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Elementary Pilot Tasks

1. Air Rules.
2. CAA Rules and Restrictions.
3. How an Aerofoil Works.
4. Stall Awareness.
5. Airspeed, Groundspeed, Windspeed and their Relationships.
6. Identifying Areas of Lift and Turbulance.
7. Elementary Weather and Forecasting.
8. Basic Site Assessment.
9. The Parachute Landing Fall.
10. Understanding the Glider.
11. Daily Instection and Pre-Flight Checks.
12. Ground Handling.
13. Basic Forward Launches.
14. Dealing with Inflight Problems.
15. Landing.
16. First Small Hops.
17. Eventualities and Basic Flight Planning.
18. Final Assesment of Basic Competence and Theory Exam.