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2010 Accident Review

Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

2011 Accident Review

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2012 Accident Review

Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

2013 Accident Review

Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

2014 Accident Review

Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

2015 Accident Review

Date Added: 07/03/2016 Last Modified: 24/01/2019 View Document

2016 Accident Review

Date Added: 08/03/2017 Last Modified: 26/01/2019 View Document

2017 Accident Review

Date Added: 15/02/2018 Last Modified: 19/02/2018 View Document

2018 Accident Review

Date Added: 22/12/2018 View Document

2019 Accident Review

Date Added: 30/01/2020 Last Modified: 25/02/2021 View Document

2020 Accident Review

Date Added: 25/02/2021 View Document

2021 Accident Review

Date Added: 16/03/2022 Last Modified: 16/03/2022 View Document

2022 Accident Review

A review of all occurrences reported to the BGA 1 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2022.

Date Added: 21/02/2023 Last Modified: 19/02/2024 View Document

2023 Accident Review

Date Added: 19/02/2024 View Document

Accident and Incident Reporting Requirements

Laws and Rules Accident and Incident Reporting (compliant with EU Regulation on occurrence reporting)

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 12/09/2018 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2015 125 - 2015 147

As published in S&G

Date Added: 01/05/2016 Last Modified: 06/03/2017 View Document

Accident And Incident Summaries 2015 148 - 2016 02

Date Added: 11/08/2016 Last Modified: 06/03/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2015 63 - 2015 91

As published in S&G

Date Added: 12/01/2016 Last Modified: 06/03/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2015 94 - 2015 122

As published in S&G

Date Added: 01/05/2016 Last Modified: 06/03/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2016 04 - 2016 26

As published in S&G

Date Added: 11/08/2016 Last Modified: 28/03/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2016 109 - 2016 136

As published in S&G

Date Added: 24/05/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2016 29 - 2016 52

As published in S&G

Date Added: 25/10/2016 Last Modified: 28/03/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2016 54 - 2016 77

As published in S&G

Date Added: 06/03/2017 Last Modified: 28/03/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2016 80 - 2016 108

As published in S&G

Date Added: 06/03/2017 Last Modified: 28/03/2017 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2017

As published in S&G

Date Added: 09/02/2018 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2018

As published in S&G.

Date Added: 24/01/2019 Last Modified: 20/02/2019 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2019

SandG published accident and incident summaries

Date Added: 23/09/2019 Last Modified: 06/08/2020 View Document

Accident and Incident Summaries 2020

SandG summaries in 2020

Date Added: 06/08/2020 View Document

Accident Investigation Guide

The Accident Investigation Guide provides structure for an accident report is based on that used by the AAIB. If the...

Date Added: 31/07/2019 View Document

Aerotow - Climbing Turn No Release Simulation

Simulation of tug upset - glider in climbing turn, not released

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 15/05/2015 View Document

Aerotow options

S&G article describing factors influencing aerotow launch failures and pilots subsequent actions.

Date Added: 22/08/2023 View Document

Aerotow Performance

Safety Briefing highlighting the factors affecting aerotow take-off performance - for consideration by glider pilots and tug pilots.

Date Added: 07/01/2016 Last Modified: 14/12/2022 View Document

Aerotow Wingdrop and Groundloop Simulation

Simulation of wingdrop on aerotow followed by groundloop

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 15/05/2015 View Document

Aerotow Wingdrop Causing Tug to Yaw Simulation

Simulation of wingdrop on aerotow causing tug to yaw

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 15/05/2015 View Document

Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)

Link to AAIB web site

Date Added: 22/05/2015 View Document

Airprox Board

Link to the Airprox Board web site

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 27/05/2015 View Document

Airspace & Safety Initiative

Link to Airspace & Safety Initiative web site.

Date Added: 22/05/2015 View Document

ASH25 AAIB accident report 2007

AAIB report into an accident involving an ASH25 in 2007

Date Added: 06/07/2015 Last Modified: 06/07/2015 View Document

ASW20 AAIB accident report 2006

AAIB report into an accident involving an ASW20 in 2006

Date Added: 06/07/2015 View Document

ASW20 AAIB accident report 2014

AAIB report into an accident involving an ASW20 in 2014

Date Added: 06/07/2015 Last Modified: 12/01/2016 View Document

ASW20 BGA Investigation Report August 2023

BGa investigation report into an accident involving an ASW20 in August 2023.

Date Added: 09/10/2023 Last Modified: 09/10/2023 View Document

ASW24 AAIB Accident Report 2018

AAIB report into an accident involving an ASW24

Date Added: 08/02/2018 Last Modified: 15/03/2018 View Document

Ballast Weights

Safety briefing on ballast weights

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

BGA accident & incident classification scheme

As used by the BGA safety committee to classify data supplied in reports.

Date Added: 28/01/2019 Last Modified: 28/01/2019 View Document

BGA Accident and Incident Report Form

BGA Form for reporting accidents, incidents and engineering/maintenance occurrences. Please if possible use the Word version completed on a computer...

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 06/08/2020 View Document

BGA Club Local Hazard Log

A template for clubs to log significant known local operational hazards

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 14/11/2015 View Document

BGA flight safety investigator guidance

Guidance for use by BGA appointed flight safety investigators

Date Added: 02/10/2020 Last Modified: 09/03/2022 View Document

BGA Guidance re Overflights of Winch Launch Sites

BGA guidance on reporting overflights of winch launch sites

Date Added: 22/03/2019 Last Modified: 24/10/2019 View Document

BGA Post Accident and Incident Reporting Process and Investigation Protocol

BGA process following receipt of a BGA incident/accident report

Date Added: 09/10/2017 Last Modified: 07/12/2023 View Document

BGA Post-Accident Guide

Advice for clubs on how to handle the immediate essential tasks in the aftermath of a serious accidents. Designed to...

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 20/10/2022 View Document

BGA Safety Management System Manual

BGA SMS Manual v10.2. Amended 1 Feb 18. Amendments in red.

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 20/03/2023 View Document

Briefing for pilots flying in the South African summer

Briefing for visiting pilots flying in the South African summer - supplied by the Soaring Society of South Africa.

Date Added: 15/03/2019 View Document

CAA CAP1391 Electronic Conspicuity Devices

Key outcomes from a CAA led project to develop an industry standard for low cost electronic conspicuity devices for light...

Date Added: 16/01/2017 View Document

CAA Safety Sense leaflets

Link to CAA Safety Sense leaflets including re Collision avoidance, GPS use, Radiotelephony, etc

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 05/01/2017 View Document

Cable Hang-Ups

Safety Briefing - Cable Hang-Ups

Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

Cabri and Cessna 152 AAIB investigation report November 2017

AAIB report following a midair collision between a helicopter and an aeroplane.

Date Added: 01/12/2018 Last Modified: 01/12/2018 View Document

CAP 793: Safe Operating Practices at Unlicenced Aerodromes

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 13/01/2016 View Document

Cartwheel Simulation

Simulation of cartwheel after a wingdrop

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/05/2015 View Document

Chipmunk Tug AAIB Report 1988

An AAIB report into a fatal accident in 1987 involving a tug aircraft landing at a gliding site.

Date Added: 25/09/2019 View Document

CHIRP Web Site

Confidential Human factors Incident Reporting

Date Added: 22/05/2015 View Document

Cirrus BGA Accident Report 2004

BGA report into an accident involving a Cirrus in 2004

Date Added: 31/08/2015 View Document

Class G for the 21st Century

CAA paper describing future class G dated 2012

Date Added: 22/07/2015 View Document

Club Safety Officer Briefing

Introductory briefing for new Club Safety Officers and their Club Chairmen

Date Added: 10/11/2015 Last Modified: 13/01/2016 View Document

Club Safety Officer Role Description

Club Safety Officer (CSO) role description

Date Added: 10/11/2015 Last Modified: 12/01/2016 View Document

Club Safety Review

Appendix 1 of the BGA SMS v10.2 Club Safety Review

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 26/11/2021 View Document

Comparison of collision risk with cables and parachutists and other aerial hazards

Date Added: 03/05/2022 Last Modified: 20/06/2022 View Document

Control Confusion

Safety briefing. Control confusion - ASW15, ASW19, ASW20, Pegase, and Blanik types

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Currency Barometer

Pilot Currency Barometer - How safe a pilot are you?

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 05/01/2016 View Document

Dart 15 AAIB report 2006

AAIB report into an accident involving a Dart 15 in 2006

Date Added: 06/07/2015 Last Modified: 06/07/2015 View Document

DG600 AAIB accident report 2005

AAIB report into an accident involving a DG600 in 2005

Date Added: 06/07/2015 Last Modified: 06/07/2015 View Document

Dimona BGA Accident Report 2016

BGA report into an accident involving a Dimona in 2016.

Date Added: 03/03/2017 View Document

Duo Discus BGA Accident Report 2019

BGA report into an accident to a Duo Discus in 2019

Date Added: 01/04/2019 View Document

EASA SIB 2019-07 Sailplane Rigging

EASA Safety Information Bulletin re Sailplane Rigging – Procedures, Inspections and Training

Date Added: 02/10/2020 View Document

Emergency Glider Evacuation - IGC Guidance

A presentation prepared by the International Gliding Commission and presented at the European Gliding Championship at Lasham in August 2017

Date Added: 12/11/2017 View Document

Emergency Locator Beacons

BGA Guidance Regarding Personal Locator Beacons and Emergency Locator Transmitters

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

European GA Safety Team Leaflets

Link to EU GA Safety Team (EGAST) safety leaflets including re use of GPS and Collision Avoidance.

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 05/01/2017 View Document

FAA Safety briefings

Date Added: 09/05/2023 Last Modified: 09/05/2023 View Document

Field Landing

Safety Briefing on the subject of field landings. Designed for pilots of ALL levels of experience.

Date Added: 02/04/2016 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 1

Introduction; The process of field selection; Size, slope, surface

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 2

Obstacles on the approach; The effect of wind; The biggest is not always the best!

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 - Slope: identifying and dealing with it...

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 4

Surface, early spring to mid-season; What's growing, can we land on it?; Winter and spring cereal crops; Tram-lines and tractor...

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 5

Grass for silage, hay and pasture.

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 6

Horses, stud farms and gallops; Sheep; Cattle and stock-fences; Identifying fences and avoiding landing across colour changes

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 7

Overhead wires; Spotting the poles; Approaching harvest

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Chapter 8

Harvest time, stubble and straw; Random tractor tracks; Land along the direction of cut; After the harvest; Happy landings

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Field Landing Tutorial - Entire Video

Field Landing Tutorial produced by the Ted Lysakowsky Trust

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

First flights poster

The safety management requirements for carrying out 'First Flights, eg introductory or trial lesson flights, are more stringent than for...

Date Added: 21/01/2020 Last Modified: 21/01/2020 View Document

FLARM

Link to the Flarm Website

Date Added: 22/05/2015 View Document

FLARM antenna installation guidance

FLARM antenna installation guidance published by FLARM in January 2017. PLEASE NOTE that EASA rules permit installation and maintenance of...

Date Added: 16/01/2017 Last Modified: 06/11/2022 View Document

Flick Roll Simulation 1 (.mp4)

Simulation of flick roll following a failed winch launch

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

Flick Roll Simulation 2

Simulation of flick roll following a failed winch launch

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 14/05/2015 View Document

Foka 4 AAIB Report 2011

AAIB report into an accident involving a Foka 4 in 2011

Date Added: 16/11/2015 View Document

Fuel handling and storage

CAA safety sense leaflet

Date Added: 05/08/2023 View Document

G Dale Bailout Advice Transcript

Transcript of a recording of a bailout briefing.

Date Added: 22/01/2019 View Document

Gliding Activity Explained - RAF Air Clues Magazine Spring 2016

Date Added: 06/06/2016 View Document

Going for a Spin

S&G article in which Mike Fox advocates regular spinning practice

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

GQ Parachutes

Safety briefing about how to wear GQ parachute correctly

Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

Grob 109b AAIB report 2019

AAIB report into an accident involving a Grob 109b

Date Added: 23/06/2019 View Document

Grob103 AAIB report 2023

AAIB report into an accident involving a Grob103.

Date Added: 23/01/2023 View Document

Ground Training Record Pack - Nene Valley GC

Nene Valley GC ground training record cards. Nene Valley GC has a high percentage of members aged under 18 years.

Date Added: 16/10/2017 Last Modified: 16/10/2017 View Document

How to Winch Launch Safely (Video) - Part 1

How to Winch Launch Safely presentation with audio commentary in movie (.mp4 and .wmv) format to download or to sptream...

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 20/10/2015 View Document

How to Winch Launch Safely (Video) - part 2

The second part of the BGA How to Winch Launch Safely presentation with audio commentary in movie (.mp4) format to...

TYPE: Date Added: 20/10/2015 View Document

Human Factors 1 - situational awareness

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Date Added: 15/11/2023 Last Modified: 15/11/2023 View Document

Human Factors 2 - decision making

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Date Added: 15/11/2023 Last Modified: 15/11/2023 View Document

Human Factors 3 - communication

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Date Added: 15/11/2023 View Document

Human Factors 4 - teamwork

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Date Added: 15/11/2023 View Document

Human Failings

A November 2017 Safety Committee presentation for use by and at BGA clubs

Date Added: 07/11/2017 Last Modified: 07/11/2017 View Document

Hypoxia and Mountain Flying

An article describing a zero-hypoxia approach to flying. Supplied by Jean-Marie Clement.

Date Added: 30/01/2018 Last Modified: 30/01/2018 View Document

Is Your Glider Fit for Flight?

Safety Briefing examining a number of the issues regarding correctly preparing your glider for flight. First published in 2015 and...

Date Added: 14/08/2015 Last Modified: 28/01/2023 View Document

JS3 BGA investigation report 2023

BGa report into an accident involving a Jonkers JS3 sailplane in June 2023.

Date Added: 30/11/2023 Last Modified: 30/11/2023 View Document

K13 AAIB accident report 2004

AAIB report into an accident involving a K13 in 2004

Date Added: 06/07/2015 View Document

K13 AAIB investigation report 2022

AAIB report into an accident involving an ASK13 in August 2022

Date Added: 30/11/2023 Last Modified: 30/11/2023 View Document

K13 BGA investigation report 12th August 2022

BGA accident investigation report following an accident to a K13 in August 2022.

Date Added: 06/01/2023 View Document

K21 BGA investigation report 8th July 2022

BGA accident investigation report following an accident to a K21 in July 2022.

Date Added: 06/01/2023 Last Modified: 06/01/2023 View Document

K7 BGA Accident Report 2004

BGA report into an accident involving a K7 in 2004

Date Added: 31/08/2015 Last Modified: 31/08/2015 View Document

K8 AAIB accident report 2002

AAIB report of an accident involving a K8 in 2002

Date Added: 08/07/2015 View Document

LAK 17 and Discus Accident Report 2014

BGA report into an accident involving a Discus and LAK 17 in 2014

Date Added: 01/09/2015 Last Modified: 01/09/2015 View Document

Land Ahead if Safe to Do So

The established advice following a winch launch failure is to ‘land ahead if it is safe to do so’. The...

Date Added: 24/02/2017 View Document

Launch Cable Safety

Safety Briefing describing the factors that are behind most winch cable accidents on the ground and the basic steps that...

Date Added: 18/07/2016 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Learning from Accidents No 1 - Fitness to Fly and Intervention

Date Added: 28/03/2017 Last Modified: 24/01/2019 View Document

LS1 AAIB accident report 2005

AAIB report into an accident involving an LS1f in 2005

Date Added: 06/07/2015 View Document

LS8-18 AAIB report 2021

AAIB report into an accident involving an LS8-18

Date Added: 02/03/2022 Last Modified: 02/03/2022 View Document

Managing partial power failure

An Australian ATSB publication re managing partial power loss after takeoff in single-engine aircraft

Date Added: 28/12/2016 Last Modified: 01/02/2023 View Document

Managing partial power loss

An ATSB safety document.

Date Added: 14/12/2023 View Document

Managing risk in adventurous gliding

In this safety briefing video, two well-known gliding adventurers are interviewed about their approach to managing the risks and so...

Date Added: 22/09/2019 View Document

Mountain Flying Safety

Safety briefing about mountain flying

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Mounting Cameras for Use in the Air

Safety briefing about use of cameras in the air

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Multiple Compounding Risks

A dramatic video showing the sort of thing that can go wrong when multiple risk factors combine to create a...

TYPE: Date Added: 24/08/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

NCO SPEC sailplane towing generic risk assessment and checklist

Required for sailplane towing with Part 21 aeroplanes and recommended for all other towing.

Date Added: 10/04/2017 Last Modified: 20/03/2023 View Document

Nimbus 3 AAIB accident report 2012

AAIB report into an accident involving a Nimbus 3 in 2012

Date Added: 06/07/2015 View Document

Parachute Dropzones

Parachure DZs throughout the UK with their tel no and frequencies (published by the BPA)

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 30/07/2019 View Document

Parachuting after a Mid-Air Collision

Safety briefing in the event of a mid-air collision

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 13/10/2017 View Document

Please fly clear of gliding sites

An education piece for the aviation community. Circulated to NATMAC and the GA press with a call to action on...

Date Added: 20/08/2018 View Document

Pre-flight external walkaround checks

Date Added: 17/01/2023 View Document

Puchacz AAIB accident report 2004

AAIB report into an accident involving a Puchacz in 2004

Date Added: 06/07/2015 View Document

Real-life Example of Mayday Radio Use

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 05/01/2017 View Document

Recreational flying and parachuting info

Outline of the Interface Between the CAA and the HSE

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 16/01/2016 View Document

RF4 AAIB Accident Report 2015

AAIB report into an accident involving an RF4 in 2015

Date Added: 13/08/2015 Last Modified: 15/12/2015 View Document

Safe Aerotowing Booklet

Safety briefing offering advice to the glider pilot on safe aerotowing and in particular the avoidance of tug upsets.

Date Added: 15/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Safe Winch Launching Leaflet

Safety briefing on Safe Winch Launching highlighting the key risk areas and giving advice on how to avoid them. Version...

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 17/06/2021 View Document

Safe Winch Launching Poster

2021 edition. A hard copy can be requested from the BGA office.

Date Added: 07/12/2017 Last Modified: 14/07/2021 View Document

Safe Winch Launching Summary Leaflet

The Safe Winch Launching booklet 6th Edition

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 25/10/2017 View Document

Safety Foam

Safety briefing describing why pilots should fly with an energy-absorbing foam cushion

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 23/03/2017 View Document

Safety information - rigging gliders

A toolbox of safe rigging mitigations for use by clubs and individuals.

Date Added: 17/03/2023 View Document

Safety promotion images

Zip folder containing images that CSO’s can use to support seasonal safety promotion.

Date Added: 31/05/2017 View Document

Search and Rescue - using FLARM

SAR potential using FLARM - supplied for potential interest. The BGA cannot guarantee the advice supplied on this wikipedia page.

Date Added: 06/11/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

SF25E Super-Falke AAIB accident report 2003

AAIB investigation report following an accident involving an SF25E Super-Falke

Date Added: 06/10/2019 Last Modified: 06/10/2019 View Document

SF25E Super-Falke AAIB accident report 2021

AAIB accident investigation report published in 2021

Date Added: 18/03/2021 View Document

SF27 and ASW19 AAIB accident report 2006

AAIB report into an accident involving an SF27 and ASW19 in 2006

Date Added: 06/07/2015 Last Modified: 06/07/2015 View Document

SGU Flarm report

Scottish Gliding Union FLARM trial

Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

Sharing a thermal - three briefings by an experienced soaring coach

Three briefing articles by an experienced soaring coach associated with safe sharing of a thermal. Download 1 - How to...

Date Added: 05/04/2019 Last Modified: 05/04/2019 View Document

Shark BGA Accident Report 2019

BGA report and Club Safety Officer reports into an accident involving a HPH Shark in 2019

Date Added: 01/04/2019 View Document

Silent 2 AAIB Accident Report 2016

AAIB report into an accident involving a Silent 2

Date Added: 14/07/2016 View Document

Silent 2 Electro AAIB report 2022

AAIB report into an accident involving a Silent 2 Electro

Date Added: 03/05/2022 View Document

Skylark 3 BGA Accident Report 2015

BGA report into an accident involving a Skylark 3 in 2015.

Date Added: 03/03/2017 View Document

Soaring and airspace - the glider pilots perspective

An education piece about how glider pilots stay airborne.

Date Added: 03/02/2016 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Soaring Protocol

Safety briefing describing the safe protocols to be used when soaring. Updated December 2020.

Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 21/12/2020 View Document

Standard Cirrus AAIB report 2020

AAIB report following an accident involving a Standard Cirrus which took off with an incorrectly fitted tail plane.

Date Added: 28/05/2020 View Document

Standard Overhead Join - CAA Poster

Date Added: 22/05/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Stop the Drop

Stop the Drop presentation (Safe Winch Launching)

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 14/05/2015 View Document

Supermunk BGA investigation report April 2023

BGA report into an accident involving a Supermunk.

Date Added: 25/05/2023 Last Modified: 25/05/2023 View Document

SZD Junior and Cessna 150 AAIB investigation report December 2016

AAIB investigation into a midair collision between a glider and an aeroplane.

Date Added: 01/12/2018 Last Modified: 01/12/2018 View Document

SZD-55 AAIB accident Report 2018

AAIB report into an accident involving an SZD-55

Date Added: 15/03/2018 View Document

Takeover Control Guidance

BGA safety briefing describing takeover control guidance

Date Added: 13/10/2017 View Document

Ten traps in ridge flying

Date Added: 23/11/2022 Last Modified: 23/11/2022 View Document

Tug Upset - Belly Hook Simulation 1

Simulation of vertical tug upset with belly hook

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 15/05/2015 View Document

Tug Upset - Belly Hook Simulation 2

Simulation of vertical tug upset with belly hook

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 15/05/2015 View Document

Tug Upset BGA Accident Report 2015

BGA report into an accident involving a Super Cub and Lak12 in 2015.

Date Added: 03/03/2017 View Document

Tug Upset Nose Hook Simulation 1

Simulation of vertical tug upset with nose hook

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 15/05/2015 View Document

Tug Upset Nose Hook Simulation 2

Simulation of vertical tug upset with nose hook

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 15/05/2015 View Document

Tug Upset Poster

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 18/10/2016 View Document

Tutor and Cirrus AAIB accident report 2009

AAIB summary report into an accident involving a Grob Tutor and Std Cirrus in 2009

Date Added: 06/07/2015 Last Modified: 06/07/2015 View Document

Vega AAIB accident report 2002

AAIB report of an accident involving a Vega in 2002

Date Added: 08/07/2015 View Document

Ventus BGA Investigation Report May 2018

BGA accident investigation report following an accident to a Ventus in May 2018.

Date Added: 28/01/2019 Last Modified: 28/01/2019 View Document

Winch / Spin Simulation 1

Simulation of spin following a failed winch launch

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 14/05/2015 View Document

Winch / Spin Simulation 2

Simulation of spin following a failed winch launch

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 14/05/2015 View Document

Winch / Spin Simulation 3

Simulation of spin following a failed winch launch

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 14/05/2015 View Document

Winch cable warning poster

Winch cables warning for aeroplane pilots

Date Added: 14/03/2016 Last Modified: 21/10/2019 View Document

Winch Launch Flick Roll Simulation

Simulation of flick roll following a failed winch launch

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 View Document

Winch Operations Presentation

Advice on best practice winch operations as an aid to safe winch launching

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 23/08/2017 View Document

Wingdrop Incident

Video of a glider dropping a wing at the start of a winch launch.

Date Added: 17/01/2017 View Document

Wingdrop Simulation

Simulation of a wingdrop during a winch ground run

TYPE: Date Added: 29/04/2015 Last Modified: 14/05/2015 View Document

Winter flying

From the CAA Clued Up magazine Dec 2020

Date Added: 04/01/2021 View Document