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  • AIP supplements, AICs and briefing sheets

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    Pilots are reminded that AIP supplements, AICs and briefing sheets including restrictions of flying are published here. As ever, please check NOTAMs before flight.

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  • Helping to maintain safe airspace

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    All pilots are human – which is why they occasionally forget things. Airspace rules can be complicated and unless used regularly, our memory doesn’t always serve us as well as it needs to. Checking the facts at the start of the flying season can pay dividends. The Skyway Code is…

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  • Is your glider prepared for flight?

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    EASA has republished its Safety Information Bulletin regarding rigging gliders, which notes ‘statistical data, accident reports, and occurrence reports indicate a number of incidents, which were caused by improper execution of rigging procedures and subsequent inspection. The number of fatalities related to improper rigging is accumulating to 3 to 4…

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  • How current are you?

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  • Use of radio

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    The CAA’s Safety Sense leaflet ‘Radiotelephony’ includes helpful summaries that are a useful reminder for those with a FRTOL and provide guidance for those who have not. You can view the ‘Radiotelephony’ Safety Sense leaflet here. Links to other BGA and CAA safety education resources can be found here. 

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