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 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. The local contact information 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. SSF FIRC's are open to any and all glider pilots who are 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 2008 is:
- Location: Etowah, TN
- Date: October 20-21, 2007
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Pat Wager (630) 254-3703 or (flygirl12 at
comcast.net)
- Local Contact: Hartley Falbaum (hfalbaum at comcast.net)
- Location: Etowah, TN
- Sleep Inn Tennessee Overhill
- 600 N. Tennessee Ave, US Hwy 441
- Etowah, TN 37331
- Phone: (423) 263-4343
- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Date: Janurary 12/13, 2008
- Status: Firm
- Registration: James Garrison (jcg8w at cms.mail.virginia.edu)
- Location: Corutyard Marriott
- 1201 West Main Street
- Charlottesville, VA 22903
- Phone: (434) 977-1700
- $99 Block rate available, contact SSF webmaster for code ( webmaster at soaringsafety.org )
- Location: Ann Arbor, MI
- Date: Janurary 26-27, 2008
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Jim Vincze (jimjanarbor at comcast.net)
- Location: University of Michigan Union
- 530 State St.
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: February 2-3, 2008
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Mark Nyberg (mark at fishernyberg.com)
- Location: TBD
- Location: SSA Convention (Albquerque, NM)
- Date: February 12-13, 2008
- Status: Firm
- Registration: SSA office in Hobbs, NM (575) 392-1177
- Location: Spartanburg, SC
- Status: Converted to SSF Safety Seminar
- 1 day SSF Safety Seminar instead of 2 day FIRC
- Registraion: Rav Smith (ravspa at charter.net)
- Location: Denver, CO
- Date: March 15-16, 2008
- Status: Firm
- Registraion: Tom Serkowski (tserkowski at gmail.com)
- Location: Clarion Hotel at Centennial Airport
- 7770 S. Peoria St
- Englewood, CO 80112
- Phone: (303) 790-7770
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Date: April 12-13, 2008
- Status: Firm
- Registration: Jim Skydell (skydell at ca.rr.com)
- Location: Airflite, Long Beach CA
- 3250 Airflite Way
- Long Beach, CA 90807
- Hotel Info: TBD
Updated 10/15/2008