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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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Royal Aero Club Trust bursaries support all types of air sports and aviation-related activities including gliding. Applicants for these bursaries must hold British Citizenship and be permanently resident in UK and aged 14-21 years; and for an Advanced Bursary an upper age limit of 24 years applies). Applications for the…
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Information about RA(T)s including how they are promulgated has been updated on the BGA airspace webpages. You can view the updated information here.
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Hill, ridge and mountain soaring
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SPL training requires that the student pilots is taught one type of soaring. In much of the UK, that’s likely to be thermal soaring. SPL holders invariably move on to try other types of soaring including hill, ridge, mountain, and wave soaring. The BGA advocates that SPL holders are briefed…
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The team vote for the 41st WGC in Rieti has been counted and the Competitions Committee is pleased to be able to announce the results as follows: 15M Class Standard Class Club Class 1 Tom Arscott Jeremy Hood John Roberts 2 Leigh Wells Leigh Wells Jake Brattle 3 Ian…
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Doncaster airport ACP - important
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As previously reported, some years ago Doncaster Sheffield Airport failed as a business, the airport closed, and the surrounding controlled airspace was formally dis-established. Local Government intends to reopen the airfield. Presumably to encourage airlines to use the airfield, the airfield owner is sponsoring an airspace change proposal (ACP) to…
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