News and Notices
FI(S) refresher seminar
Posted onThe SFCL FI(S) rolling recency requirements (SFCL.360) include a refresher seminar within the previous 3 years. There is an SFCL FI(S) refresher seminar during the evenings of the 22nd and 23rd April 2024. You can read more and book here.
Skill fade after a break from flying
Posted onThe FAI is delivering a webinar on the 12th May designed for pilots of any air sports and skydivers who are eager to resume their activities after a break. Its main objective is to raise awareness about the decline in skills that occurs when individuals take a break, such as…
FLARM temporary incompatibility - paragliders and hang gliders
Posted onThe latest FLARM update has resulted in a temporary incompatibility with the software used in some devices with FLARM transmit only capability as used by the para gliding and hang gliding community. The manufacturer of XC Tracer devices has developed a software update. The OGN have knowledge of the protocol…
Volunteers' Week 3-9th June
Posted onVolunteers’ Week provides a great opportunity to get a realistic and cheerful view of gliding in the local press and across local social media. ‘Realistic’ because the messaging is naturally that gliding is so much more than ‘just’ the flying. This is where you can celebrate the incidental (and fulfilling)…
2024 BGA Conference Report
Posted onAs it is likely that many people were unable to attend the BGA conference back in late February 2024 and have since possibly overlooked the online full article describing that successful and well-supported event that is linked from the most recent S&G magazine and available here.
BGA Competition Organisers Guide
Posted onThe BGA Competition Organisers Guide has been updated. You can view the 2024 version here.
Puchacz seat back repairs
Posted onOwners of Puchaczs have been supplied with details of the Allstar approved repair scheme for the previously publicised seat back defect. Any Puchacz owner at a BGA club who has not received the information or needs further guidance can contact BGA CTO Gordon MacDonald via the BGA office.
Teaching and Learning Seminar 6th April - places available
Posted onPotential new instructors and existing instructors – we have places available on a T&L seminar online on the 6th April. You can book here.
Yorkshire GC inclusivity accreditation
Posted onYorkshire Gliding Club is BGA WInG accredited. WInG is a process that supports clubs in developing their approach to inclusivity. You can read more here.
Currency
Posted onThe ongoing wet weather across much of the UK means that several gliding clubs have waterlogged airfields and as a result, flying opportunities for their members have been very limited. As club CFIs and others have previously noted (for example after the Covid restrictions were lifted), experienced pilots who are…