Title:
Sharing the Skies with Sailplanes
Topic:
An Introduction to the Joys of Soaring.
Speaker(s):
Elliot Crawford, GFI, CFI, Towpilot
Brief Description:
How flying a sailplane could make you a better pilot.
What the modern sailplane is capable of.
Where you can expect to see us and how to avoid the encounter we all dread.
Location of Seminar:
Metropolitan State College
1250 7th Street
Denver, CO 80217
Directions to Venue:
Aerospace Building #7, Room 116. Take I-25 to Speer Boulevard South. Go South to Auraria Pkwy. Turn right and get in the left hand lane. Turn left on 7th Street then right on Walnut. Turn left onto 5th. There is parking by the meters. The Aerospace Building is blue/gray in color and on the south side of the parking lot.
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Seating:
40
seats at the facility,
13
remaining for online registration.
Registration Information:
Seminar has passed.
Sponsoring Division:
Denver FSDO
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Find out what flying a sailplane can do to improve your skills in your aircraft. Increase your awareness of the presence of sailplanes in the skies in which we all fly. Learn where to expect to see us and at what altitudes. Learn what to do when you do encounter a sailplane along your route of flight.
Elliot will give a brief overview of how sailplanes have contributed to our knowledge of the air in which we fly and the weather systems which affect us all.
Elliot Crawford is a glider and power instructor based out of Boulder Municipal Airport. He started flying as a teenager, soloing a glider at the age of 16 before moving on to powered craft. Now well versed in many aspects of flying sailplanes, Elliot shares his endeavors by imparting his skills in powered and unpowered aircraft to students. He even finds occasional time to indulge in his passion for his Ventus high performance sailplane.
Equal Access Information:
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