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This section of the BGA web site provides practical information for pilots, club officials, instructors, aircraft owners, inspectors and for anybody actively involved in gliding in the UK.
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The SPL training course resources and documents links have been updated. You can view the SPL training course here.
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Gliding activity - aeroplane and helicopter pilot guide
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As part of the BGA’s ongoing conversations with airfields and their operators to inform our safe shared airspace guidance for glider pilots, it has become clear that many of those operators would benefit from knowing more about gliding activity. The BGA has produced and published an aeroplane and helicopter pilot…
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Thomas Defence Systems - supporting the British Gliding team
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We are pleased to report a new partnership between the British Gliding Team and Thomas Defence Systems. The BGA looks forward to working with Thomas Defence Systems to enhance glider pilots awareness of the use and care of emergency parachute systems.
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Military pilot accreditation - Part SFCL
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The MoD and CAA have agreed accreditation towards SFCL qualification for military pilots including military glider pilots (commonly known as Air Cadet glider pilots). The BGA is developing guidance for clubs. Meanwhile, the information can be viewed here.
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Safe shared airspace - Oxford airport
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Following helpful engagement with operators at Oxford airport, the BGA is passing on information to glider pilots via a self-briefing document ‘Safe Shared Airspace – Oxford airport’. Pilots who fly in the vicinity of Oxford airport are encouraged to view the self-briefing here.
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