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Portmoak Information

Welcome to the SGC - an introductory booklet for people joining or thinking of joining the club
Ground Rules - the basics of how the flying system works at Portmoak
Airfield Manual - booklet detailing our site facilities and operational procedures
Annual / Biannual Training / Check Flight Sign-off Form (see SGU Badge System for check flight requirements)
Duty Pilot Briefing Notes (now links to Airfield Manual)
Portmoak Airspace Briefing Notes
Portmoak Airspace Sketch
Letters of Agreement between SGC and respective ATC units
Pre Solo - Test Paper
Plan of Portmoak Airfield
Rating Revalidation Chart - NPPL, JAR and UK CAA Licenses
Standard Operating Procedures - TMG/SLMG and all light aircraft based at Portmoak
SGU Memorandum of Association
SGU Articles of Association

Gliding in General

Speed to Fly in Wave (by Ian Trotter, about 1.1Mb (Word document))
FAA Training Handbook (pdf version)(~20Mb file)
FAA Training Handbook (zipped) (~18Mb file)
Errata/Addenda for FAA Training Handbook

Cross-Country and GPS

BGA Turnpoints List (via external link to Tim Newport-Peace's site)
Local Airspace PDA Files
Glasgow/Edinburgh Gap (Airspace Changes) Scottish TMA-3 & Glasgow CTA-1/2 This updated map gives more accurate visual information of the changes to this airspace. The Letter of Agreement applying to this airspace may only be activated by Portmoak Pilots authorised by the CFI.

Technical manuals

LX5000 Manual (GPS and variometer system used in the club's DG-505, about 1.5Mb)

Various handy Files

The Bronze Confuser (question and answer preparation for the Bronze badge written test, about 75Kb)
Flight Times Calculator (Excel spreadsheet to assist with adding up hours and minutes for P1, P2 etc. - about 20Kb)
Anything to Anything Calculator (General purpose conversion program for Windows - about 450Kb)

If you find any of these have gone out of date or would like to suggest new ones please