Basic lessons

Stage 1

• Demo Interior and Exterior Inspections
• Demo CISTRSCO
• Demo LOOKOUT
• Primary Effects of Controls – Elevator, then Ailerons (and Rudder) to perform Gentle Turns entry and exit
• Control of Speed

Stage 2

• Aileron Drag
• Continuous Turns
• Demo SOAR technique

Stage 3

• Stability
• Primary Effect of Rudder
• The Trim
• SOAR
• Continuous Turns
• Demo SWAFTS (including radio call)

Stage 4

• Reduced-g
• Slow Flying
• 1g Stalls
• Turning onto a Heading;
• SOAR and SWAFTS

Stage 5

• Medium Turns
• Thermalling Technique and Protocols
• Straight Flight (towards a reference point on horizon)

Transitional lessons

Stage 6

• Demo Takeoff and Aerotow/ Winch Launch
• Effects of Airbrakes at height
• Approach Control using Airbrakes
• Overshooting and Undershooting
• Demo Landing

Stage 7

• Practice Takeoff and Tow/Winch launch
• Turns; Lookout, Straight Flight
• Stalls
• Approach and Landing (from high Final Turn)

Stage 8

• Steep Turns, Thermalling
• Demo and Practice Collision Avoidance
• Flying the Circuit (normal Final Turn Height)
• Use of Radio

Stage 9

• Steep Turns, Thermalling
• Demo and Practice Collision Avoidance
• Flying the Circuit (normal Final Turn Height)
• Use of Radio

Stage 10

• Spiral Dives and Benign Spiral
• Zigzag in Downwind exercise

Stage 11

• Boxing the Slipstream
• Low Tow
• High Tow
• Further Stalling exercises (Climbing, Descending, and in a Turn)

Stage 12

• Rope/Cable Break Recovery Technique at altitude
• Effect of Angle of Bank on Stall Speed

Stage 13

• Slack Rope on Aerotow
• Rope/Cable Break Recovery practice at altitude
• Sideslipping at altitude exercises
• Abbreviated Circuit

Stage 14

• Tug Upsets & Emergency Aerotow Procedures
• X-Wind Takeoff; Laying Off for Drift on Winch
• Sideslipping & Sideslip on Approach
• Illusions created by Drift
• X-Wind Landing

Advanced lessons

Stage 15

• Spins – Comparison to Spiral Dive
• Airbrakes fully open before Circuit exercise

Stage 16

• Changing Effect of the Rudder at the Stall
• Spins Avoidance Practice* (recover before spin develops)

Stage 17

• Right-hand Circuit exercise
• Instruments covered exercise

Stage 18

• Rope Break demo at 500 ft + agl
• Abbreviated Circuit

Stage 19

• Off-field Field Selection and Circuit Planning

Stage 20

• Rope/Cable Breaks flights (demo first at lift-off, at low height, at medium height (300 ft ag), then student practice with full briefing before each flight)

Stage 21

• Review and Practice all manoeuvres and skills

Stage 22

• First Solo flight

Stage 23

• Post-Solo: [dual flight after every 4 flights max.| Review basic manoeuvres, upper air work, incl. descending on tow, Slipping Turns, etc

Stage 24

• Upper air work: Post-basic training exercises, Review of flight test elements

Stage 25

• Upper air work: Review spins and spin avoidance, slips, etc., advanced thermalling, etc., off-field field and circuit selection

Stage 26

• Flight test review and recommendation