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…

The Government is proposing to remove Sport England from a list of statutory consultees regarding planning decisions in England. If successful, the proposal will reduce the amount of effective consultation required for a planning application and in doing so further diminish the protection of recreational sporting facilities including airfields. You…

The Government has published information regarding avian influenza including an interactive map. Pilots should note that care is needed if landing out close to a poultry farm. Although a poultry farm can be difficult to differentiate in the air from any other farm, from the ground they become more obvious and to support…

This airprox report identifies why it is important for all aircraft to make their presence known when flying in busy airspace… Airprox Report 2024162.pdf Image – USAF