As detailed in BGA ‘Trailer Requirements’ guidance, all trailers (whether commercial use or non-commercial) of more than 750kg gross weight MUST be registered if travelling to Europe (except Ireland, Cyprus, Malta and Spain). DfT guidance is here.  

Did you know that SPL holders who own a sailplane or whose club authorises them to do so with club sailplanes may carry out and certify certain maintenance tasks? Pilot-Owner maintenance is an integral part of the Part-M Light maintenance rules and is designed to enable pilot-owners who are confident…

Club CFIs have been contacted by the BGA with details of how to online-renew CAA winch launch permissions, which are valid for five years.

BGA Junior Gliding Centre (JGC) accreditation is awarded to clubs in recognition of the club having policies, procedures and support systems in place that encourage participation by young pilots. Clubs are supported by the BGA in developing and maintaining JGC accreditation. We’re delighted to announce that Lorna Sleigh and Claire…

The BGA’s ‘Next Generation Inspector’ initiative, which aims to encourage involvement in sailplane maintenance and qualification as a BGA Inspector, was launched at the 26th October BGA Club Development Conference followed by a presentation by Dominic Newton, the BGA’s Part66L development lead and detailed discussion in a club technical officer…

As an experienced glider pilot, do you need some support to develop and reach your gliding goals and dreams? If so, the Ted Lys Award is there to help and, uniquely, is there to support both individual pilots and groups with a shared objective. The award is financial support, typically…

The 2025 revision BGA instructor manual has been updated to reflect the SPL training syllabus and is currently being published as a ‘beta’ version. All the sections of the manual should be published by the end of October 2025. You can view the 2025 BGA instructor manual content here.  

To ensure that all qualified BGA glider pilots will have an SPL with the correct privileges when required, the BGA’s CAA-approved SPL conversion application and checking procedure results in a painless application process. Thousands of pilots at BGA clubs now hold an SPL. For a variety of reasons, not all…

The next BGA Flight Radio Telephony Operator’s Licence (FRTOL) course begins on Tuesday 9th December 2025, providing full training for the licence required to use most non-gliding VHF radio channels. If you’d like to participate, please register now at www.ruskin.me.uk/bga-frtol-course/sign-up We’re also recruiting experienced radio users to coach small groups of FRTOL…

At the end of September, BGA clubs received a request for a speedy response to the annual return, which will assist in assessing the initial impacts of the 2025 initiative raising awareness of gliding. We look forward to receiving all club annual returns as promptly as possible and ideally by…