At 18:48 19 March 2006, Mike Schumann wrote:
Is a medical required in Europe for flying gliders
(it's not in the US).

Yes, even in the UK. Only came in fairly recently though.
We used to be able to self-certify for solo flying,
but not for instructing. Now we either need a JAA medical,
or a counter signature from one's own doctor as per
the NPPL scheme.

Derek Copeland