New to gliding? An unfamiliar environment can take a while to adjust to and can be a bit overwhelming. Your club should help you understand how the club operates and what you need to do to take part and stay safe. The BGA provides a wide range of gliding information…

Effective instruction is really important. Even the very best instructors can’t always recall the detail of an exercise they haven’t taught for a while. The BGA Instructor Reference Cards are available as a pdf download that has been optimised for use on phones and tablets. Anyone can either open the…

The BGA offers a risk management review service to gliding clubs.  Experience from facilitating the reviews has identified a potential need for a draft club document that describes to its members how as far as reasonably practicable it has an integrated approach to operating standards. A draft manual has been…

Whilst appearing to be strong, canopy transparencies are easily damaged. Once broken, canopies are difficult and expensive to repair or replace. There are a few basic precautions that can help us avoid canopy mishaps, particularly as we experience stronger winds during the autumn and winter: – Canopies should not be…

Some towing aircraft with tail wheels suffer from limited forward visibility. So it’s important to gently weave these aircraft to clear the path ahead. If in doubt, stop and check. Never assume the path is clear.    

Induction, or ‘carburettor’, icing is probably responsible for several accidents every year. Some aircraft are more vulnerable than others. If you fly a powered aircraft that uses a carburettor, and in particular a T61 motor glider which is a type known to be highly vulnerable to carb icing, this CAA…

BGA towing and operating tug aircraft guidance for clubs and tug pilots has been updated. You can view the information here.

Aircraft owners are advised to ensure that they are using the correct fuel as directed by the type certificate holder. As previously reported, the Government has mandated that all regular unleaded petrol will increase ethanol content up to 10%. This change will result in reduced CO2 emissions. While the car…

The BGA has published information for SSDR pilots and owners including specific points about flying the Silent 2 Electro. You can view the information in ‘Managing Flying Risk’ here.

With lots of minds turning to winter ridge flying, the Southdown gliding club has highlighted two of their previously recorded safe ridge flying webinars. The first video is aimed at the challenges faced whilst soaring the local ridge and is helpful for those who have done very little ridge soaring…