Overview

The purpose of this tutorial is to help you learn to maintain level flight, and control the bank angle (rate of turn) of the glider, using the relative position of the glider’s wing tip to the horizon.

This skill has several applications in Condor, both of which can be applied to aircraft-based flight as well.

• It develops/reinforces the practice of clearing the airspace ahead of your turns.
• It allows you to maneuver the glider while maintaining situational awareness, i.e., your spatial relationship to your surroundings. Because of Condor’s limited field of view, this skill is particularly useful when flying the traffic pattern, and while making turns to headings.

Prerequisites

Turning Flight

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