News and Notices
Air sport news
Posted onThe Royal Aero Club and Europe Air Sports latest newsletters can be viewed here.
SFCL Examining Handbook
Posted onThe BGA SFCL Examining Handbook has been updated and republished. The document can be viewed here.
Safe start 2025 - a glider pilot refresher self-briefing
Posted onGlider pilots are humans. Regardless of experience, all have limitations. It is a well-known fact that refresher information helps to build resilience. A refresher self-briefing for glider pilots has been put together to help glider pilots enjoy a safe start to their 2025 flying season. If you are a glider…
Royal Air Squadron Young Instructor Bursaries!
Posted onThe Royal Air Squadron is an association of friends with a common interest in all forms of private light aviation, promoting aviation in the United Kingdom and to develop and maintain aviation links around the world. With a focus on pilots between the ages of 16 and 26 years old…
Hawarden RMZ guide
Posted onA new Hawarden RMZ guide includes a summary of the RMZ and details its requirements.
Draft competition rules for 2025
Posted onThe draft competition rules for 2025 have been published along with an explanatory document. You can view both documents here.
The Air League gliding scholarships!
Posted onThe Air League is offering three gliding scholarship categories including a Gliding to Solo scholarship, SLMG Conversion scholarship and Pilot Development scholarship. Gliding to Solo scholarship This scholarship provides an introductory gliding to solo course. The course is held over a two-week period on pre-selected dates at an Air League…
NATS OpenAir consultation
Posted onA couple of individuals have contacted the BGA about the soon to close NATS OpenAir consultation (closes 31 Jan 2025) As previously reported, the BGA along with BMAA and LAA has been engaged by NATS on this topic. The BGA has responded in detail to the consultation. If anyone is…
Refreshed BGA website homepage!
Posted onThe refreshed BGA website homepage is now live! As well as being much more newcomer-centric, the new design will also allow us to use the page in a range of new ways for raising public awareness of gliding. Please note that if it’s not displaying properly, you will need to…
BGA Conference - 22 February 2025!
Posted onOn Saturday 22nd February 2025, the BGA Sporting conference, exhibition and evening awards dinner is returning to Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough University followed by an awards dinner at Burleigh Court Hotel, Loughborough University. Both venues are a short walk or a 2-minute drive apart on the University Campus. We’ve…