Cercle Luxembourgeois de Vol à Voile
Learn to fly a glider
Many people are fascinated by gliders flying like birds.
While knowing that obtaining a glider pilot license is linked to an intensive training, the interested would like to discover this experience without necessarily beeing charged immediately on all the administrative and financial steps.
To do this, the Luxemburg Circle of Gliding offers the opportunity to learn the practical training by participating for a whole day in club activities. This implies that you will be considered as student pilot with all the rights and obligations of a member.
Link: Description of full training program at CLVV
The first step: 1day trial course at the CLVV,the-first-step-1day-trial-course-at-the-clvv
After making an appointment (this is necessary to guarantee the optimim coaching), you will participate in club activities from 09:30h am to participate at the briefing and then take out the gliders, prepare the runway and prepare the winch used to launch the gliders.
The idiea is that you fly, if possible, up to an hour to become familiar with the glider controls. It is not a matter of being "chauffeured" by the instructor but of taking control yourself.
Subsequently, you will continue to discover the technique of takeoff and landing by making 3-4 flights of shorter duration.In the evening, you will help, like all the other pilots, to clean the gliders and re-hangar the equipment for the night.
The day ends between 19:00 and 20:00..
By doing so, you will have the opportunity to discover the first flight impressions and, at the same time, the club spirit and verve.
By paying the sum of € 250.- all the expenses of this day are covered.
If you are "hooked" by this fascinating sport and you decide to join our gliding community, this sum of € 250.- will be credited to your pilot's account and the flights you have made as part of the trial course will be charged retroactively to the price and terms of club members.
To make an appointment (at the latest the day before), please contact Marc BOSSELER (marc.bosseler@clvv.lu) or Alex KRIEGER (alex.krieger@clvv.lu)
General information:
Learn to fly on demanding and environmentally friendly aircraft: gliders.
Fly without an engine for hours, coverl great distances or fly for pleasure around your aerodrome, over the Alp glaciers or in the Great Plains of Eastern Europe. Nature is the engine. It gives us the necessary energy, thanks to the thermal ascendances. In order to achieve such flights, we need solid flight experience and of course the glider pilot's license. The related courses are provided by the National Gliding School in Useldange.
CLVV has a complete infrastructure at your disposal and is happy to welcome you as an active member of our Gliding Club. Your dream of flying can come true.
CLVV training is conducted in accordance with:
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1178/2011</em><br /><em>of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Conditions:
No minimum age to start training; minimum age for first solo flight: 14 years
Good general condition a medical certificate is required only for the first solo flight
Budget... roughly, you should expect, from the first flight with monitor until you get your glider pilot license, a budget of about € 3,500 spread over 2 years.
Gliding is an aerial sport that is affordable to everyone. Given the participation of all members in the operation of the aerodrome and the activities related to gliding, the flight prices remain relatively modest. Because the instructors are volunteers, you are only charged for the flight costs and the annual fee.
Flight on Motorglider Super Dimona 60min (Discovery Gliding) with instructor: 130€
5-minute instruction flight on ASK21 doubleseater with instructor (aerodrome circuit, take-off included) 12€
Longer instruction flight (1h) on ASK21 doubleseater with instructor (take-off included): 50€
Solo training flight (1 h) on single-seater (e.g. LS4b) : 40€
