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Premium Gift Pack
Our Premium Gift Pack includes a stylish gift box, which holds your personalised gift voucher and your activity voucher guide booklet. The premium choice.
£3.50 (+ £3.95 shipping charge)
Standard Gift Pack
Our Standard Gift Pack comes with a smart envelope that includes your personalised gift voucher and your activity voucher guide booklet.
Included in the £3.95 shipping charge
E Voucher
Our E Voucher is an instant voucher delivered by email, with your personalised email message and a downloadable .pdf of your personalised gift voucher.
FREE
What's Included
- A gliding experience using either winch launches or aerotows
- All experiences start with a welcome and safety briefing from an experienced instructor
Introductory Glider Flights (Winch Launch)
- Two glider flights, launched by a high-speed winch
- 10-15 minutes of flying time, depending on conditions
- Opportunity to experience flying the glider (optional)
- 1-month temporary membership to the gliding club
Glider Experience Flight (Aerotow)
- Enjoy an aerotow (launch behind a tug plane)
- Learn the basics of gliding and how to control the aircraft
- Opportunity for assisted hands-on control of the aircraft
- Temporary membership to the gliding club :
- 2000ft 15-20 minutes in the air - 1 months club membership
- 3000ft 20-25 minutes in the air - 2 months club membership
- 4000ft 25-30 minutes in the air - 2 months club membership
What Can I Expect
Gliding in Lincolnshire comes in two guises : be towed by a tug plane, or be winched up on a cable. Both are great ways to see the patchwork quilt countryside of the East Midlands (that’s to say Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire!) and we've got a full range of flight options available for you.
Getting airborne from Saltby Airfield near Grantham, we are offering vouchers for a double winch launch experience, or aerotows from 2000, 3000 or 4000ft. In essence, the higher the altitude, the longer you’ll soar through the sky.
Winch tows offer a quicker launch to a lower altitude (albeit a bouncy, noisy ride!). The winches take you from 0-60 mph in around three seconds, providing a blast of adrenaline, before allowing you to take in the spectacular views that a glider flight offers, at a slightly more sedate pace.
On aerotow experiences, the club's tug plane takes you up to your chosen height before detaching, to leave you gliding soundlessly across those blue skies, as your instructor explains and demonstrates the controls of the aircraft.
As well as the flexibility with flight times and aircraft, this popular club plays another ace card by operating seven days a week (weather depending). It is also handily located near to the motorways and major A-roads, making gliding in Lincolnshire accessible for glider fans from all over the East Midlands.
When Is It Available
- Weekdays and weekends throughout the year
Location
- Saltby Airfield, Skillinton, Lincolnshire
- Conveniently located just off the A1 south of Grantham on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire Border
Suitable For
- No minimum age limits
- Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult on the airfield
- Weight restrictions: minimum 6.5 stone (40kg) maximum 16 stone (100kg)
- Height restrictions: minimum 5ft (152cms) maximum 6ft 5ins (195cms)
- Please contact Into the Blue if you are close to these limits
Spectators
- Spectators are welcome to watch the lesson from the clubhouse
Anything Else
- Although specific launch or flying types can be requested the flight and aircraft type will be chosen by the instructor on the day taking weather conditions and other factors into account
Reviews
4 out of 5 stars
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