Meet your Orientation Pilot:
IMPORTANT ITEMS---First and foremost --- Call - via phone - your Orientation Pilot a minimum of 2 hours BEFORE your flight meeting time, to confirm flights. Changes due to weather, etc. can cancel that day's flying. However, please do not call before 7:00 AM.
For directions:
< Visit the website www.airnav.com/airport/kimm.
< Use Mapquest
< Call KIMM at 239-657-9003
All Cadets MUST be under 18 years old and have ALL the following to fly:
--- Please click here download this checklist:
*** Remember, it is the Cadet's/Senior's responsibility to provide and do the following:
< 1- [ ] Bring proof of current membership (CAP ID card).
< 2- [ ] A Cadet's CAP membership must NOT expire within 60 days of the flight date.
< 3- [ ] Wear a uniform with sneakers, NO boots or large shoes!! (see list of acceptable uniform combinations).
< 4- [ ] Bring the Signoff Sheet (on page 22 of the CAPP 52-7 Cadet Orientation Flight Syllabus) showing flights already completed. If this is a Cadet's first flight, then just fill out the Signoff Sheet with the name and CAPID number.
< 5- [ ] Bring a smile on your face to enhance a great time.
< 6- [ ] All the above must be done and be complete for the Cadet/Senior to fly. There will be no exceptions.
< 7- [ ] Take the Wing Runner Course and pass the final exam if this is the Cadet's first Glider flight and the course has never been taken. Bring the certificate of completion.
< 8- [ ] Fill out and bring the Cadet Orientation Flight Data Collection Sheet.
The Squadron must assign a Senior Member(s) to bring/accompany the Cadets to the Glider port and to provide supervision on the ground, as required by CAP regulations. The Senior Member(s) MUST provide supervision for the ENTIRE time there. It is suggested that, if you will have cadets at IMM for more than 2 hours, you bring training materials to keep their attention. You could make a presentation based on the AEROSPACE DIMENSIONS Modules.
Senior member(s) and Cadets 18 and over may take a flight after all the Cadets have flown, if time allows, and they pay for their own Aero tows. Please consult your Orientation Pilot. Depending on flight location, this possibility can change. Tow rates depend on where and who we use. All tow fees must be paid in full, before leaving the airport. (Wing will be billed directly for all aero tows only for the Cadet Orientation flights.) Senior Members must conform to items 1, 3 and 5 of the Cadet's needs above, in order to fly in the glider.
Maximum front seat weigh is 226#s. The Pilot in charge, at his discretion, has the right to weigh a passenger before flight if he feels his/her fully clothed weight is near the maximum. This is for Safety reasons and glider limitations.
What else you need to know....
Bring:
< Water for de-hydration protection. Soda is NOT good.
< Sunscreen. Lip screen. SPF45 minimum.
< A hat for sun protection (Remember, no hats with buttons/beanies on top!)
< Warm clothes with hat and gloves in winter.
< Snacks and/or lunch (snack machine available at the glider port).
Remember:
< The glider port can be a dangerous place to wander around, so at all times listen to the instructions of your Orientation Pilot!!!
< The most important rule: Be safe and have fun!!
Uniforms:
Acceptable uniform combinations include, in accordance with 60-1 part 5.7:
< BDUs with sneakers -- NO boots**
< Flight suit with sneakers -- NO boots**
< A CAP emblazoned shirt or t-shirt, and hemmed dark blue or khaki shorts, or long pants with sneakers -- NO boots**
< A hat for sun protection ^^
Dress for the weather.
**It is important to remember that boots, large shoes or any open toe shoes or sandals, of any kind, can NOT be worn in the glider. If you wear one of these and do not bring correct footwear, you will NOT be able to fly! NO exceptions.
^^Also, baseball style hats are not permitted in the glider unless the top button has been removed. There is very little clearance between the top of your head and the glider canopy.
Basically, dress for the weather and realize that it will often times feel hotter or colder at the glider port than it does at your home.
Wing Runners Course
An important part of the Glider Orientation Flight Program is to learn how to handle gliders on the ground. We have chosen the Wing Runners Course offered by the Soaring Safety Foundation to provide this learning experience. As part of the First Flight in the Orientation Flight Syllabus, all Cadets, before coming out for their first Glider Orientation Flight, are required to read this short, interactive and fun online course. All Senior Member escorts are encouraged to read this as well, as part of how to properly manage Cadets at the Glider port. This course should take about 30 minutes to read. Please do take the final exam and bring a copy of your certificate with you. We recommend that Squadrons incorporate this course into an Aerospace Education lesson during a Squadron meeting. Or, you could allow each cadet to do it on their own. Then you would know who is really motivated and make choosing participants easier.
It is located at: http://soaringsafety.org/school/wingrunner/toc.htm.
For more information, contact:
Ted Brousseau, Major, CAP
Florida Group 5 Glider Project Officer
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