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BGGC Home Page
Experience
Gliding over the Cotswolds and Severn Valley
Give it a try!
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One Day Courses
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We
offer a range of Trial
Lesson options for your first taste of gliding.
You will get a flight in a two-seat glider with an
instructor, during the flight you will be encouraged to take the
controls, at a safe
height of course, to enhance the experience and
to give you a taste of what gliding has to offer.
A Trial
Lesson voucher makes a great gift that will be remembered,
buy one for a friend or relative.
All options include three
months temporary membership, allowing you to take additional flights at
normal club rates.
You can purchase online here
with PayPal.
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A one-day course will
introduce you to the exciting sport of gliding. After meeting your
instructor and an airfield safety induction, we will
familiarise you with your glider and with airfield operations. You
flight instruction will include three aerotows and a winch
launch giving you plenty of time in the air get a real feel for the
sport.
In addition you will participate in the operation of a
busy club, help others launch and see gliders setting off and returning
from cross country flights (weather permitting).
If you think you would like to take up the sport of soaring this introduction will literally give you a flying start!
Contact the office or see here for details.
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Open all
year round
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New Members
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permitting we fly every day except Christmas day. Every season brings
it's own special character to the beautiful Severn Valley, with
wonderful views of the Cotswolds, Malvern Hills and the Welsh
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Starting a new sport can be daunting - BGGC is constantly improving our welcome to new members. See our New Members page for the latest news.
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The BGGC
The Bristol
& Gloucestershire Gliding club (BGGC) is one of the UK's
longest
established gliding clubs. We own our airfield which is
situated near the village of Nympsfield,
between
Stroud and Dursley. With a modern clubhouse, extensive club fleet
and surrounding scenery offering terrific views over the Severn
Valley
the BGGC offers a combination of excellent facilities and a
great site to fly from. Whether you are an experienced pilot looking
for exciting
cross-country possibilities, a trainee pilot looking to build your
skills or
a member of the public wanting to experience the pleasure of unpowered
flight the
BGGC can offer you what you are looking for.
BGGC members include current and past World Champions! From
our
airfield at Nympsfield, on the
edge of the Cotswolds, pilots have flown to the Isle of Wight,
Snowdon, Cornwall,
Yorkshire and circumnavigated London. As well
as excellent thermal flying we can offer over 100Km of usable ridges
and the
chance of high altitude wave flights.
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Nympsfield
is home to Targettt Aviation - Specialist Sailplane and Sport
Aircraft Repair and Maintenance Centre |
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The
BGGC is host to the Bristol University Gliding Club |
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For gliding related enquiries please
© 2007 Bristol & Gloucestershire Gliding
Club, Registered Office: NYMPSFIELD NR STONEHOUSE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL10 3TX,
Registered in England No. 1302149.
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