SGS 1-26 with Student pilot

It's 1:45 in the afternoon, a typical weekend of flight training activities. Your home airfield is a single 2000' x 150’ N/S runway (18 in use) with a 5 Kt wind from the SW. There is a E/W road 500’ North of the runway with Christmas tree farm North of the road. To the East is shopping center with single family dwellings East of there. To the South is a busy golf course and some farm land. To the West is a wooded public park. There is a farm field about ¼ mile SW of your field that is designated as an alternate landing field in the event of a low altitude rope break. All patterns are made to the west of the field to avoid overflying the homes to the east.

Each pilot has a different scenario. You may use any resources (radio, signals, etc) that are normally used. Your task is to fly the glider listed below through the described flight. A count down clock is used to coordinate the flight activities. The times listed below show the position and altitude of your glider or towplane at that time. Unless you act differently, your glider or towplane will be on the ground when the clock reaches T-0:00

1-26 with Student pilot. You are a new student pilot. This is your 2^nd flight in the 1-26. You have heard that today is a good soaring day and you are hoping to get a long enough flight to qualify for a SSA ‘B’ badge. The tow was uneventful. You release about 1 mile S of the field at 2000’ and start searching for your first thermal. You notice that the vario says you are going down at 400 fpm, so you slow down to minimum sink to conserve altitude. You know that there are thermals nearby but you just can’t find them. At 1200’ you start heading back toward the airport. Your plan is to enter a right hand pattern for a landing on runway 18.

Unless you act differently, the last 2:30 minutes of flight will proceed as follows:

T-2:30 1.0 mile S at 1200’ AGL at 45 mph

T-2:00 0.5 miles SW at 1000’ AGL

T-1:30 0.25 miles SW at 800’ AGL, accelerate to 60 mph

T-1:00 Opposite touchdown point

T-0:30 on base leg

T-0:00 touchdown on runway 18