Progression course

1. DAeC Gleitschirmschule B-licence practical course (performance training)

Organizer: 1. DAeC Gleitschirmschule ↗

A five-day course from Monday to Friday for up to ten participants, forming the practical part of training for the German B licence (B-Schein). It has three parts. Flying-technique training with radio guidance covers big ears with and without speed bar, roll and pitch exercises, impulsive asymmetric collapses of 30–50%, held collapses while flying straight, a B-stall at maximum sink rate, clean figure eights and big ears to control the approach. Launch training analyses each launch phase aerodynamically and practises reverse inflation. The reserve module covers the history, components and comparison of reserve systems, deployment practice in a gym from realistic and difficult positions, fitting from the inner container into the harness and a packing demonstration. Flying takes place at the school's sites; past editions flew mainly at Tegelberg and Breitenberg. B-licence theory can be taken on the weekend before the course.