Customer Reviews
Excellent book for a beginner - By: velodoc, 19 May 2008 
This is a really excellent book. Its key strengths are simplicity & clarity - on these it is arguably the best book for the absolute beginner to gliding. The diagrams are simple & clear but very useful - for example the diagram on 'lookout' is etched on my brain!
In the end I got 3 beginner gliding books - this one, Piggot & Stewart. They all do certain things very well & do complment each other. But for those first few weeks I'd say that Longland is the best - giving a crystal clear introduction to this fantastic sport.
As well as the basics of flying a glider, other very useful aspects relate to the history of the sport & an outline of how a gliding club functions - these were very useful indeed as gliding clubs are often set up very differently to powered flying clubs.
A fantastic book & worth every penny!
Covers pretty well all you'll need to know about gliding - By: , 03 Aug 2001 This book is well laid out with clear diagrams, & explains all the necessary information for both the novice & more experienced pilots. The illustrations are particularly helpful & the explanations of various techniques easy to follow. Overall this is an excellent book, & I would recommend it to anyone starting outin this sport. I peviously bought "Beginning Gliding" by Derek Piggot, &in my opinion, this book by Steve Longland is the better one by a long way.
