The following statement has been supplied by Lasham Gliding Society; “Mrs. Justice Thornton has delivered her judgement on the CAA’s grant of airspace to TAG Farnborough following the Judicial Review actioned by Lasham Gliding Society. In summary, Mrs. Justice Thornton did not find sufficient grounds to overturn the CAA’s airspace…

AIC M 095/2019 (19&20 Jul) describes restricted airspace relating to a NATO celebration flypast that should be read in conjunction with AIC M 064/2019 (19-22 Jul), which describes the restricted airspace associated with RIAT at Fairford. The Mauve (temporary restricted airspace) AICs can be viewed here. As ever, please check…

RAF Little Rissington, located to the north of the Brize Norton zone, is active on weekends with Air Cadet winch launched gliding and otherwise as NOTAMed for military parachuting and transport aircraft operations. An Air Cadet squadron on site flies Grob Acros as part of 2 Flying Training School (2…

We share the sky with a diverse range of users. Being aware of what others are planning to do is clearly an important element of situational awareness and reducing risk. The BGA has been working with the CAA to develop an improved method of notifying competition gliding activity to other…

The CAA provides a form for reporting issues regarding UK airspace use including refusal of access to airspace. The online form is available here. More BGA information about airspace is available here.

During 2018, the All Party Parliamentary Group on GA (APPG GA) noted that the mechanism behind the design of UK airspace seemed out of date and draconian in nature. The APPG GA resolved to commission an inquiry into the practices, procedures and governance of UK lower airspace. The inquiry was…

The International Air Tattoo will take place at RAF Fairford and result in a number of airspace restrictions from 19-22 July including a NATO celebration flypast on the 19th and 20th that uses an area of airspace to the north of Fairford. Please refer to the RA(T) detail for the…

There are airspace restrictions in place around the Silverstone area to protect helicopter operations on the 12th & 13th July. The details are available here. On Sunday 14 July 2019, the British Grand Prix will be held at Silverstone and in support of this the Red Arrows will conduct a…

RAF Little Rissington is an active Air Cadet Organisation (ACO) winch launched gliding site. The ACO recognises that gliders flying cross-country do sometimes get low and that an airfield landing is preferable to landing in a field. They have requested that any glider getting close to their gliding operation calls…

A channel (ie frequency) reference card has been published for use by cross country pilots who wish to know which channel to use to contact a gliding airfield. The reference card can be found at Tim Newport Peace’s site http://www.newportpeace.co.uk/waypoints/stoppress.htm or as Section 28 of the Waypoint Page (there is a link…