Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic

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 clinic is held in concurrent with the annual SSA soaring convention. This clinic is held the Tuesday and Wednesday preceeding the convention at the convention site. Other clinics are held, upon request, around the country. Contact Patricia Wager [flygirl12 at comcast.net] for more details.

All clinics are coordinated by a local contact. The local contact information will be updated as it becomes available. Unless otherwise noted all clinics 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 (505) 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