After your first flight you'll be hooked on this superb sport. Why? It's much more challenging than powered flight - you need a lot of skill to keep a glider airborne - knowing how to recognise lift (rising air), where to find it and how to use it. But it's also great fun - effectively you become just like a bird - you often rise up in thermals alongside birds! You will be towed into the air by a powered aircraft. After a pre-flight briefing, you will be strapped into the glider with your instructor. The glider is attached to another aircraft which will tow you into the sky! Once the cable is released you search out some thermals and then gently glide back down to earth. Unforgettable! The length of the flight itself will vary according to weather conditions, but is likely to be around 15 to 20 minutes. At some locations you may get two winch launched flights or one soaring flight instead.

Sail and soar through the sky. Let us introduce you to this absorbing sport at some of the top clubs in the country. It's a fantastic chance to experience the excitement of powerless flights. This introduction to gliding will really get you into the sport. Depending on the location and availability, you can either have your 3 flights (although the precise number will depend on weather and other conditions) one after the other or you can space them out over the day, which ever option you decide upon you will be able to spend the rest of the day seeing other aspects of a gliding club - helping with the launches etc. It's a great experience!

Sail and soar through the sky. Let us introduce you to this absorbing sport at some of the top clubs in the country. It's a fantastic chance to experience the excitement of powerless flights. This introduction to gliding will really get you into the sport. Depending on the location and availability, you can either have your 3 flights (although the precise number will depend on weather and other conditions) one after the other or you can space them out over the day, which ever option you decide upon you will be able to spend the rest of the day seeing other aspects of a gliding club - helping with the launches etc. It's a great experience!

Let us introduce you to this absorbing sport at some of the top clubs in the country. It's a fantastic chance to experience the excitement of powerless flight and to take in the wonderful scenery unfolding below you. After a pre-flight briefing, you will be strapped into the glider with your instructor. The glider is attached to a winch by a cable, and in a few moments you will be airborne! Once the cable is released you will search out some thermals and then gently glide back down to earth.

After your first flight you'll be hooked on this superb sport. Why? It's much more challenging than powered flight - you need a lot of skill to keep a glider airborne - knowing how to recognise lift (rising air), where to find it and how to use it. But it's also great fun - effectively you become just like a bird - you often rise up in thermals alongside birds! You will be towed into the air by a powered aircraft. After a pre-flight briefing, you will be strapped into the glider with your instructor. The glider is attached to another aircraft which will tow you into the sky! Once the cable is released you search out some thermals and then gently glide back down to earth. Unforgettable! The length of the flight itself will vary according to weather conditions, but is likely to be around 15 to 20 minutes. At some locations you may get two winch launched flights or one soaring flight instead.

Let us introduce you to the wonderful sport of gliding. It's a fantastic chance to experience the excitement of powerless flight and to take in the wonderful scenery unfolding below you. After a pre-flight briefing, you will be strapped into the glider with your instructor. The glider is attached to a winch by a cable, and within a few moments you will be airborne! Once the cable is released you will search out some thermals and then gently glide back down to earth.

Let us introduce you to this absorbing sport at one of the country's most prestigious gliding clubs. Set close to the Chilterns, this professionally run club is the perfect place to introduce you to the thrill of powerless flights. Your half day at the club includes three flights by aero tow, course notes, all tuition, and a month's club membership (giving you reduced rates for flying) so you can return for more if you wish! Please note that the precise number of flights and the duration of flights may vary according to the weather conditions. Your flights are likely to be all together, either in the morning or the afternoon, but the club encourages you to spend the full day there so that you can really get involved.

Enjoy a 40 minute motor glider flight. Following a short briefing with an instructor, you, with your instructor, will taxi out, and upon completion of the pre-flight checks, will head for the sky. On returning to the airfield, the engine can be turned off allowing you to experience a quiet glide down to landing on the airfield. During this time you will be shown how to fly the aircraft.