The CAA has published its phase 2 consultation and response survey into proposed changes to the Sailplane Flight Crew Licensing rules. The BGA encourages all glider pilots to respond and has supplied response guidance. The BGA guidance including links to the consultation and survey can be viewed here. The consultations…

As reported in January, following detailed work by Paul Ruskin (Cambridge GC) and the CAA, thirty BGA gliding clubs now have newly allocated radio frequencies to help with local situational awareness. The frequencies are valid from 21st March. You can view the new frequency allocations here.  Electronic and paper charts…

More than one Puchacz in the BGA club fleet has been found to have a broken rear seat mount. This video shows the problem. As detailed in an email sent to owners today, before the next flight owners are to use an inspector to check for cracks/splits in the rear…

As the spring gets enticingly closer, it’s a reminder that our gliders and equipment need to be checked, maintained and ready to go. Every year we see glider ground towing equipment failures or towing driver errors that result in expensively broken gliders that take a long time to repair. It’s…

Airfield safeguarding is a mechanism to provide information about potential developments near an airfield and give a possibility of some protection against unwanted developments. The BGA Development Committee publish this slide deck that explains what a club needs to do to help to safeguard its airfield and operation. The CAA…

Following the BGA AGM on 21 February 2024, BGA Operational Regulation 38 has been updated to read: “Inspection Before Flight. All gliders operated from a BGA club site shall be inspected before flying on each day by a pilot who has been approved to carry out a daily inspection, who…

In addressing an AAIB recommendation regarding carbon monoxide detectors, the CAA has published proposals set out in a consultation that are integral to understanding what may be holding pilots back from using this potentially lifesaving equipment, and whether the CAA should be doing more to encourage its adoption. You can…

The Royal Aero Club Trust provides a number of bursaries each year for pilots aged 14-21 (or 24 for advanced bursaries). The scheme and the bursaries comprise all types of air sports and aviation-related activities including: paragliding, gliding, hang-gliding, parachuting, microlight aircraft, helicopter, ballooning,  light aircraft and the designing, building and…

BGA Training News is sent out to all BGA instructors by email where the BGA office has a current email address. You can view the Winter 2024 BGA Training News here.

Integration of drones into all airspace is an element of the CAA’s Airspace Modernisation Strategy. National Air Traffic Services (NATS), the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control commercial services, is consulting on its vision of supporting integrated airspace.  According to NATS, ‘OpenAir’ aims to provide a universal data sharing…