Flight Instructor Refresher Course
CFIG - Renew Your Glider Flight Instructor Certificate
- The SSF provides US glider flight instructors the ability to renew their FAA flight instructor certificate in
a class tailored to the need of glider pilots and students. One FIRC is held in concurrent with the bi-annual
SSA soaring convention. This FIRC is held the Tuesday and Wednesday preceeding the convention at the convention
site. Other FIRCs are held, upon request, around the country.
Contact Patricia Wager [flygirl12 at comcast.net] for more details.
All FIRCs are coordinated by a local contact. In Dec 2007 Pat Wager put together a pair of documents to help
the local coordinator with this task. The FIRC checklist contains a detailed list of
tasks that the local coordinator will perform prior to the FIRC date. The sample invitation
letter gives you some guidance of what to tell FIRC attendees.
The local contact information for each FIRC will be updated as it becomes available. Unless otherwise noted all
FIRCs will have the same time scheulde. Class will start at 8:00 am both on Saturday on Sunday. Presentations can
be viewed/downloaded from the Sample Scheulde page.
SSF FIRC's are open to any Flight Instructor wishing to renew their FI certificate. As of 2008, the SSF
FIRC can renew any FI certificate (glider, airplane, rotorcraft, ...). If your tow-pilots are airplane flight
instructors they can how renew by attending the SSF FIRC. The SSF FIRCs are also open to any glider pilot who
is interesed in learning more about the art of Soaring. You do not need to be a flight instructor to attend
an SSF FIRC.
The current schedule for 2010 is:
- Location: Etowah, TN
- Date: October 24-25, 2009
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Pat Wager (630) 254-3703 or (flygirl12 at
comcast.net)
- Local Contact: Hartley Falbaum (hfalbaum at comcast.net)
- Location: Etowah, TN
- Red Roof Inn
- 600 N. Tennessee Ave, US Hwy 441
- Etowah, TN 37331
- Phone: (800) 733-7663
- Location: Washington DC Metro area
- Date: Janurary 9-10, 2010
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Jim Kellett (jim at kellett.com)
- Location: Udvar-Hazy Museum, Dulles International Airport, VA
- Pre-register to obtain free parking (otherwise parking is $12/day)
- make out check to 'Soaring Safety Foundation' and mail to local contact
- Jim Kellet, 1260 Glenside Dr, Harrisonburg, VA, 22801 (email above)
- Participants must contact Jim Kellet to obtain free parking
- Motels near the Museum may be found at http://tinyurl.com/yfv55lk
- Location: SSA Convention (Little Rock, AR)
- Date: Janurary 26-27, 2010
- Status: Firm
- Registration: SSA office in Hobbs, NM (575) 392-1177
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Date: February 6-7, 2010
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Jim Vincze (jimjanarbor at comcast.net)
- Location: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport Terminal building
- KARB airport terminal building - lower level
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: February 13-14, 2010
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Mark Nyberg (mark at fishernyberg.com)
- Location: Alaska Airlines Flight Ops / Training Center - near SEATAC airport
- meeting room on 2nd floow
- 2651 S. 192nd St
- Seattle, WA 98188
- Several hotels within walking distance of training center
- Location: Boulder, CO
- Date: March 6-7, 2010
- Status: Firm
- Registraion: Gary Reuter (Gary at Reuter-US.com)
- Location: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Boulder CO
- meeting in the main Seminar room
- 1850 Table Mesa Dr
- Boulder, CO
- phone: (303) 497-1000
- numerous hotels within 2-3 miles
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Date: April 17-18, 2010
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Cindy Brickner (cindyask at postoffice.ccis.com)
- Location: AirFlite Inc - Long Beach Airport, Long Beach CA
- 3rd floor class room
- 3250 Airflite Way
- Long Beach, CA 90807
- Phone: (800) 241-3548, (562) 490-6200
- Hotel Info: numerous hotels nearby
Updated 12/12/2009