Spirals, Descents

Lesson Objective

Regulatory Requirement

• Student Pilot Candidates: §61.87(i)(15)

Content

• Spiral turn entry
• Recovery from spiral turns

Completion Standards

• a spiral descent with and without air brakes
• the appropriate form of recovery from steeply-banked turn with nose low attitude
• the hazards of inappropriate recovery from spiral dives.

• the hazards of spiral descents
• the differences between spiral descents and spins
• the recovery technique from a spiral descent
• the incorrect techniques for recovery from a spiral descent
• the benefits of a benign spiral.

Prerequisite Study

• Learning to Fly Gliders, pages 76 and 77
• Glider Flying Handbook, page 7-25

Recommended Study

• Skylines, June 2005 "Stay Safe in Wave", article about benign spirals.

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