Instructors
BGA Advanced Gliding Training Notes
View DocumentBGA Basic Instructor Course Programme
View DocumentBGA Form 5 Instructor Coach issue
BGA Basic Instructor Coach or Flight Instructor Coach application form
View DocumentBGA Full Rating Assessment Booklet
For use leading up to and during a BGA Full Rating assessment.
View DocumentBGA Gliding Syllabus
BGA training syllabus leading to Solo, Bronze, and Cross Country Endorsements.
View DocumentBGA Ground Training Progress Record Card
BGA Ground Training Progress Record Card for use by clubs.
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual
The latest edition of the BGA Instructor Manual. This is the complete document - individual sections can also be downloaded...
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual - Addenda and Revisions
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 1-1
Introduction and Giving Your Best as an Instructor
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 1-2
Ground Handling
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 1-3
How to Read a Logbook
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 1-4
Checklists
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 1-5
Lookout
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 1-6
Airmanship and Threat Management
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 2-11
Airbrakes and Spoilers
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 2-12
Approach Control
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 2-13
Landing
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 2-7
Effects of Controls
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 2-8
Use of the Trimmer
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 2-9
The Straight Glide
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 3-14
Circuit Planning, part 1
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 3-15
Circuit Planning, part 2
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 4-16
Wire Launching
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 4-17
Aerotow Launching
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 5-18
Stalling
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 5-19
Spinning and Spiral Dives
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 6-20
First Solo
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 6-21
Flaps
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 6-22
Type Conversion
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 6-23
Solo Supervision
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 6-24
Thermalling
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 7-25
Navigation
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 7-26
Radio Telephony (RT)
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 7-27
Meteorology and Instructing
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 7-28
Aerobatic Training
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 8-29
Conduct of Trial Lessons
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 8-30
Instructor Patter Notes
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 8-31
Rigging, Derigging and Daily Inspection
View DocumentBGA Instructor Manual, section 9-32
The BGA Training Organisation and BGA Instructor Guidance Notes
View DocumentBGA Instructor Year 3 Check Notes
Suggested content of 3 year checks for BGA Assistant and Full rated instructors
View DocumentBGA Instructor Year 5 Refresher Notes
Recommended content of 5 year refresher for BGA Assistant and Full rated instructors
View DocumentBGA Navigation and Airspace Awareness Training Guidance
This document forms the basis of a formal training scheme for navigation training within the BGA syllabus.
View DocumentBGA Post-Instructor Course Review
Description and syllabus of the BGA Post-Instructor Course Review
View DocumentBGA Training Organisation and Instructor Guidance Notes
This publication is designed to support BGA instructors with appropriate guidance as a helpful companion to the BGA Instructor Manual
View DocumentBronze Theoretical Study Guide
Syllabus for BGA Bronze Endorsement Theoretical Knowledge
View DocumentConverting aeroplane pilots to gliding - a guide for gliding instructors
Guide to support gliding instructors.
View DocumentFull Instructor Test Record
Everything you need for the Full Rating test
View DocumentGliding Training Progress Record Card (excluding navigation and field landing)
We suggest adapting the record card for club use, ensuring no exercises from the syllabus are missed. The word document...
View DocumentInformation for Chief Flying Instructors
This guide aims to address the organisational and flying responsibilities of being a CFI. It also contains ideas on how...
View DocumentInstructor reference cards
View DocumentIntroductory Flight Pilot - course programme and record of training
BGA Introductory Flight Pilot (IFP) endorsement course programme and record of training.
View DocumentLearning to Soar Slopes
S&G Article - Don Puttock offers advice on how to exploit hills
View DocumentLessons and Disabilities
Advice for Instructors - Gliding Lessons Involving People with Disabilities
View DocumentLetter (M Fox) to instructors re stall/spin training
View DocumentPilot briefing topics
Topics that could be used during a pre-flight briefing of inexperienced pilots
View DocumentPreparing for the BGA BI course - notes for coaches and candidates
View DocumentTakeover Control Guidance
BGA safety briefing describing takeover control guidance
View DocumentThe BGA Training Organisation
The BGA Flight Training Organisation explained
View DocumentTraining News - Issue 1
BGA Training News - June 2014
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BGA Training News - August 2014
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BGA Training Organisation News - May 2015
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BGA Training Organisation News - September 2015
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BGA Training News - August 2016
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BGA Training News - Spring 2017
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