THE BEGINNER:
For people with no previous flight experience, this is the place to start.  Your FAA certificated instructor will develop your knowledge base and flight proficiency in the classroom and in a high performance, modern two-place glider to prepare you for solo flight and then to pass the FAA written and flight examinations. Our instructors have many years experience working with people who have no flying experience and preparing safe, certificated pilots.

Expect approximately:
- 10 hours in the classroom, less if you study at home
- 30 to 50 flights to get to the solo stage
- 24 flights to prepare you for the FAA flight exam.

At the solo stage you will be flying on your own, developing skills you need for all your later flying.  After you pass the flight exam you will be qualified to take friends up in the glider and show them the beauty of Lake Tahoe and the Carson Valley from one of our high performance gliders, or to transition into a single-place glider and begin preparing for the next stage of your flying experience: cross-country flight away from the vicinity of the airport. You cannot choose a better location for this training, as Minden is known world-wide for its cross-country soaring potential.

With concentrated effort this can be accomplished by most people  in 5-10 days at a cost of approximately $3,500-$5,000.