Oxford Airport (fully described as ‘London Oxford airport’) intends to add RNAV approaches to both ends of its runway to facilitate ‘small-scale’ Commercial Air Transport (CAT) operations. CAA policies determine that controlled airspace is needed to facilitate that type of operation. Oxford airport has put forward an ACP Stage 1…

Pilot-Owner Maintenance Part-M Light simplifies existing maintenance rules and offers a less prescriptive and burdensome approach to maintenance than the previous Part M requirements. It also provides more maintenance privileges for pilots and owners. BGA pilot-owner maintenance seminars provide helpful guidance to help pilot-owner to become familiar with the requirements,…

Go Gliding is a BGA project supported by the DfT’s ‘Reach for the Sky’ programme. Go Gliding STEM events are free and open to individual students, schools, colleges, and youth groups, providing early career taster opportunities for young people to experience and learn more about gliding. The experience includes videos,…

BGA inspectors form an important part of club and private owner aircraft maintenance support. Maintenance standards are a crucially important part of safety management.  The requirements for becoming a BGA inspector are essentially unchanged from the past. The mix of experience available within a gliding environment coupled with self-study can…

The BGA airspace webpages have been reformatted to improve access to important information. You can view the BGA airspace webpages here.  

The Hus Bos Challenge Cup competition will be held from 27th July – 4th August 2024. The competition will be limited to 65 entries on a first come, first served basis. Any entries after this will automatically be put on to the waiting list. The entry list will open on…

If you’ve missed Chanel 4’s ‘Matt Baker – Travels with Mum and Dad’ gliding at Yorkshire Gliding Club, you can catch it on repeat here! (10 mins in after the ads)  

The BGA Instructor Manual is available to view and download in individual sections. View and download the BGA Instructor Manual here. Please note that the manual will be significantly updated over the next 18 months.    

The Honourable Company of Air Pilots Gliding Scholarships are residential and are offered to people over the age of 16.  The successful candidates will have the opportunity to fly on a one week residential course at a youth approved British Gliding Association centre.  This course could take a candidate to…

UK NATIONAL COMPETITIONS 2024 It’s time to get your Nationals entries in!!!  A reminder to all pilots that 31st January is the deadline for priority Nationals entries.  Entries received by that date will be accepted in rating order up to the class limit – for 2024 applications received after the…