Latest BHPA news brought to you by the Skywings team https://www.bhpa.co.uk en-gb Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:07:57 +0100 Copyright (C)2026 bhpa.co.uk During packing courses, two cases were reported in which deployment of ALFAcross reserve systems was hindered because the container fabric became caught. A safety notice has therefore been issued highlighting this potential... https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026594 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026594 paul-dancey@bhpa.co.uk (Paul Dancey) Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:07:42 +0100 During packing courses, two cases were reported where the deployment of Quadro containers was hindered due to the container fabric becoming caugh caught, Woody Valley have therefore issued a safety notice highlighting this.... https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026593 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026593 paul-dancey@bhpa.co.uk (Paul Dancey) Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:04:50 +0100 In early April the FAI's new XC Sport WPRS ranking was topped by British pilots. https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026592 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026592 skywings@bhpa.co.uk (J. Schofield) Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:36:41 +0100 The BHPA Flight Safety Committee has issued a safety advisory for the Flare Prop. Following internal quality testing, Flare has decided to reinforce the A-lines (12 lines in total) in order to improve durability and... https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026591 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026591 paul-dancey@bhpa.co.uk (Paul Dancey) Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:03:26 +0100 The link to join the AGM online is now available on our website, together with a [Revised BHPA AGM Pack](https://www.bhpa.co.uk/documents/index.php?doc=BHPA_2026_AGM_Pack.pdf), https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026590 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026590 paul-dancey@bhpa.co.uk (Paul Dancey) Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:35:08 +0100 The old EHPU incident database has now closed down and the new FIDA database brought online. As a result our "report an incident" page is now back on line and can be found at report.bhpa-incident.org https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026589 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026589 paul-dancey@bhpa.co.uk (Paul Dancey) Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:59:41 +0100 The EHPU Safety Network pan Europe incident reporting system is being replace by FIDA the Flight Sport Incident Data Base. As a result the incident report form on our website has been taken offline while the necessary work... https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026588 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026588 paul-dancey@bhpa.co.uk (Paul Dancey) Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:44:12 +0100 The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association's 2026 AGM will be held at 8 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, Le19 1RJ on Saturday 28th February commencing at 11.00am... https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026586 https://www.bhpa.co.uk/news/index.php?category=2026#news2026586 paul-dancey@bhpa.co.uk (Paul Dancey) Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:50:20 +0100