Progression course

Grenzenlos Master & Flow: SIV and thermal training at Lake Annecy 2027

Organizer: Flugschule Grenzenlos ↗

Master & Flow is a six-day course by Flugschule Grenzenlos at Lake Annecy that combines safety training over the water with thermal flying training. The SIV part prepares pilots for turbulent thermal air: reactions to all types of collapses, cravats, autorotations and spins, stabilising pitch and roll, and mastering at least two effective rapid descent techniques, with radio guidance, an automatic life jacket, a rescue boat and video analysis of the flights. The thermal part covers entering a thermal, controlling the bank angle, centring and re-centring the core, reading terrain and clouds and in-flight decisions, from a first thermal experience to finding new thermals and the first cross-country kilometres, with support from the ground and from the air. The days are split between the two parts according to the weather. The course starts on Sunday morning in the school's group tent at the La Nublière campsite and ends on Friday afternoon or early evening. Theory modules on thermal and cross-country flying, radios, flight videos and a manoeuvre manual are included, and the practical content can be credited towards the B licence on request.