At the intermediate stage students gain all of the fundamental skills to complete the control and monitoring aspects of their flight training. At the end of this stage they should be able to takeoff and land the aircraft, fly the aerotow, perform most flight manoeuvres with a minimum of demonstration, complete all checks, and fly the circuit. The intermediate skills are as follows:
- Intermediate Turns
- Takeoff
- Landing
- Aerotow
- Use Spoilers/flaps to Control Landing Glide Path (Aiming Point).
- Crabs
- Sideslip
- Stalls in Turns and Wing Drop Stall
- Incipient Spin
- Steep Turns
- Plan Standard Circuits
- High Level Rope Breaks
- Intermediate Thermalling
The background knowledge relates to:
- The circuit and judging the effects of wind speed and direction to the ground path of the aircraft in the circuit and during landing.
- Aerotow and/or Winch launch signals and procedures.
- Spin theory, characteristics, and recovery.
- Introduction to emergency procedures.