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The cost of soaring instruction compares favorably with the cost of powered instruction. When you consider that you get two planes (a sailplane and a tow plane), a tow pilot and an instructor, the training phase is a good value. When you consider that many experienced sailplane pilots can fly all day without expensive aviation fuel being used, that’s a great value.
