One of our relatively new members, Rory, went solo on Saturday 31 May 2025. Rory only needed around 20 aerotow flights to achieve the skills necessary to go solo, but did bring some hours of powered flying with him when he started gliding. Congratulations Rory!
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It’s been a busy weekend at Vale of White Horse Gliding Centre, with a scout group flying on Friday evening, several introductory flights on Saturday, the club AGM after flying on Saturday evening, and further guest and member flying on Sunday. Saturday in particular was an excellent day for these experience flights, with blue skies, light wind straight down the runway, and cloud base at around 3400 feet above the airfield, all of which made for beautiful views over the Wiltshire and Oxfordshire countryside.
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We’re delighted to welcome Tomas Martensson to the Vale of White Horse Gliding Centre as a new flying member. Tomas is already a qualified glider pilot, so after a quick check flight with our Chief Flying Instructor, Al Stacey, on Saturday, he is able to fly club gliders. Whether you’re a complete novice to gliding, part-way through training to solo, or an experienced pilot, we’d be delighted to welcome you as a member at the club – just fill in our membership form available here on the club website.
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Congratulations to Lucy Swinburn on making a first glider flight today. The flight was a birthday surprise from husband Jason, and he and their children, as well as labradoodle Lola, all come along to the airfield to watch as Lucy was aerotowed to 4000 ft. The high aerotow meant the flight lasted over 30 minutes, with plenty of time to enjoy the experience, and the chance to fly above the broken cloud base at around 20oo feet. If you’d like to try gliding, or maybe come back and learn to fly, we’d be delighted to welcome you to the club, just get in touch using the various forms on the website.
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One of our junior gliding members, Marco Vourla Nunez, went solo today in one of the club’s K13 training gliders. 15-year-old Marco only joined the Vale of White Horse Gliding Centre in February of this year, but had demonstrated he was ready to make his first solo flight today. After a well-executed ground run behind the tug plane, and an aerotow to 2000 feet, he executed some high-air manoeuvres, then a nice circuit and landing back at the airfield.
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Today was another fantastic soaring day at the gliding centre just outside Swindon. This picture shows our visiting duty instructor Nick (seated), running the daily flying briefing ahead of the first launches. Many thanks to Nick for doing a great job on the day.
Another Strong Soaring Day, And Private Gliders Were Out Read More »
Many thanks to Mark for getting our new site up and running!
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We were pleased to welcome back two of our recent motor glider introductory flyers to have a first flight in a glider. Because our Vale of White Horse Vouchers include a one-month temporary membership of the club, they could visit the airfield again within their membership period and have a glider flight at club member rates.
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A new flying member joined Vale of White Horse Gliding Club today, Ryan Clifford. Ryan jumped straight in as a flying member, and had his first ever flight in a glider on the same day. If you’d like to learn to fly, or would like an experience flight to help you decide, you can follow both routes through our website
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Some visitors from Spain, Zorro Zuo and Selina Sheng, were staying in a local AirBnB that happened to be run by one of our club members. Over a shared dinner, he invited them to visit the airfield the next day to see how the gliding club operates, and they ended up finishing their trip to the UK with experience flights in one of the club two-seat training gliders, before they raced of
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