BGA Training Progress Card
This card provides a working breakdown of the exercises described in the BGA gliding syllabus

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Exercise

Brief Demo

Attempt Satisfactory

Name Date Name C B A Date Name

1. Pre Flight Checks

2. Lookout

3. Effects of controls:

a) Elevator

b) 1st stall

c) Speed control

d) Ailerons

e) Rudder

f) Flap (where applicable)

4. Aileron drag

5. Aileron/Rudder Coordination

6. Turning

7. Maintaining a heading

8. Use of Trimmer

9. Straight glide and scan cycle

10. Airbrake/elevator Coordination

11. Approach control

a) Normal

b) Overshoot

c) Undershoot

12. Landing

Stalling: 13. Stall Warnings
a) Attitude

b) Reducing airspeed

c) Changing airflow noises

d) Changing effect of ailerons

e) Buffet f) Stick position

14. Stall Symptoms: a) Lack of effect of elevator

Exercise

Brief Demo

Attempt Satisfactory

Name Date Name C B A Date Name

b) Marked nose drop

c) Stalling without nose drop (mushing)
15. Steep stall

16. Stall speed increase in a turn

17. High speed stall

18. Reduced 'G' not always stall symptom 19. Stall with wing drop

Spinning: 20. Spin and recovery

21. Spiral dive and recovery

22. Changing effect of rudder at/near the stall 23. Spin off steep or thermal turn
24. Spin entry to left off right turn

Demonstration only

25. BGA safe spinning info
26. Spin off simulated wire launch failure. Practice at height ONLY 27. Prolonged spins (at height)

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Winch Launching: 28. Normal launch

29. BGA safe winching info & quiz

BGA online learning/testing

30. Med/low break - straight ahead landing 31. "Awkward" height cable break
32. High cable break for short circuit

33. Low break <50 ft glider not in full climb 34. Too fast signal/abandonment

Demonstration only

35. Gradual winch power failure
Early trainee attempts will be with a specific pre-flight briefing; but the exercise will only be regarded as completed satisfactorily when the trainee can cope with an unexpected situation.
Circuit planning:
36. Normal circuit

37. Zig Zag circuit
38. Circuit modified because too high

Exercise

Brief

Demo

Attempt

Satisfactory

CBA

39. Circuit modified due to lack of height involving changing landing area

40. Circuit modified due to lack of height involving changing landing

direction

41. Flying without altimeter

Early trainee attempts will be with a specific pre-flight briefing; but the exercise will only be regarded as completed satisfactorily when the trainee can cope with an unexpected situation.
Aerotowing:

42. Normal Tow

43. Lateral instability on tow

44. Ground roll

45. Take off: transition to normal

flight

46. Recovery from;

a) out of position to side

b) from too high

c) from too low

d) from divergent lateral oscillation
47. BGA safe aero-towing info

BGA online learning

48. Launch failures – use SLMG if possible 49. Aerotow signals

Miscellaneous: 50. Steeper turns at higher speed
51. Thermal soaring (and joining another glider) 52. Hill soaring

53. Wave soaring

54. Circuit, approach and landing in strong winds

Exercise

Brief Demo

Attempt Satisfactory

Name Date Name C B A Date Name

55. Cross wind circuit, approach and landing 56. Aerotow
a) Low tow

b) In prop wash

c) Boxing prop wash

d) Cross country tows (level flight behind tug)
57. Flying without the ASI

58. Side slipping

Pre-solo essentials: Basic rules of the air – verbal test before solo Medical status confirmed
Local airspace brief - verbal test before solo Site specific exercises

‘BGA medical requirements’

Post Solo Preparation for Bronze & Cross Country Endorsement
Navigation Theory & Preparation Navigation Practical Field Landings Preparation for flight including; Glider post rigging checks Pre-flight inspection incl recording Obtaining NOTAMs Recording of flight time (logbook) Glider parking and storage Guidance on how to prepare for and arrange a Bronze theory test
Training progress card v5 © BGA 2015