SIV course

Grenzenlos classic SIV training at Lake Annecy

Organizer: Flugschule Grenzenlos ↗

A six-day safety training course by Flugschule Grenzenlos over Lake Annecy with DHV-certified safety trainers. Pilots launch from Montmin on the Col de la Forclaz, around 800 m above the lake, and land on a field reserved for SIV courses by the La Nublière campsite in Doussard. Sunday is a preparation day with theory on flights over water, extreme flight situations and the reserve, a site briefing and an individual check of harness set-up and reserve release. From Monday to Thursday pilots usually fly two to three training flights over the water per day, followed after lunch by video analysis in small groups; on Friday they fly without video analysis and the course ends in the afternoon. Content follows each pilot's experience: newer pilots work on stabilising pitch, collapses of all kinds and descent techniques from big ears to the spiral dive, while more experienced pilots add accelerated collapses, autorotations, spin recovery and stalls, and finally wingovers, SAT or asymmetric spirals. A radio with earphones, an automatic life jacket, a rescue boat, downloadable flight videos and a manoeuvre manual are included; in strong wind the group practises ground handling on the Doussard landing field. Afternoons leave time for thermal flying, and the training can be credited towards the practical part of the B licence on request.