GPC Unit 2 Ground Handling & Signals

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Unit 2, Gliding Australia GPC Pilot-Guide (Rev 1.1, Oct 2022)

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Q1 While vehicle-towing a glider, the maximum speed should be:

Jogging pace

A moderate walking pace

40 kph

Whatever speed the driver chooses

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Q2 The Pilot-Guide’s “golden rule” for rope towing states that the tow-rope must be at least:

Half the wingspan long

Two-thirds of the wingspan long

20 metres long

Equal to the glider’s length

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Q3 When moving a glider by hand, how many people should hold the same wingtip:

Three

One

None hold the nose only

Two

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Q4 Which practice is correct for canopy care on the ground?

Lift by the clear-view panel

Leave open if you stay “close by”

Prop it up with a cushion on windy days

Close and lock it whenever you walk away

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Q5 The tugs tow rope or the winch cable should be attached to the glider:

As soon as the glider reaches the grid

After “take-up slack” is called

Only when the pilot is ready and specifically requests it

Immediately after the tug lines up

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Q6 During a launch, who has the authority to give the

Stop signal and stop a launch:

The duty instructor

Only the wing-runner

Only the tug pilot

Any person nearby

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Q7 Giving the stop signal requires the wing-runner to:

Wave one arm from side to side above their head

Wave one arm below their waist from side to side

Wave at the tug pilot with both hands

Lower the wing and raise both arms overhead and yell Stop Stop Stop

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Q8 Prior to launch the tow rope should be inspected for knots and wear:

During a daily inspection

A few times a day by the tug pilot

By the person attaching the rope each launch

By the duty instrutor

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Q9 You are the pilot in command waiting for the slack to be taken up and you here someone yell Stop Stop Stop you should.

Take off if the tug starts it's ground roll

Wait for the wing runner to give the all out signal

Open the Canopy to signal your not ready to launch

Release the rope

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Q 10 Tail dollies must be removed:

Only before the last flight of the day

Before every flight and when glider is left parked

Only in cross-winds

only for winch launches

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Q 11 The wing runner signals the tug to take up slack by:

Lifting the up wind wing tip

Lifting the wing and rocking it up and down

Waving one arm side to side above their head

Waving one arm side to side below their waist

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