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FAA-H-8083-13A
Glider Flying Handbook
Updated May 11, 2015
Errata as of May 11, 2015
1. In the first bullet under “Other Airspeed Limitations” in the left column of page 4-6, the
first sentence should be changed to: “Maneuvering speed (V
a)
– a structural design
airspeed used in determining the strength requirements for the glider and its control
surfaces. The structural design requirements do not cover multiple inputs in one axis or
control inputs in more than one axis at a time at any speed, even below V
a
.”
2. On page G-4 of the glossary, the following definition should be added: “Maneuvering
speed (V
a)
– a structural design airspeed used in determining the strength requirements
for the glider and its control surfaces. The structural design requirements do not cover
multiple inputs in one axis or control inputs in more than one axis at a time at any
speed, even below V
a
.”
Errata as of October 21, 2013
1. In Figure 7-2 on page 7-3, the upper center and upper right labels regarding towing are
reversed. The upper center label should read, “Towplane please turn left” and the upper
right label should read, “Towplane please turn right.”
2. In Figure 7-34 on page 7-35, the label pointing to the rudder should read, “Rudder
deflected left.”
Errata as of September 17, 2013
1. On page 1-3, the caption under Figure 1-5 should read, "A DG Flugzeugbau GmbH DG-
800B glider."
Errata as of September 11, 2013
1. In the Acknowledgements (page v), the web address for the Soaring Society of America,
Inc. should read, “www.ssa.org.”
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