The CAA spent a day at the Women's World Gliding Championships 2022. We spoke with Liz Sparrow, Director of the Championships and Pete Stratten, CEO of the British Gliding Association learning about how the event came to be in the UK and learning more about the scrutineer process behind competition gliding. We also spoke with Simon Smith, the Chief Tug pilot at The Gliding Centre, at Husband’s Bosworth airfield talking about the safety factors associated with tugging gliders. Women are underrepresented in aviation generally with only 6-7% of glider pilots being female. The championships was an opportunity to reach beyond the parameter of the event and aim to engage with the community and actively encourage more women and young people to consider gliding as a route into aviation. You can learn more about the WWGC 2022 and all the associated events taking place. https://wwgc2022.co.uk/ (WWGC2022 The Womens World Gliding Championships 2022) https://youtu.be/mr21KazP1sI (Video about the Championships) https://www.gliding.co.uk/ (The British Gliding Association) For more information on the work of CAA and STEM visit: https://stem.caa.co.uk/ (STEM | Opportunities in Aviation (caa.co.uk)) SkyWiseTo subscribe to SkyWise visit http://skywise.caa.co.uk/ (http://skywise.caa.co.uk/) Contact usTo get in touch please email [email protected]

This episode includes updates on our project to update our suite of Safety Sense Leaflets and the work that has gone into the temporary airspace restrictions for the Commonwealth Games. Flying in CloudA recent AAIB investigation has highlighted the importance of being properly qualified to fly in cloud. Our podcast and animation cover the safety guidance and resources that pilots should be aware of. https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/safety-topics/flying-in-cloud/ (Flying in Cloud) Carbon monoxide project - CODEWe discussed before our current CAA project on Carbon Monoxide. Recently published data reports are available on the CAA website at: https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/safety-topics/carbon-monoxide-in-general-aviation/ (Carbon monoxide in general aviation) Safety Sense LeafletsOur new suite of https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/safety-publications-and-information/safety-sense/ (Safety Sense Leaflets) is taking shape. You can access these on the CAA website. Commonwealth Gameshttps://www.nats.aero/do-it-online/ais/ (Aeronautical Information Service - NATS) to sign up for NOTAM https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Publications/Aeronautical-Information-Circulars-AICs/ (NATS UK | Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs) (ead-it.com)) – for AI Circulars https://airspacesafety.com/ (https://airspacesafety.com/) Eventshttps://wwgc2022.co.uk/ (WWGC2022 | The Womens World Gliding Championships 2022) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/laa-grass-roots-fly-in-2nd-3rd-4th-september-2022-tickets-389797694397 (Light Aircraft Association (LAA) Rally) SkyWiseTo subscribe to SkyWise visit http://skywise.caa.co.uk/ (http://skywise.caa.co.uk/) Contact usTo get in touch please email [email protected]

We have now published our final report on our review of airspace in the Cotswold region. Join Nikki Deeley and Emma Simpson from the Airspace Classification team to learn more about which volumes of airspace the process will seek to amend, as well what other activities can be used to improve UK airspace. For more information see https://www.caa.co.uk/CAP2359 (Cotswold region final findings report 2022) The https://www.caa.co.uk/commercial-industry/airspace/airspace-change/airspace-classification/ (airspace classification information) on the CAA website

This episode includes updates on recent work across three areas; Airworthiness, a Carbon monoxide project and STEM. Airworthiness We published our latest Virtual Voyage session in April with a special focus on Airworthiness. This is available to view on the https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/safety-publications-and-information/virtual-voyage/ (Virtual voyage | Civil Aviation Authority (caa.co.uk)). As part of this session, we share details of our previous GA Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) Roadshow. For those of you interested in participating in the next CAMO roadshow please https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SGVJTR5 (complete this registration survey). We also shared a presentation on the GA B3 Licence. Aimed at GA maintenance organisations, engineers and mechanics and anyone who has any feedback on the GA Airworthiness licensing system, please can we ask you to complete this https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JN5GNNV (B3 licence awareness survey). The information shared in the survey will be used to better understand if there is a role for the CAA here to better support GA maintenance organisations. We really appreciate your input, thank you. Carbon monoxide project We discussed with Thomas Weir the current CAA project on Carbon Monoxide. All the information on this project and reports produced are available on the CAA website at: https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/safety-topics/carbon-monoxide-in-general-aviation/ (Carbon monoxide in general aviation | Civil Aviation Authority (caa.co.uk)) STEM To read the historic aviation magazines mentioned visit; https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/displays-events-and-activities/historic-aviation/ (Historic Aviation | Civil Aviation Authority (caa.co.uk)) For more information on the work of CAA and STEM visit: https://stem.caa.co.uk/ (STEM | Opportunities in Aviation (caa.co.uk)) SkyWise To subscribe to SkyWise visit http://skywise.caa.co.uk/ (http://skywise.caa.co.uk/) Contact us To get in touch please email [email protected]