> > First, would you recomend learning to glide here in Australia and where > would you recomend (i'm in outer eastern melbourne) or would i be better > doing a "boot camp" at the holiday location and would those quals obtained > abroad be recognised here or vice-versa.
SInce Victoria is almost permanently under cloud, head north where the weather is good. I am told that the best place to learn to fly in Australia is Lake Keepit. See http://www.keepitsoaring.com/ It is a 7 day a week club based operation. The main strip is huge and there are about 5 additional runways so you can get good practice on landings. The amount of unrestricted open space around Lake Keepit means somewhat less restrictions on solo flights. There is good on-site and off site accommodation, and the weekday tuition from Jenny Ganderton is excellent. The ultimate gliding experience has to depend on what style of flying you think you want to do... Thermal, alpine, ridge, wave etc. If you are a flat lands flyer, then mountains can be terrifying. You may have all of 12,000' with barely 300' over something solid. If this sort of terror turns you on, then perhaps think of France, where the flying is excellent, and you can eat more than a pie bro. You might like the idea of wave flying, but for some, the idea of getting into some lift in some place like Argentina, putting the needle on the red line, and holding on for a day or so seems hardly like soaring :-) Really, it does not matter where you fly. Being at cloud base (or above) is the ultimate place to fly. HTH D
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