WomenGlide are running a Spring Soaring Weekend at the Yorkshire Gliding Club (Sutton Bank) on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of March. Everyone is welcome (male and female) from ab-initio to international pilot. We will fly if weather permits, and spaces in between will be filled with ground…

BGA Airworthiness courses have been updated at https://members.gliding.co.uk/courses/courses/

The BGA Child Protection Policy and Procedures document/template has been updated as the Jan 18 version. The update includes Child Protection Officer’s responsibilities to check the DBS’s and to take appropriate action. The document is available at on the BGA members website here.  

8.33 Implementation As previously reported, aircraft that need to use 8.33 kHz frequencies must be equipped with 8.33 kHz capable radio equipment by 31 Dec 2017. UK airfields are to re-equip with 8.33 kHz radios by 31 Dec 2018. So during 2018, a large number of frequencies will change. The…

BGA Training Standards Manager, Mike Fox, explains in 50 seconds how the BGA modular instructor course is structured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSdME8XOtu4&feature=youtu.be

After a long period of constructive discussion and sharing of information, the BGA and the Air Cadets 2 FTS have signed a memorandum of understanding. While the two organisations have different roles and aims, as both support gliding there are numerous commonalities. The sharing of information, particularly around safety issues,…

The UK Department for Transport is seeking views on proposals ‘to harness the positive benefits of drones for public and commercial services and the benefits to the UK economy’. The consultation closes on 15th March 2017 and can be viewed here.

The date of the 2016 Club Management Conference has been confirmed as Saturday, 12th November. The venue is new this year – Highgate House in Northamptonshire (just west of Pitsford Resevoir), which is run by the same people who have previously looked after us so well at Woodside.  Bookings will…

As previously reported, the BGA has supplied information to the CAA in support of a funding bid to help owners with their costs of equipping with 8.33 kHz capable radios. This bid opportunity followed effective lobbying at the European Commission four years ago by Europe Air Sports. The CAA facilitated…

FLAG (Flight Logging Action Group) is a new BGA Working Group, formed to look at developing flight logging and data capture & management systems for gliding clubs. The requirement came from clubs requesting solutions. Many clubs have systems that have been devised and managed by individuals at their clubs. Several…