The meeting minutes of the International Gliding Commission (IGC) of the FAI held in Celje, Slovenia from 07 to 08 March 2025 have been published. You can view the meeting minutes here.

The UK Government has announced spending of £20 million to further support drones and flying taxis. £16m of the total will be allocated to the UK CAA with the aim of streamlining regulatory processes to support commercialisation of the industry.

In March 2024, the CAA launched a 10-week public consultation seeking stakeholder views on proposed changes to licences and ratings across the GA aircraft categories. There was a strong response from the sailplane community. As a result, working with the BGA, the CAA has made several proposals to Government to…

CAA Skywise provides updates via a free email subscription service on various aspects of CAA regulated activity including temporary airspace restrictions. There is a category titled ‘Gliding’. You can read more and subscribe here. Please note that Skywise content does not remove the obligation to check NOTAMs before flight.

Another Part 2 instructor course has been added to the calendar. 1st – 6th September at The Gliding Centre. Read more and book here.

As previously reported, in the interests of simplification, the CAA has proposed several amendments to Part-SFCL implementing rules that are currently being reviewed in Government ahead of an anticipated law change. Aviation law is essentially in two layers; ‘hard law’, which as noted above is approved by the elected Government…

Many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime. Knowing how to react in those first critical moments can save a life. Performing CPR and defibrillation can more than double the chances of survival. The British Heart Foundation is sponsoring this 15-minute app based training programme – please…

Places are available on a Part 2 BGA instructor course at Cambridge GC, 8-13 September 2025. You can read more and book here.  

Publication on 1st February of the draft BGA Competition Rules for 2025, including proposed changes which were explained in the document that was published alongside the draft rules, was followed by a 4-week consultation period. The only significant feedback received during the consultation period concerns the change to the handicap…

The FAI IGC has now formally ratified Steve Koerner’s 10 July 2024 flight out of Ely, Nevada as a new world record for a 15m glider speed over a 1000 km triangle. The new record speed is 151.28 kph (94.0 mph) over an actual course distance of 1025 km and…