The mission of the school was to train glider pilot students in approaches with the engine off, landing at a mark, night landing and strange field landing.
The glider pilot licence is endorsed, in the student's flight log, by a flight test examiner or flight instructor for the type of launch method used during training.
One glider pilot later commented that they did not need the pathfinders, as the tracer and lights from explosions were brighter than any of the landing markers.
