienced instructors. I would recommend it to any pilot who would like to expand on their glider pilot flying skills."
– Michael