Gliding in Peterborough
Crowland AirfieldREF: PSGMIL
• Various flight options inc one mile high!
• Day course teaches you rigging & launching etc
• Subject to weather, flying offered all year round

Price
£145.00What's Included
• A tow plane will take the glider to your chosen height
• Under expert tuition you can take control of the glider
• Weather permitting your instructor will show you how to find thermals
• Two months membership of the club
Gliding Experience
• 20-30 minutes flying time launching from between 2000ft-3000ft
Mile High Flight
• Fly from 5280ft giving approximately 40 minutes flying time
Introduction to Gliding
• Introduction to Gliding course - 3 aerotows from at least 2000ft
• Learn about the sport of gliding including rigging and launching
• Flights do not have to be taken on the same day
What Can I Expect
Our Peterborough gliding experiences
offer you the superb sensation of speed and silence! Powerless
flight is definitely a feeling to be tasted and savoured as you
glide gracefully above the skies of Peterborough and the
surrounding Cambridgeshire countryside. This club near Crowland is
owned and run by a very enthusiastic team of members who will be
sure to welcome you to the gliding club fold.
Based at St Guthlac's Lodge since the early 1980s, this
Peterborough centre prides itself on being 'a pleasant place for
our members and visitors to relax, meet like-minded people and, of
course, glide'. The set up is small, but very well organised, with
a duty pilot, ground crew team and tug team all ready to help you
get into the air for your first lesson.
You will be taught in one of the modern two seater trainer gliders
at Peterborough, such as the Puchacz or Twin Astir models, both of
which are owned by the members. Chief Flying Instructor Kevin Fear,
or one of his team, will show you around the craft as it is being
'rigged' ready for launch. Once strapped in and settled, the rope
is attached to the tug aircraft (either a Pawnee or Beagle Huskey)
and you are pulled into the air.
Depending on which experience voucher you've chosen, you'll be
released at anything from 2000 to 5280ft (that's a mile high!),
following the usual glider protocol that dictates that you go left
and the plane breaks off right.
From that moment on it is just you, the pilot instructor and the
craft as you soar through the air - it takes a few moments to get
used to the sound of wind rushing with no motorised noise, but once
you do you'll be keen to learn about the search for 'thermals' as
the lattice of fields of the Peterborough landscape gets ever
smaller as your glider continues to rise.
If you opt for a single Peterborough gliding session, you will enjoy one aerotow from the airfield, calculated to give you between 20 and 30 minutes of gliding time. Those on the one day introduction to gliding experience will get a much fuller insight into how gliders soar and fly, rigging and launching, as you'll have the benefit of not just one, but three aerotows from this airfield in Peterborough during your day, which we think will have you hooked on gliding!
Availability
• Flights are generally less frequent during the winter months
Location
Suitable For
• Under 18s must be accompanied on the airfield by an adult
• Maximum height 6ft 4ins
• Maximum weight 16 stone
• It will not be possible for you to fly if you suffer from epilepsy, fainting or certain physical or mental disabilities
Spectators
• A camera or a pair of binoculars will come in handy
Anything Else
• Sunglasses are recommended
Reviews
Total Reviews 6
Recommend to Friend 6
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