Pilot Training
Aerotow Performance
Safety Briefing highlighting the factors affecting aerotow take-off performance - for consideration by glider pilots and tug pilots.
View DocumentBGA Ground Training Progress Record Card
BGA Ground Training Progress Record Card for use by clubs.
View DocumentBronze & Beyond
Recommended pre-Bronze endorsement reading. Link to shop.
View DocumentGlider Pilot Progress Pathway
Guidance describing how a BGA club trained pilot can make progress from solo and a brief description of the requirements....
View DocumentGlider Pilot Progress Pathway Guidance
View DocumentGliding - Theory of Flight
BGA Manual. Recommended reading for all pilots and instructors. Link to shop.
View DocumentGliding navigation and field landing training record card
View DocumentGliding terms and definitions guide
Guidance for instructors and student pilots where English is a second language.
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 DocumentHuman Factors study guidance
Originally published by Gliding NZ.
View DocumentIFP and course coach resources
Information and guidance for pilots and coaches involved in IFP training
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 DocumentSoaring and airspace - the glider pilots perspective
An education piece about how glider pilots stay airborne.
View DocumentSowing the seeds of success - S&G
S&G article describing how coaching pilots can grow success
View DocumentThermal, ridge and wave soaring techniques and safety
The FAA publication describing thermal, ridge and wave soaring techniques and safety considerations. Source URL also supplied.
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