From pedestrian to glider pilot: Your path to a pilot's license
Our one-week gliding compact courses offers a particularly affordable and effective entry into aviation.
Completely flexible and according to your own schedule, you can use our individual glider training Learning to fly.
If you are still undecided about flying, just take off with us on a gliding taster day from!
Glider training on the Wasserkuppe
For over 100 years The Wasserkuppe flying school trains pilots at Germany's highest airfield.
We train from early April to late October daily in flying weather, including weekends.
The flight day starts each time um 9 Uhr with the joint briefing and ends after agreement and weather conditions towards evening with the common cleaning and clearing of the gliders.
Requirements for Glider Training
Age
You can complete flight training from the age of 14 (with the consent of both parents or legal guardians). You will then receive your license on your 16th birthday. There is no upper age limit as long as the flight doctor confirms that you are fit to fly.
weight and height
Flight students weighing up to 100 kg and measuring up to 2 meters tall can take part.
airworthiness
The flight doctor confirms that you are fit to fly. Above-average physical fitness is not required. Glasses (±5 diopters) are usually not a problem either. If you have any questions about fitness to fly, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Other requirements
For safety reasons, knowledge of German (at least level B2) is required for solo flights. No special prior knowledge is required to participate in the training.
Included services
Individual training: Included services
- individual training by experienced flight instructors
- high-quality training according to international ICAO standards
- daily briefing
- an average of 4-6 starts per day
- modern aircraft fleet
- Training at one of the most renowned flight schools and at Germany's highest airfield
- all applicable fees minus 10% student pilot discount until the license is received
- individual advice before, during and after training
Not included in the price are the costs for medical examinations (ophthalmologist, aviation doctor), fees for issuing official certificates and documents and for accommodation and meals.
Additional services in the compact course
All services as for individual training, plus:
- Training flights “All you can fly”
- Fixed price including all services and fees
- daily lunch at the airfield restaurant “Weltensegler”
- optional: indoor simulator training
Learn to fly on the Wasserkuppe: your advantages
Individual and professional training
During training, we always focus on your personal learning progress.
Our flight instructors attach great importance to individual and safe instruction in accordance with international ICAO standards.
Maximum flexibility in material selection
In addition to our compact courses, we offer daily training throughout the flying season when the weather is suitable for flying.
This means you are not tied to fixed course dates.
top infrastructure
Our well-equipped aircraft fleet is available to you on the Wasserkuppe. The flight school and our airfield restaurant are located directly on the Wasserkuppe, Germany's highest airfield. Various accommodation options such as hotels, holiday villages, guest houses and campsites can be found in the surrounding area.
At a glance: Your training for a gliding license
Practical training
The practical training for the glider license includes a legal minimum of 15 flight hours, including:
theoretical training
The theoretical training for the glider license includes lessons in 9 subjects:
The training for the glider license consists of these modules:
Module A
Flight training for solo flight
At the beginning of your training, you will learn everything you need to know to master a glider safely in solo flight with the help of a flight instructor. This includes the operation of the glider, take-off and landing, orientation in the traffic pattern, flight path and flight altitude tactics.
We offer this module as a low-cost beginner compact course an.
Module B
Exercises for flying skills
Here the previously learned flying skills are fine-tuned. Based on this, you expand your flying skills by recognizing and using thermal upwind. The aim of this training phase is to stay in the air with the glider for as long as possible.
Theory module
theoretical training
The theoretical training in 9 subjects you can complete at any level of training.
Only in order to participate in Module C is it necessary to have completed theoretical training and passed the theory exam.
Module C
Navigation and overland flight
In the last module, the training delves deeper into topics such as navigation and meteorology, which pave the way to flying outside the airfield area, but above all to the "supreme discipline" of cross-country flying. At most, you will need a flight instructor for instruction.
The total cost and duration of the training depend on the pilot's training progress, the weather and the flight times.
Are you ready?
Then start your training as a glider pilot with us on the Wasserkuppe!
If you're with a compact course want to start, you will find here the information, dates and online registration.
Or you can start directly with the individual training. Then agree with us on the period, in which you would like to complete your training. 10-14 days at a time are ideal.
If you have an aviator nearby, you can pre-order yours Medical certificate of at least “Class LAPL” This is also possible after the training has begun. We are happy to recommend aviation doctors in your area.
All other formalities We will then do this together on site.
Some Accommodation recommendations we have nearby auf dieser seite put together for you.
... or do you have any questions?
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