Instructor Manual
2025 Instructor manual
This 2025 version of the instructor manual has been developed in alignment with the SPL syllabus. This is a ‘beta’ version of the expected final product.
Please use the 2025 manual. If in doing so any errors or omissions are identified, please contact the 2025 instructor manual co-ordinator, Rose Johnson at drrosejohnson60(at)gmail.com.
- A. Giving your best as an instructor
- B. Threat and Error Management – and airmanship
- C. Safety
- D. Lookout
- E. How to read a logbook
- F. Supervising flying
- G. Type conversion
- H. Use of TMG for instruction
- I. Ground handling
- J. Using glider simulators
- K. Radio telephony
- L. Rigging, derigging and daily inspections
- M. Check lists
- N. Patter notes
- P. Basic aerobatics
- Q. Advanced aerobatics
- Familiarisation with the sailplane
- Emergency procedures
- Preparation for flight
- Initial air experience
- Effects of controls 5a. Flaps 5b. Airbrake 5c. Undercarriage
- Co-ordinated rolling
- Straight flying
- Turning
- Slow flight and stalling
- Spins and spiral dives
- a. Winch launch 11b. Aerotowing 11c. Car launching 11d. Self launch 11e. Bungee launch
- Circuit 12b. Approach control 12c. Landing
- First solo
- Advanced turning
- a. Thermal soaring 15b. Ridge soaring 15c. Wave soaring
- Out-landing
- a. Flight planning 17b. In-flight navigation 17c. Cross-country techniques
2017 Instructor manual
Please note that these sections were originally published in 2017.
- 1-1 Introduction and Giving Your Best as an Instructor
- 1-2 Ground Handling
- 1-3 How to Read a Logbook
- 1-4 Checklists
- 1-5 Lookout
- 1-6 Airmanship and Threat Management
- 2-7 Effects of Controls
- 2-8 Use of the Trimmer
- 2-9 The Straight Glide
- 2-10 Turning
- 2-11 Airbrakes and Spoilers
- 2-12 Approach Control
- 2-13 Landing
- 3-14 Circuit Planning, part 1
- 3-15 Circuit Planning, part 2
- 4-16 Wire Launching
- 4-17 Aerotow Launching
- 5-18 Stalling
- 5-19 Spinning and Spiral Dives
- 6-20 First Solo
- 6-21 Flaps
- 6-22 Type Conversion
- 6-23 Solo Supervision
- 6-24 Thermalling
- 7-25 Navigation
- 7-26 Radio Telephony (RT)
- 7-27 Meteorology and Instructing
- 7-28 Aerobatic Training
- 8-29 Conduct of Trial Lessons
- 8-30 instructor Patter Notes
- 8-31 Rigging, Derigging and Daily Inspection
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