‘Managing Flying Risk’, the BGA publication that captures in one place good practice guidance on all aspects of gliding, has been updated to include specific guidance for pilots of self-sustaining and self-launching sailplanes. The guidance was developed with the help of very experienced pilots. ‘Managing Flying Risk’ can be viewed…

We all benefit from incident and accident reporting and the associated just culture. Reporting isn’t about blame – it’s in most part about understanding issues and trends. Trend monitoring allows us to help clubs to address maintenance, flying and other support issues. Regardless of the aircraft type or certification regime…

The CAA has published the report following a government sponsored independent review of general aviation safety in the UK. You can view the report here.

A safe first flight follows meticulous and risk-averse preparation. A poster has been produced by the BGA Safety Committee that aims to inform and remind all those involved. Fuller guidance on the conduct of first flights can be found in the BGA publication ‘Managing Flying Risk’. Hard copies of the…

The UK Airprox Board has published its 2019 review. You can view it here.

The CAA is consulting on the proposed ‘GA MET’ area forecast for low-level flights.  The proposal is for the GAMET Service to replace the existing AIRMET service. More details including an example of the new forecast can be found at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/transport/aviation/regulated Responses should be submitted to the metauthority@caa.co.uk by the…

The BGA publication ‘Managing Flying Risk’ aims to provide all glider pilots and clubs with practical and hard-learned good practice and guidance about managing risk in gliding collated into one online document. The information is periodically updated following consultation with subject matter experts. A revised version of Managing Flying Risk…

This is the time of year when some pilots are fortunate enough to be flying in wave and along ridges, sometimes in challenging conditions and often at speed. Of course all gliders have limitations including speed limits laid down by the designer, who will have used JAR-22 or more recently…

There have been 60 overflights of gliding sites reported by BGA clubs so far this year, many of which have been followed up with the aim of politely educating the powered aircraft pilots involved. We have updated our winch cable warning poster, which is available here.

The Sailplane Air Operations rules state; “Sailplanes operated over areas in which search and rescue (SAR) would be especially difficult shall be equipped with such life-saving and signalling equipment as appropriate to the area overflown” and “Sailplanes operated across land areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult…