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By Marlster
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Hi all, I'm currently mid PPL training and was wondering if I could get my SPL alongside it?
I spent 2 years learning to fly gliders pre-covid during which I racked up 82 flights over 15 hours, of which 10 were solo over ~1.2 hours.
I looked up the SPL requirements and it says I need 10 hours of dual instruction, 2 hours solo and
a crosscountry, plus all the theory exams and a practical test.
If I'm doing the PPL ones too, how would the SPL theory exams work?
I read that
  • Principles of flight
    Operational procedures
    Flight performance and planning
    Aircraft general knowledge
are the ones specific to aircraft type so are these the only exams I'd need to repeat for both sailplanes and powered? And then the other 5 I can use for both? So 5+4+4=13 exams total?
I'm confident on PPL requirements but for the SPL, would I just need the extra 1 hour solo (after shaking the rust off of course), plus some dual/solo training for crosscountry soaring? And then just the theory followed by the skills test to get the license? Or would the hours I did pre-covid not count anymore?
Thanks!

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