Owners 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.

Pilot/owner maintenance is an important privilege under Part ML that allows pilots to carry out and certify a prescribed significant amount of maintenance on their aircraft. BGA pilot/owner maintenance courses help pilot/owners to understand the privilege and the associated requirements. A pilot/owner course is planned for Saturday 4th May 2024….

More than one Puchacz in the BGA club fleet has been found to have a broken rear seat mount. This video shows the problem. As detailed in an email sent to owners today, before the next flight owners are to use an inspector to check for cracks/splits in the rear…

A full time professional maintenance role has been advertised by Lasham Gliding Society. Details are available here.  

Pilot-Owner Maintenance Part-M Light simplifies existing maintenance rules and offers a less prescriptive and burdensome approach to maintenance than the previous Part M requirements. It also provides more maintenance privileges for pilots and owners. BGA pilot-owner maintenance seminars provide helpful guidance to help pilot-owner to become familiar with the requirements,…

BGA inspectors form an important part of club and private owner aircraft maintenance support. Maintenance standards are a crucially important part of safety management.  The requirements for becoming a BGA inspector are essentially unchanged from the past. The mix of experience available within a gliding environment coupled with self-study can…

BGA inspectors form an important part of club and private owner aircraft maintenance support. Maintenance standards are a crucially important part of safety management.  The requirements for becoming a BGA inspector are essentially unchanged from the past. The mix of experience available within a gliding environment coupled with self-study can…

An inspection to verify correct connection and adjustment of a critical part following maintenance is known as an independent inspection. In non-Part 21 aircraft parlance, this is also known as a duplicate inspection. A BGA AMP ‘Independent / Duplicate Inspections of Critical Tasks’ has been published.

AVGAS is a gasoline containing tetra-ethyl lead (TEL), which gives it a high octane number. This allows the fuel to be used in engines with higher compression ratios without detonating, which can damage the structure of the combustion chamber. The EU has put the additive Tetraethyllead (TEL) on the REACH…

Club technical officers and tug masters have been reminded that both UK Part-ML (for certified aircraft) and BCAR A3-7 (for Permit to Fly aircraft) include requirements for owners, operators, and organisations managing aircraft to review and assess both mandatory and recommended instructions for continuing airworthiness within the Aircraft Maintenance Programme…