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LIDER COCKPIT
Inside a typical glider cockpit, you will find
the following:
Altimeter
(to indicate your altitude)
Air-speed indicator
(to tell how fast you
are going)
Variometer
(to tell what the air around you
is doing)
Radio
(to contact other planes or someone
on the ground)
Control stick
(located between pilots legs)
Tow rope release knob
(to disengage the
towrope)