Induction Course

The Starting point for your gliding experience will be at a Volunteer Gliding School (VGS) which will fly either Vigilant motor gliders or Viking winch launch gliders. You will begin by attending, with others from your Squadron or CCF unit, your affiliated VGS to be taught the Gliding Induction Course (GIC).

The GIC has been designed to give you a taste for Air Cadet Gliding and consists of 3 different levels of instruction. You will be shown various aspects of aerodynamics that you will have been taught in the classroom before being taught the "effects of controls" in the air. You will have the opportunity to take control and practice what you have learned. On your first visit you will be taught the GIC 1 and your subsequent visits you will progress to GIC 2 and 3.

After you have completed the course, you will be awarded a GIC certificate.

Course Content

Vigilant	GIC 1 - 20 minutes GIC 2 - 25 minutes GIC 3 - 30 minutesn
Viking	GIC 1 - 3 launches GIC 2 - 4 launches GIC 3 - 5 launches

You will be shown and have the opportunity to practice

• How the pitch is changed
• How the rudder affects the yaw plane
• How to change the rolling plane
• What happens when the glider stalls (GIC 3)

In Brief...