XC

This page supplements the Airfield Manual, in particular D. Cross Country Flying. Following are a list of links that might be of use to XC pilots. Some of these links are also in other parts of the Airfield Manual.

• BGA Turning Points
• BGA XC Ladder
• Dick Johnson's articles on glider performance. NB Some are a little dated, on glider performance, and the SSA have now made these articles available to members only so this page is provided via the Wayback Machine internet archive engine.
• SGU Flarm Report
• Sporting Code Section 3 - Edition 2022.pdf(329 KB)

• Evening Talks
• Thermal Task Setting

• CCE (Cross Country Endorsement) ground school course: session 1, session 2, session 3

• XCSoar and Airspace - slides from Kate Byrne's talk;
• Kate's How to download airspace

• SGC Trophies and rules

• Scottish Land-out Fields Database - zipped CUP file
• Scottish Land-out Fields Database - zipped Excel file
• Scottish Land-out Fields displayed on Google Maps