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Unofficial Coordinates for the BGA Midlands and East Anglian Control Points

Courtesy of BGA Waypoint Coordinator, Ian Strachan ( ian(at)ukiws.demon.co.uk )
Via Tim Newport-Peace ( tnp(at)spsys.demon.co.uk )
Dated: 21 March, 2009

Airport information courtesy of Michael-Lorenz Meier's database

Magnetic Variation: 1.8W, Datum: 100
Time zone: GB-Eire, summer offset from GMT is 1:00 and in winter it is 0:00.

The waypoint data are available directly at www.spsys.demon.co.uk/turningpoints.htm

Information about the BGA is available at www.gliding.co.uk

The primary specification of the waypoint coordinates is degrees and decimal minutes

Version 2009

Additional resources include:

Turning Point Query, Turning Point Search, and Cross Country Calculator [ from Andy Sanderson ]
TPEdit [ from Dick Middleton ]
TPselect [ from Jeff Goodenough ]

BGA LIST OF WAYPOINTS AND BGA CLUB SITES

Last update: 20 March 2009

The BGA has prepared this table in good faith but takes no responsibility for the accuracy or usage of this data, for instance in airborne navigation systems.
Pilots are advised to check any data used, in particular for proximity to other air activities or areas with airspace restrictions, BGA Club sites and other points with airspace considerations.
UK OS Grid References are plotted from the OS 1:50,000 or 25,000 maps, Lat/Longs are to the WGS84 Datum and are produced from the Grid Ref by the NGR84 program (available free from the BGA)
The altitudes for club sites and airfields are taken from the 1:500,000 air map, other altitudes are estimated from contours and nearby spot heights.

Waypoint names, three-letter codes (Trigraphs) and BGA numbers:

These are unique to each point. For the short form, generally the Trigraph should be used, the BGA Number is for GPS recorders that accept numbers but not letters, such as the EW series.

Findability letters A-D and G, airspace designation, and use of Hash symbols # and ##

Category A points are marked on the 1:500,000 air map and should be easy to find visually, Cat D points may need local knowledge or a more detailed map
Category G points do not have an identifiable ground feature, typically they are used in wave flights.
A single hash # is a warning about proximity to controlled airspace. The point itself should not be in an airfield ATZ or other zone for a notified activity.
Points with a double hash ## should only be approached or over-flown if the organisation responsible for the airspace concerned has positively agreed that the point may be used for the flight concerned.

Access to the latest BGA list

The definitive BGA list including the latest updates and any `Stop Press' items, can be accessed through a link from the BGA web site: www.gliding.co.uk.
The list is held at: www.spsys.demon.co.uk/turningpoints.htm and can be accessed directly at this reference.

This is a subset of the overall BGA control point list, that includes only those control points lying close to Banbury, Bedford, Cambridge, Chester, Derby, Grantham, Hereford, Ipswich, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Norwich, Peterborough, Shrewsbury, and Worcester

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