Sailplanes
Sailplanes · (EU) 2018/1976
Part-SAO with the SFCL licensing requirements in one database, consolidated to the latest amendment — so your gliding organisation, instructors and examiners work from the requirement that actually applies today.
ePARTS SPL
Sailplane operations with the SFCL licensing requirements — the whole gliding framework in one subscription.
€88.85
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Jargon Aviation Consultancy, est. 2000
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The package for gliding organisations and sailplane pilots: the operational requirements of Part-SAO together with the SFCL licensing rules, maintained within days of each amendment, for one year. One of the most affordable categories in the shop, because a gliding club should not need a corporate budget to read its own regulation.
THE PROBLEM
Which rules apply to a gliding club that also trains and examines?
Since Regulation (EU) 2018/1976, sailplane operations have their own rules in Part-SAO and their own licensing in SFCL — separate from the general air operations and Part-FCL framework most guidance is written about.
Gliding is largely run by volunteers with limited time, and the answer to a licensing or operations question still has to be the current one. Reading a compilation from last season is how a club ends up training to a requirement that has moved.
Part-SAO governs the flight, SFCL the licence, and a single club question often touches both.
Your club handbook and training records cite paragraphs that have since been reworded.
Requirements with a later applicability date look identical to the ones in force in a PDF.
The solution
How ePARTS helps you with sailplanes
One search covers Part-SAO and SFCL including their AMC and GM, and every requirement carries the date from which it counts.
Operations and licensing together
Part-SAO beside SFCL, with their AMC and GM, in a single full-text query.
Applicability at a glance
Green frames for requirements in force, red frames for those applying from a later date.
Amendments traceable
See what a revision changed, per revision or per article, with the amending regulation cited.
Citable in your club documents
Copy the reference with its amendment into your club handbook, training records and authority correspondence.
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Questions we are asked
Sailplanes — frequently asked
What is ePARTS?
An online database of current international aviation regulation. The EU regulations with their AMC and GM, consolidated to the latest amendment and searchable from any device — maintained by Jargon Aviation Consultancy since 2000.
How does the free trial work?
Apply coupon 7DAYTRIAL at checkout and you have full access to the categories you select for seven days. The trial expires by itself; nothing renews and no payment is taken.
Is ePARTS the same as the EASA Easy Access Rules?
No. The Easy Access Rules are periodic PDF compilations. ePARTS is a searchable database updated within days of each amendment, with the applicability date shown on the requirement itself.
Does the package include the SFCL licensing rules?
Yes. Part-SAO and SFCL are in the same package, so an operational question and the licensing requirement behind it can be answered from one search.
What about the airworthiness of our sailplanes?
That sits in the Continuing Airworthiness category — Part-ML and Part-CAO cover lighter aircraft outside commercial air transport, which is where most club sailplanes belong.
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