Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date. . . . . . . . . . . .

No. years flying experience. . . . . Total Hours flown . . . . . No. of hours flown in last 3 months . . . . . .

No. of sites flown. . . . . . No. of gliders flown. . . . . . BHPA Rating. . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Distance Flown. . . . Longest Flight (Hours and/or km). . . . . .
 

Manoeuvres you have successfully carried out (Tick as appropriate)|

Slope Landings. . . . . . . .  . . . . Top Landings . . . . . .

Static Tow Launch . . . . .. . . .  Spot Landings . . . . . .

Stable 360 . . . . . Flown with a number of other gliders in the air . . . . .

Climbed above Take off . . . . . Thermalled . . . . . (Height gain . . . . . ft)

Gone "over the back" . . . . . Landed somewhere not visible from take off . . .

Used a radio in the air . . . . . Took a photo in the air . . . . . Read a map in the air . . . . .

Paragliding Only:

    Big Ears . . . . . B Line . . . . . Spiral Dive . . . . .

    Speed bar . . . . . Trimmers . . . . .

Hang Gliding Only:

    Used VB . . . . . Flown prone . . . . . . . Controlled Stall . . . . . . .

Negative Experiences

Please state - How many times have you experienced the following, and What was the most recent occurrence ?

Turned the wrong way on take off................Taken off with a not properly fastened harness............

Been dragged by a glider ..................Taken off with tangled/stuck lines ...................

Taken off in too strong wind .................. Taken off in too turbulent conditions ....................

Involuntarily turned ...................... Involuntary/Gust Stall .................... Spin .....................

Downwind Landing ................. Backwards Landing ..................... Been Hurt on Landing .................

Mid air collision ........................ Had to take significant avoiding action .......................

Wanted to be down ....................... Flown in cloud ...................... Reserve Deployment ...................

Paragliding only:

        Asymmetric Tuck .............................           Frontal Tuck .............................

        (Undamped) Surge ..........................            Negative Spin ...........................
 

Hang Gliding Only:

    Taken off with glider mis-rigged ...................... Damaged Glider on landing ...............................

    Suffered dutch roll (PIO) ................................ Gone weightless (over the falls) .........................

Please state what has led to your worst incident(s);- (eg. injury; near miss; biggest scare;)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Self Assessment

Please Rate your competence and confidence in your ability to carry out the following manoeuvres to the following scale;-

5) Perfect every time

4) Mostly Good but could be perfected

3) OK most times if conditions are good

2) Hit or miss/ tried it once.

1) Not tried that yet!

Pre Flight Checks . . . . . Fly to a flight plan . . . . . Stable 360s . . . . .

Thermalling . . . . . Soaring . . . . . Wingovers . . . . . Flying close to stall point . . .

Planning a landing . . . . . . Judging a landing site from the air . . . . . Top landing . . . . .

Slope Landing . . . . . Landing in strong winds . . . . . Landing within a 10 m radius . . . . .

Paragliding Only:

    Alpine launch in Nil Wind . . . . . Alpine launch in 3 mph . . . . . P.L.F. . . . . .

    Reverse launch in 10 mph . . . . . Reverse launch in 18 mph . . . . . Cross hand reverse .. . . .

    B line Stall . . . . . Small Big Ears . . . . . Large Big Ears . . . .

    Spiral Dive . . . . . Use and release Speed Bar . . . . . Steering with D risers . . . . .

    Fly the glider for 5 mins with your feet on the ground . . . . .

    Control your glider with a :- Large Asymmetric Deflation . . . . .
                                                      Negative spin . . . . .Stall. . . . . . . . .
 

Hang Gliding Only:

    Nil Wind Launch . . . . . . . . . . Launch in 10mph wind . . . . . . . Launched in 20+mph wind . . . . .

    Nil Wind Landing . . . . . . . . . Landed in 10mph wind . . . . . . . Landing in 20+ mph wind . . . . . .

    Controlled stall . . . . . . . . . . . Fly at high speed . . . . . . . . . . . .

Goals

Please consider and identify your goals for :-

(please include what you are going to do to prevent a repeat of your worst incident )

a) The next few flights . . . . .
 
 
 
 
 
 

b) The coming season . . . . .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

c) The next 2 years . . . .