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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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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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Following dialogue between the BGA airspace committee, local clubs and with NATS, the OSSEP LoA is being removed during April 2026. The door remains open to consider more relevant access to the related airspace should that be required.
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Following intervention by the Vale of White Horse GC supported by the BGA, the TMZ that is 8nm radius centred on Fairford established to support US military operations now has a segment removed to facilitate non-transponder equipped club activity from Sandhill Farm airfield.
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The newly named RAF Brize Norton Gliding Club (an RAFGSA club formally known as Bannerdown Gliding Club) hopes to make its first launch at MoD Colerne airfield in early April 2026. There has been a lot of careful work to establish gliding at Colerne and relationships with the airfield owner…
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