Links

Throughout Bronze & Beyond there are references to web sites. To save you keying these in, these and some other sites are all listed below. They were checked on 20 January 2022, but it is amazing how fast they go out of date! If you would suggest new links, or tell me if one is no longer working, e-mail me: john at mccullagh.biz

Airspace & NOTAMS
UK AIP (Airspace and NOTAMS)
Air Navigation Order
Standardised European Rules of the Air
Updates to charts
Military Low Flying
BGA Airspace page
CAA Skyways Code
SPINE (free NOTAM viewer)
Interception procedures and signals

Other legal information
Civil Aviation Authority News
Civil Aviation Authority Sailplane Rulebook
BGA Laws and Rules
Radio licences

Human factors & safety
BGA Medical Requirements
Oxygen systems
CAA Safety page
BGA Safety page
Women in gliding

Weather
Weather education
Stratus for RASP (with good soundings tutorial)
Lasham forecast
Interpreting soundings
UK Met Office
Lecture on wave flying
Lecture on thermalling

Use of parachutes
How to bail out
After bailing out

News
British Gliding Association
Glider pilot.net (Useful discussions and gossip)

Comps, badges and turnpoints
FAI Sporting Code
UK turnpoints
Worldwide Turnpoint Exchange
Turnpoint search

Magazines, books, pictures and videos
Old UK gliding magazines
Best gliding video ever
Pure glide NZ

Additional training material
Cambridge GC Bronze lectures
BGA Instructors' Manual
US training material from the FAA

Other useful sites
Radio training course
Gliding School - pre-solo training guide
Field landing video
BGA Ladder
Looking after gel coat
Paul Remde's links
Skybrary links
IBM Club's links
NASA aerodynamics
Buying a glider (US site)