Personal Development

In addition to flight training, you can acquire a wide range of other skills in normal association operations or during further training:

• Handling fiber composites
• CAD-Courses
• Idaflieg Zellenwartlehrgang (airframe maintenance course), which teaches the basics of glider maintenance
• Idaflieg Construction Seminar on the basics of designing a glider
• Idaflieg Leadership Seminar
• Scientific flying, for example at the Idaflieg Summer Meeting and in the flight testing of our prototypes
• Exchange with the industry at trade fairs, such as Aero Friedrichshafen
• First Aid Courses

You can also take your first steps in scientific work:

• Presentations at scientific events such as the Idaflieg Winter Meeting or the Gliding Symposium
• Planning of measurement campaigns
• Planning and implementation of projects such as the construction of the AK-X
• Conducting tests as part of the certification of the prototypes built, such as load tests
• Conducting Bachelor’s and Master’s Theses