That was great! Man, those winch-takeoffs are so awesome. I flew twice yesterday! The second flight I flew with a guy who had a glider-aerobatics-rating (I don't how it's really called) and, boy, you can do some stunts in that bird. He pulled 5.5Gs (There was an instrument that says)!!! The plane can take up to 7Gs! Boy and those 5.5 were pretty tough (didn't black out though :D )! I'm now going to start training soon. And the best thing about it is that I don't even have to pay for training. I can enter the club for 150Euros ( about180$) per year and I won't have to pay for instruction or ground school. I will only have to pay for my checkride etc. That is great!

I just wanted to write it here because I'm really happy. Thanks too all of you for your great postings! I learn so much on here!

Blue skies to you all


Jakob

Don't listen to people who tell you glider time doesn't count. I did all my ratings...pvt, comm, and cfi, glider first, then the power add on. I started flying gliders when I was 13, and I will always remember my roots. Soaring has opened my career up to new options and great contacts I never would have had otherwise. And by the way, Total time, by definition, would mean all pilot time. Therefore, glider=total. It's no multi time, but anyone out there knows glider pilots, much like tailwheel pilots (another endorsement I highly recommend), know how to fly. If you're ever in VA or TN and want to check out some soaring, look me up. Good luck to you.

Glider flying is awesome, and you will probably get some bonus points at an airline interview but once again....

GLIDERS ARE NOT AIRPLANES! They are in a different certification category called "Glider"! Airline hiring mins all assume "Airplane" category flight time...even if they don't say that specifically it is assumed. You couldn't count blimp time either... Pursue glider flying for fun if you like, but do not do it as a primary means of furthering your airline career in lieu of airplane flying (unless you are towing gliders).

Note: Skywest says they accept glider time, but the details are not published.

As I said before, I will be doing my glider ratings next April probably. If it helps me out later, great, if not, I think I will still learn to fly pretty good. I'm already starting training now. That's why I've changed my "position" field! I'm now flying in the front seat of a glider!!!:) Man, my dreams are starting to come true...:p

so my check airman friend at pinnacle and my friends at other places have it wrong when they say Total time is total time? wow thats interesting. Cause I always though 2+2=4. If they ask for airplane time. I'll give them airplane time. If they ask for total flight time, I'll give them total flight time. And yes I do tow gliders when I'm not sitting in the back seat of one. Might do everyone some good to get a glider rating and some tailwheel experience.

Tell me this then. If airplane time is all they care about, how is it that a 3000 hour sling wing military pilot can go pick up his airplane multi rating civilian and get hired on flying a jet with minimal fixed wing time?