Flying experience

The applicant shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has had at least fifty hours’ flying experience (i.e. in free flight, not towed flight) as pilot in charge of a glider, including twenty-five winch launchings and ten completed aero-tow launchings, of which not less than three hours, including ten winch launchings and three completed aero-tow launchings, must have been carried out during the twelve months immediately preceding the date of the application.