RJA #9c: Presentation Plan

I. Introduction

A. Attention getter

B. Thesis statement

II. Background behind glider aircraft and training

A. The history of gliders

1. Wright Brothers

2. World War II

3. Spy planes

B. Glider used in training

1. Schweizer 232

2. Schweizer 233

3. Nimbus

4. Grob

C. A typical flight

1. Take off's

2. Release

3. Landing

D. FAA regulations

1.Solo Requirements

2. Private pilot requirements

3. Type rating (add on) requirements

III. Info about single engine aircraft and training

A. the kind of aircraft used

1. Cessna 172

2. Piper Cub

3. Diamond Catana

B. The normal training procedure

1. First flights

2. Solo

3. Cross country

4. FAA check ride

C. FAA regulations

1. Solo requirements

2. Private License requirements

IV. Benefits of gliding

A. The transfer of time to single engine aircraft

1. 20 hours transfers towards private license in single engine training

2. 70 hours transfers to commercial license in single engine training

B. No medical required

C. Cheaper

D. Stick and rudder skills

E. Huge knowledge of meteorology

F. Planning ahead skills

G. Great on resume'

V. Accidents adverted due to glider training

A. Gimly Glider

1. Boeing 767

2. Captain was rated in gliders

B. Hudson Crash

1. Hudson river NY/NJ

2. Bird Strike

3. Captain was rated in gliders

VI. Conclusion

A. Summarize the key points

B. Reiterate the thesis and position

RJA #9b: Argument

Research Question:

Is it better for pilots to train in glider aircraft prior to single engine aircraft?

Thesis/claim:

Pilots should begin their training in glider aircraft before they receive training in single engine aircraft because they will become safer, better-trained and more knowledgeable pilots with prior glider training.

Reasons:

-Gliders force pilots to be more knowledgeable about meteorology.

-Glider pilots have much more training flying with out an engine and landing safely without an engine.

-The glider training forces a pilot to think more about aerodynamics and the atmosphere compared to training in powered aircraft.

-When training in gliders, you learn essential stick and rudder skills needed for flying and those skills are harder to achieve in most single engine training aircraft.

Objections/counter-arguments:

-Engine failures occur very rarely and the majority of pilots never experience an engine failure, therefore you do not need training in gliding.

-Pilots of single engine aircraft do not need to know about many meteorological phenomenon's such as thermals and mountain wave.

-Pilots of single engine aircraft do not need the training in stick and rudder skills since now days it is rare to find modern civil aircraft with stick and rudder controls.

RJA #9a: Thesis Statement

Research Question:

Is it better for pilots to train in glider aircraft prior to single engine aircraft?

Precise claim:

Pilots should begin their training in glider aircraft prior to training in single engine aircraft.

Reasons/blueprint:

-Gliders force pilots to be more knowledgeable about meteorology.

-Glider pilots have much more training flying with out an engine and landing safely without an engine.

-The glider training forces a pilot to think more about aerodynamics and the atmosphere compared to training in powered aircraft.

Thesis Statement:

Pilots should begin their training in glider aircraft before they receive training in single engine aircraft because they will become safer, better trained and more knowledgeable pilots with prior glider training.

RJA #8b: Evaluation Check

Kelly Williams

Michael Hughes

RJA #8a: Quotation, Paraphrase and Summary

Passage:

The traditional career path to becoming a professional pilot starts at a local flight school, an aeronautical college or in the military. After obtaining required licenses and certifications, the candidate builds the flight time required for an airline job by instructing or working for small commuter or night-cargo operators. In the days of three-person cockpits, the new-hire would start as a flight engineer and spend several years gaining experience while graduating to the right seat as first officer, then to the prized left seat of captain.

Aviation Week

Paragraph:

Most pilots who want to fly for an airline all start out with the same training wether it be civillian or military. The training to become an airline pilot takes many years and a lot of money. On average you must have 2,000 hours in order to be a pilot for any airline and a lot of those hours must be PIC (pilot in command) and once you are hired into the airlines, your training has just begun. As stated by Frances "the new-hire would start as a flight engineer and spend several years gaining experience while graduating to the right seat as first officer, then to the prized left seat of captain." It is a long road and very few who start pilot training actually make it this far.

Paraphrase:

The average course a pilot takes to becoming an airline pilot or corporate pilot begins at a flight school, a place of higher education specializing in aviation or in the armed forces. Once the pilot gains certain ratings, he or she obtains logable flight time in order to become a professional pilot by becoming a flight instructor or getting hired for a regional or cargo flight company. Before cockpits were computerized like they are now, there was the captain, first officer and flight engineer in the cockpit. A new comer to the airline industry would begin as a flight engineer, learning the operations of the aircraft before becoming the first officer and then becoming the captain of the aircraft.

Summary:

Most pilots start their flying careers at a flight school, aeronautical college or in the military. Once all of the licenses are obtained he or she gains flight time from various jobs such as flight instructing to gain time for the airlines. When airliners were equipped with three person cockpits, the new hire would begin work as the flight engineer before becoming the first officer and then the captain.

RJA #7b: Field Research Suggestions

http://ryansmith77.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja6c-field-research-options.html#comment-form

http://jeffauger.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-6c-field-research-options.html#comment-form

RJA #7a: Evaluation of Sources

REFERENCE ARTICLE
Name(s) of author(s) of the article: Knauff, T.L.
Title of the article: Glider Baisics: From First Flight to Solo
Title of reference work: Glider
Name of publisher: Columbia University Press
Date of publication: 1982
Resource searched: infoplease encyclopedia

The man who wrote this is an incredibly knowledgeable person in the aviation industry, especially when dealing with gliders. This reference article gives tips from what he has learned from being an FAA flight examiner and instructor for gliding. It discusses just like the title explains, the basics of gliding from your first flight to solo. The article talks about the best kind of weather for training in and where to train for the best results in gliding.

BOOK
Author: Federal Aviation Administration

Title: Glider Flying Handbook
Edition number or information: Illustrated
Name of publisher: Sky Horse Publishing
Date of publication: 2007

Resource searched: Google Books

This book is incredibly helpful for glider training. This book includes everything you would need to know for receiving a private pilots license and even possibly a commercial license in gliding. It includes a vast amount of information on glider training and the regulations associated with it. It has many pictures and diagrams to help you receive a better understanding for what is being discussed. Best of all, it is written by the Federal Aviation Administration which is who will be evaluating you through your training.

PERIODICAL ARTICLE
Name(s) of author(s): Frances Fiorino
(U.S.)Title of article: Quality or Quantity
Volume and issue number: Vol. 171 issue 20
Date: 11/30/2009
Pages on which article appears: 52-55
Resource searched: EBSCO

This article discusses how we are not training pilots the way they used to be. A lot of statistics are in this article discussing how aviation safety was better 10 years ago as pilots started out in three person cockpits as flight engineers. This article is very good at discussing how we have to train for different things these days such as; we aren't training anymore for flaming engines but for when the computer screens go black. This article is very good at describing the training process for becoming an airline pilot.

WEBSITE
http://www.FAA.gov
Copright: 2010

This website is immensely helpful for aviation purposes. The reason being, is that the FAA is in charge of the skies and they produces the rules and procedures for flying. If you need information on flight training, this website will either give you the information or point you exactly where you need to go. This website will also give you information on where to get flight training and take exams.

RJA #6c: Field Research Options

I have several ideas for conducting my field research:

-Interview in person flight instructors from Mile High Gliding in Boulder, Co.

-Interview my current flight instructor at Flights Inc.

-Interview a FAA flight examiner

-Interview several aviation department professors at MSCD

RJA #6b: Social Media and Multimedia

Resource searched or tool used: Ice Rocket
Keywords used: Glider, Training
Search strategies used: Social Media, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/10
Number of hits: 868
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5

Resource searched or tool used: Xanga
Keywords used: Flight, Training
Search strategies used: Social Media, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/10
Number of hits: unknown
Relevance of hits: 1 of 5

Resource searched or tool used: Blinkx
Keywords used: Glider, Flight, Training
Search strategies used: Multimedia, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/10
Number of hits: 12,000
Relevance of hits: 5 of 5!

RJA #6a: Websites

Resource searched or tool used: Cuil.com
Keywords used: Flight Training
Search strategies used: Search engine, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/2010
Number of hits: 23,515,556
Relevance of hits: 4 of 5

Resource searched or tool used: Clusty.com
Keywords used: Glider, Flight, Training
Search strategies used: Meta Search engine, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/2010
Number of hits: 639,000
Relevance of hits: 5 of 5

Resource searched or tool used: Yoofindit.com
Keywords used: Flight, Training
Search strategies used: Directory, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/2010
Number of hits: 4 links
Relevance of hits: 1 of 5

Resource searched or tool used: Turbo10.com
Keywords used: Single, Engine, Flight, Training
Search strategies used: Invisible Web Search, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/10
Number of hits:
Relevance of hits: 0 of 5

Resource searched or tool used: Google.com
Keywords used: Flight, Training, Statistics
Search strategies used: Search engine, Keywords
Date of search: 3/10/10
Number of hits: 608,000
Relevance of hits: 4 of 5

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