Scott Manley

Mission:

To promote the use of flight simulation to improve glider flight training and pilot proficiency.

Qualifications:

• B.S. Secondary Education, University of Wisconsin
• Certificated Flight Instructor – Glider (CFIG)
• Commercial pilot:    airplane single-engine land & sea; instrument airplane; glider
• Qualified glider tow pilot

Contributions to the Sport of Soaring:

• Soaring Society of America (SSA)
  • Convention presentations / demonstrations
    • ABQ, LIT (2010, 2020), PHL, RNO (2012, 2014, 2018), GMU
  • SOARING Magazine
    • Co-author “Condor Corner”     (Apr 2010 – Sep 2014)
    • Author      “Teaching Soaring”  (Jun 2018 – Present)
  • Soaring Safety Foundation – development of video instructional aids
• Consultant: Simulation-based fight training:
  • U.S. glider clubs and commercial operations
  • U.S. National Soaring Museum
  • Gliding Federation of Australia
  • OSTIV
• Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Convention – AirVenture (Oshkosh)
  • KidVenture – simulation-based flight training  (2010-2013)
  • SSA Venue – promotion / glider display         (2014-2019)
  • Forum presentations
    • “Introduction to Soaring Flight”             (2014-2019)
    • “Simulation-based Flight Training”        (2018-2019)
  • Airshow Flight Demonstration – Electric Self-launching Glider (2016)
• National Soaring Museum – Ralph S. Barnaby Lecture        (Denver 2013)
• Public presentations:
  • Aviation and civic groups
  • EAA Webinar        – “Introduction to Soaring Flight”    (Oct 2016)
  • Boston FAASTAR – Glider Instructor Forum Webinar  (Feb 2017)
  • SSA Webinar       – Glider Flight Simulation Overview  (Jul 2018)
• Professional Glider Flight Instruction
  • Simulation-based
    • at-a-distance (online) — 2200 hours  (2008 – present)
    • Women Soaring Pilots Association Seminar – St. Louis, MO  (2019)
    • National Glider Flight Academy (CAP)          – Tullahoma, TN  (2019)
  • Aircraft-based  (2008 – present)
    • 1000 flights
    • 450 hours