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 bi-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. In Dec 2007 Pat Wager put together a pair of documents to help the local coordinator with this task. The FIRC checklist contains a detailed list of tasks that the local coordinator will perform prior to the FIRC date. The sample invitation letter gives you some guidance of what to tell FIRC attendees.

The local contact information for each clinic 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. Presentations can be viewed/downloaded from the Sample Scheulde page.

SSF FIRC's are open to any Flight Instructor wishing to renew their FI certificate. As of 2008, the SSF clinic can renew any FI certificate (glider, airplane, rotorcraft, ...). If your tow-pilots are airplane flight instructors they can how renew by attending the SSF FIRC. The SSF clinics are also open to any glider pilot who is 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 2010 is:

• Location: Etowah, TN
  Date: October 24-25, 2009
  Status: Firm
  Registration: Pat Wager (630) 254-3703 or (flygirl12 at comcast.net)
  Local Contact: Hartley Falbaum (hfalbaum at comcast.net)
  Location: Etowah, TN
  Red Roof Inn
  600 N. Tennessee Ave, US Hwy 441
  Etowah, TN 37331
  Phone: (800) 733-7663

  Location: Washington DC Metro area

  Date: Janurary 9-10, 2010

  Status: Firm

  Registration: Jim Kellett (jim at kellett.com)

  Location: Udvar-Hazy Museum, Dulles International Airport, VA

  Pre-register to obtain free parking (otherwise parking is $12/day)

  make out check to 'Soaring Safety Foundation' and mail to local contact

  Jim Kellet, 1260 Glenside Dr, Harrisonburg, VA, 22801 (email above)

  Participants must contact Jim Kellet to obtain free parking

  Motels near the Museum may be found at http://tinyurl.com/yfv55lk

  Location: SSA Convention (Little Rock, AR)

  Date: Janurary 26-27, 2010

  Status: Firm

  Registration: SSA office in Hobbs, NM (505) 392-1177

  Location: Ann Arbor, MI

  Date: February 6-7, 2010

  Status: Firm

  Registration: Jim Vincze (jimjanarbor at comcast.net)

  Location: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport Terminal building

  KARB airport terminal building - lower level

  Ann Arbor, MI

  Location: Seattle, WA

  Date: February 13-14, 2010

  Status: Firm

  Registration: Mark Nyberg (mark at fishernyberg.com)

  Location: Alaska Airlines Flight Ops / Training Center - near SEATAC airport

  meeting room on 2nd floow

  2651 S. 192nd St

  Seattle, WA 98188

  Several hotels within walking distance of training center

  Location: Boulder, CO

  Date: March 6-7, 2010

  Status: Firm

  Registraion: Gary Reuter (Gary at Reuter-US.com)

  Location: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Boulder CO

  meeting in the main Seminar room

  1850 Table Mesa Dr

  Boulder, CO

  phone: (303) 497-1000

  numerous hotels within 2-3 miles

  Location: Long Beach, CA

  Date: April 17-18, 2010

  Status: Firm

  Registration: Cindy Brickner (cindyask at postoffice.ccis.com)

  Location: AirFlite Inc - Long Beach Airport, Long Beach CA

  3rd floor class room

  3250 Airflite Way

  Long Beach, CA 90807

  Phone: (800) 241-3548, (562) 490-6200

  Hotel Info: numerous hotels nearby