Who among us has not yet had an encounter of the first kind (visual contact) with our flying colleagues, the glider pilots? In order to avoid an encounter of the second kind (physical contact), we should all adhere to the pre-flight rules. Achim Holzmann has explained this and other things clearly in a much-noticed video.
Most of us know the IGC file (en: International Gliding Commission) as a file that a vario creates, in which the flight path is recorded and which can be uploaded to one of the Internet portals, such as the DHV-XC or XContest, after the flight. When opening the file with a normal text editor, you can recognise some information in plain text, but most of the data is very cryptic. However, it is worth taking a closer look at what is hidden behind it in order to better understand the background to airspace violations, for example.
What do I have to bear in mind from an aviation law perspective if I want to fly from A to B? What sources, preferably first-hand, are available to me for this? How can I carry out my planning from a very pragmatic point of view? Oliver Thomä provides answers to these questions in a seminar without too much "ballast".
What do we need to bear in mind when approaching airspace that we are not allowed to fly into? What altitude should you set on your aircraft? What should you do if you have inadvertently flown into a prohibited airspace? Georg Bube, an experienced cross-country pilot, will try to answer all these questions in a presentation.
Who among us has not despaired when trying to read and understand the ICAO chart? Especially with complex airspace structures, such as those found around airports, it can be very nerve-wracking trying to read and understand the ICAO chart. Ultimately, it's also a question of safety; it can happen very quickly that you overlook an airspace. Furthermore, it is not always easy to visualise the airspaces in three-dimensional space.
In this article I have already reported on the rescue throw training, which is organized and carried out by Bodenlos e.V.. But training without learning something from it doesn't really make sense. That's why I've summarized here once again the findings described by my club colleagues in the club's internal forum, most of whose texts I have taken over from the original. I have supplemented the texts with my own findings.
