Soaring Safety Foundation

These presentations have been given by various class instructors at the SSF Flight Instructor Refresher Clinics (FIRC). For more information on attending a FIRC, visit the Outreach Activities page.

Note:Soaring pilots, clubs, and schools may use this presentation provided they attribute the material to the SSF.
Note: most of these presentations are large (over 2 Mbytes).

Every year SSF trustees and advisors travel around the country putting on the FAA approved Flight Instructor Refresher Clinics. There clinics allow instructor and non-instructors the opportunity to discuss safety issues and concerns about their specific area or site. Flight Instructors who complete the course can take the graduation certificate to their local FSDO and renew their CFIG privileges for another 2 years. The following sample agenda gives you an idea of the topics covered in the 2005/2006 period. Check out the Clinic Schedule for a list of previous and future clinics.

Day 1
SSF Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic
Typical schedule

Course Title	Topic Number
Introduction	1-1
Flight Safety	10
Collision Avoidance	12
Break
FITS Training	16
Funadmentals of Instruction	8
National Airspace System*	5
Lunch
Controlled Flight into Terrain	15
Practical Test Standards	2
Flight Information Publications	5
Break
Recurrency and Transition	11
Flight Maneuvers and Procedures	9
Daily Test

Day 2
Course Title	Topic Number
Teaching Aerodynamics Spins	1
Human Factors	7
Break
Federal Air Regulations	3
Weather Analysis	6
Transportation Security Administartion	17
Lunch
Instructor Professionalism	13-1
IACRA	13-2
Elective
Airport Operations	14
Open Forum	25
Break
Daily Test
Evaluation and Graduation

* Indicates FAA Special Emphasis Subject Area

Teach an interactive Landing Workshop and explore one way to teach students how to avoid having an accident in the last 3 minutes of a flight.

SSF FIRC Presentations

SSF Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic

Typical schedule