Motor Glider Courses
Improve your Gliding Skills or learn to fly powered aircraft
At the BGC we don’t only fly gliders – we also have a Touring Motor Glider that we offer to non-members as away of honing skills and gaining new qualifications.
Learn to fly our Motor Glider
As a qualified Glider pilot you can easily learn to fly Touring Motor Gliders, which can be a wonderful first step into power flying. If you can already fly a TMG then we have a series of short courses to help you get the best out of any TMG
Short Courses for Glider Pilots
A motor glider is a useful cost- effective tool for glider training – even for pilots who have no intention of learning to fly one! We offer a variety of short courses for glider pilots, each of which will be tailored to your specific needs.
Further Training for Glider Pilots
Lesson in a MG can provide valuable experience for glider pilots: the ability to Practice RT, crossing airspace, land away at an airport. Navigation training, field landings XC Endorsement, Currency/Recency flights
Learning to Motor Glide
If you currently hold an SPL you are able to widen your experience with a TMG Extension This gives the pilot privileges equivalent to a PPL. Depending on your previous experience it may be possible to do this in as little as 6 hours total flight training.
However, you need to reach the standard to successfully complete a general skills test in a motor glider and generally competent glider pilots take about 15 hours to achieve this. You will join Buckminster Gliding Club as a full club member at a special TMG membership rate which is less than half the full gliding membership rate.
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Short Courses for Power Pilots who have a TMG Qualification
Perhaps you already have your TMG Extension and would like to polish your skills?
- Rust remover – regaining currency after a period away
- Navigation and Land Away at another airfield
- The French Connection – The continent isn’t as far away as you might think!
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Microlight Training (with MedAviate Ltd)
MedAviate teach in their Ikarus 42 basic trainer, a fully enclosed microlight.
They can provide:
- Full training for NPPL A (Microlight)
- Conversion & Differences Training
- Navigation Training
- Currency / Revalidation / Renewal
- Aircraft hire
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Glider Pilot training in the TMG
A motor glider is also a useful cost- effective tool for glider training – even for pilots who have no intention of learning to fly one! We offer a variety of short courses for glider pilots, each of which will be individually adjusted for maximum value.
- Circuits Approaches and Landings
- Navigation Training For Glider Pilots
- Field Landing Training For Glider Pilots
- Practical RT For Glider Pilots
- Transiting Controlled Airspace
- Landing at a GA Aerodrome
- Cloud Flying Training For Glider Pilots