Beginner course

Flugschule Tegelberg A-licence high-flight course

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The high-flight course follows the basic course and leads up to the exam for the German A licence (beschränkter Luftfahrerschein). Flying is mainly from the Tegelberg and the Buchenberg in the eastern Allgäu; cable cars take pilots up, and the school is based right in the Tegelberg valley station, so the way back to launch is short. Practice covers clean launches, flight exercises and manoeuvres, landing approaches and first work with thermals, all under radio guidance. Theory comprises 20 teaching units: air law, meteorology, equipment, flying technique and handling unusual situations. A standard edition lasts six days, some weekend editions are shorter; the school advises allowing roughly three to four weeks for the whole licence training. According to the school's terms the exam can be taken from age 16. The course can also be booked together with the basic course as a compact course.