Air Force Academy Glider Program USAFA

[MrWindowsvista]

i live in germany, i´m 16 years old, got the licence to fly gliders and have my own ls4 : )

[chida66]

Nice to see from inside the glider. My Brother in Law is now stationed there and he had me and my son come out to the runway to watch him take another out for a check ride this past week. He is an IP and was flying B-1s before that. Great to see and even better to see from the glider.

[bjoern4126]

Nice vid.

Is the Usafa using glassfiber planes like the ASK 21 or Duo Discus for long fligth in the Rocky's? Because this Blanik is pretty good equipped. :)

[levelat350]

WHAT IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THE CADETS WHEN THEY FLY?

[bamrocks74]

ok im 13 and i'm planning on going here I was born here and my father taught cadets here so i've been around it when i was little all the time I either wanna fly commercial or anything that gets me in the air i definitely want to do this glider program and parachutes can anyone please give me tips how to get here I gonna do ROTC in high school

PLEASE CAN I GET TIPS!

[Carl0sl70n]

@bamrocks74 score a 650 minimum on all 3 portions of your SAT, have AP classes and pass with an A. Have a sport like that is a must, you need to be physically fit otherwise you will suffer here. best bet is to train for these requirements, about 60 pushups in 2m, 10 pull ups, 80 sit ups, long jump forward 7', and be able to run a lap around the track in under 55 seconds. also you have to do that in a row in this order: pull ups, standing long jump, sit ups, push ups, and then the lap.

[terrbear0913]

what happened to skytrain, merlin 05, request area/pattern tow?

[terrbear0913]

woot woot AM-251 this summer :) hopin i get some wings. I wana be an IP for this program.

[eroby371]

If anyone younger than 18 saw this video and wants an easy chance to get to do this, join the Civil Air Patrol. I got to fly in two gliders and I'm only 13. Aside from flying, CAP is a lot of fun.

The only thing that was different from this flight and mine was that I was towed by a PA-25 instead of a piper cub, and I flew the Schweitzer 2-33 'Falcon'

[ThePresidentFreeman]

@eroby371 Bare in mind that CAP is also "fickle", while eroby makes his squadron sound active and cool, the ones in my local area do little to nothing, and, beyond a box to check on my academy application, unfortunately I have found little to gain from or give to it. It depends where you are, but atleast the orientation flights are basically guranteed. I've only done a few small cessnas.

[Hot4Kittens]

@eroby371

yeah right CAP is the stupidest program ever every cadet here who was a CAP guy in high school is a nerd

[bajesus666]

@eroby371 CAP (NJ wing at least) gets some of its gliders from the USAFA

[edrilicar]

how long is the towing rope it looks to long we use 30 meters rope

[drewbaloo513]

200 feet

[lilboii7]

@edrilicar its clearly long enough nigga their flying fine bitchass

[MonkeyPieshaha]

I went to that campus it was extremely cool. with the mountains and other stuff, what are the grade requirments to get accepted in?

[LIGHTRONIX]

I hear grades dont matter as much, they want extremely involved, high character people with good leadership and what not.

[MrAcademy12]

You are right for the most part. They want to see high school students who are involved in several activities. This shows they can handle having their time spread thin over the course of four years. However, grades are still very important.

[redcross3]

@LIGHTRONIX what they want is at least a 26 on both parts of the ACT and participation in different clubs at schools and in the community

[thejasbourne]

@MonkeyPieshaha - grades are very important - above a 3.5 is good. SAT scores are important too, can make or break you. Helps to be in a leadership position, like captain of a sports team. Also, get a job to show that you have good time-management skills. And learn how to interview well, b/c you'll need to go before a panel to get a congessional nomination

good luck dude

[Sharod101]

@MonkeyPieshaha ah man, its not easy. contact my page and i'll tell you in full length, but you want to keep as close to a 4.0 as possible, go above if possible, they say you should be in the top 10% of your class, but in some schools like mine, you're competing with smart alecs and its not easy considering some people base their lives on school. should do a lot of community service, take a lot of sports take a lot of clubs and prove you have leadership skills.

again contact me n i'll explain.

[jetfighters20fr]

why would you fly in the winter time, if there is nothing to keap you in the air???

[BibioPR]

i wanna join jaja

[Airforceproud95]

ive been on the golf course and seen those things all over the place in the air! there very cool to see. 5/5

[superman7648]

you can do it the summer after your 4degree year if your grades are decent, if not you just do it later on

[ColeHimself]

Man I hope I'm accepted so I get to do this!

[apocalypse1298]

Damn that looks fun, can you do it your 4th class year?

[ahlightning5]

nope