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✓What you'll learn
✓What it will cost
​​✓How you'll be trained
​✓What is required
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Five Flight Package
$575

✓Start your glider pilot training with a 5 flight package
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Ground School Training
$400

✓Introduction required for Transport Canada's written exam
​✓Space is limited
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Youth Bursary

✓Offered by Soaring Association of Canada and matched by SOSA
✓Youth under age of 26 and full time students might quality for the program
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What is Required ?

Typically, it takes a student between 40-60 flights to complete the training.
​Training flights last up to 30 minutes each.
If you’re motivated and start early it can be done in one season but often it takes two.
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To engage in SOSA pilot training, you must be:
✓ Proficient in English.
✓ Medically fit.
✓ Minimum age to begin training is 14 years old.
✓ Minimum age for first solo flight is 15 years old.
✓ Minimum age to receive Glider Pilot License is 16 years old. 
​​For a full description get your SOSA Learn to Fly Guide.

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Learn from the Best

​SOSA, Canada’s largest glider flying club, boasts some of the country’s highest skilled instructors. Many have won championship competitions in Canada and around the world. SOSA also has the largest fleet of gliders, three tow planes and a winch system, making it easy to accommodate your schedule. Ground training is offered several times a year and all materials needed are supplied.

Watch gliding in the extreme
Learning to fly a glider is a demanding but you’ll receive some of the most valuable training you can get. Watch how these pilots put their gliding skills to work in a critical situation. Canada is world-renowned for pilot training and many of those pilots started out where you’re starting today.

Testimonials

"My flight with SOSA was an experience of a lifetime. There is nothing like flying and hearing only the wind over the hull. It is both exciting and peaceful. No bucket is complete without this experience in it

​Bill

"Just want to say 'thanks' for the great experience. My husband and I had an excellent time 

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​Lorraine

"Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The flight was a lot of fun and I definitely will come back for another one 

Jennifer