SGS 2-32 on demo flight


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



2-32 on demo flight. This was a mile high tow and the passengers purchased the ‘thrill seeker’ option. So far the flight has been pretty sedate and the passengers are starting to ask for something more exciting. They seem to be taking things well so you try a gentle stall series. They like it so you add some steep turns followed by an accelerated stall. You finish up about 2 miles east of the field at 1500’. Your plan is to head back to the field making a high speed (120 mph) 'finish' at 500'. The pull-up should put you in a good position 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 2 miles E @ 1500’ AGL accelerate to 120 mph

T-2:00 1 mile E @ 1000’ AGL, 120 mph, headed for mid field

T-1:30 crossing runway @ 500’ AGL starting pull-up

T-1:00 pull-up complete back to 700’ AGL right turn onto downwind

T-0:30 middle of base leg 70 mph

T-0:00 touchdown on runway 18