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Training Syllabus
BGA Gliding Training Syllabus
The following exercises are explained in depth in the BGA
Instructors Manual (available in the BGA
shop). The exercise
numbers relate to those listed in the manual.
BGA Ab-Initio Flying Training Exercises
BGA Exercise No |
Description |
5 |
Lookout |
6 |
Airmanship |
7 |
Effects of Controls |
8 |
Use of Trim |
9 |
Straight Glide |
10 |
Turning |
11 |
Airbrakes and Spoilers |
12 |
Approach Control |
13 |
Landing |
15 |
Circuit Planning |
16 |
Wire Launching |
17 |
Aerotow Launching |
18 |
Stalling |
19 |
Spinning & Spiral Dives |
20 |
Solo |
BGA Advanced Gliding Training Exercises
BGA Exercise No |
Description |
21 |
Use of Flaps |
24 |
Thermal Flying Techniques |
25 |
Navigation |
26 |
Radio Telephony |
27 |
Meteorology |
28 |
Aerobatics |
BGA Instructor Gliding Training - Additional
Excercises
BGA Exercise No |
Description |
1 |
Method of Flying Instruction |
2 |
Ground briefing |
3 |
Reading Logbooks |
4 |
Checklists |
14 |
Briefing & Demonstrating
Circuits |
22 |
Type Conversion |
23 |
Solo Supervision |
BGA Theoretical Gliding Syllabus
The following BGA theoretical gliding subjects are explained in
depth in the BGA Theory Manual.
The chapter numbers relate to those listed in the manual.
BGA Theoretical Gliding Subjects
Chapter No |
Description of Subject |
2 |
Underpinning Physics and Principals |
3 |
Lift, Drag & Boundary Layer |
4 |
Forces in Flight |
5 |
Structure and Flight Limitations |
6 |
Stability and Control |
7 |
Stalling and Spinning |
8 |
Gliding and Performance |
9 |
Variometers |
10 |
Meteorology |
Additional Theoretical References
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