News and Notices
Managing Flying Risk - towing/operating tug aircraft
Posted onBGA towing and operating tug aircraft guidance for clubs and tug pilots has been updated. You can view the information here.
Ethanol in fuel
Posted onAircraft 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…
Guidance for pilots and owners of SSDR aircraft
Posted onThe 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.
Safe Ridge Soaring
Posted onWith 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…