Edinburgh University Gliding Club
Links
Contents
- General gliding-related sites
- University gliding clubs
- Other gliding clubs
1. General gliding-related websites
- British Gliding Association
- FAI
- British Gliding Team
- Glider Pilot Network
- SIFOW
- Sailplane Directory
- The White Planes Picture Co
- Gliding and Motorgliding International
- NATS Aeronautical Information Service
- Functional version of the above.
- Learning to Fly
- Brian Rogers' very detailed account of his gliding experience.
- Glider Performance
- A simple, illustrated explanation of glider performance and polar curves
2. University Gliding Clubs
- Aberdeen (Aboyne)
- Bath (The Park)
- Winners of Inter-Uni's XC trophies 2009 and 2010 (mostly thanks to 'Mechanical' Mike Schlotter).
- Bristol University (Nympsfield)
- Cambridge (Gransden Lodge)
- They have had a nice K8.
- Exeter (North Hill)
- Claim "Beware gliding easily becomes an OBSESSION". I'm sure none
of us would agree with that!
- Imperial College (Lasham)
- Leeds
- Loughborough(Husbands Bosworth)
- Hosted IUTW 2000.
- Manchester
- Nottingham (RAF Syerston)
- Hosted (and won) IUTW 2001.
- Oxford (Bicester)
- Hosted (and won) IUTW 2003. Nice send-off for Bicester.
- Southampton (Lee-on-Solent)
- They fly over the sea. Are they mad? Maybe they can teach us a
thing or two about ditching in the sea for when we try to cross
the Firth of Forth
North Sea.
- Sunglasses recommended for this website.
- University College (RAF Halton)
- University of
Wales, Aberystwyth (The Long Mynd)
- Warwick
University (Husbands Bosworth)
- University
of the West of England (Aston Down)
3. Other Gliding Clubs
- Angus Gliding Club (Drumshade)
- Bath Wilts & North Dorset Gliding Club
(The Park)
- Black Mountains Gliding Club
(Talgarth)
- Bowland
Forest Gliding Club
(Chipping)
- Bristol &
Gloucestershire Gliding Club
(Nympsfield)
- Booker Gliding
Club
(Marlow)
- Burn Gliding
Club
(Selby)
- Cairngorm Gliding Club
(Feshiebridge)
- Cambridge Gliding Club
(Gransden Lodge)
- Has a very useful summary of the bronze exam (and the bronze confuser) under "Members".
- Cornish
Gliding Club
(Perranporth)
- Cotswold
Gliding Club
(Aston Down)
- Coventry
Gliding Club (The Gliding Centre)
(Husbands Bosworth)
- Deeside
Gliding Club
(Aboyne)
- DRA
Gliding Club
(Odiham)
- Derbyshire
& Lancashire Gliding Club
(Camphill)
- Dumfries
and District Gliding Club
(Falgunzeon)
- Essex
Gliding Club
(Ridgewell)
- Essex & Suffolk Gliding
Club
(Wormingford)
- Islanders
Gliding Club
(Hall Caine)
- Lakes Gliding
Club
(Walney)
- Lasham Gliding Society
(Lasham)
- "The Home of British Gliding" as they modestly call themselves.
Lots of information about gliding here. They are the home
airfield for Imperial College Gliding Club, Southampton University
and Surrey University.
- London Gliding Club
(Dunstable)
- Very close to Luton. Their airspace briefing is entertaining.
- Midland Gliding Club
(Long Mynd)
- Needwood
Forest (formerly Marchington) Gliding Club
(Cross Hayes)
- Nene
Valley Gliding Club
(Upwood)
- Norfolk
Gliding Club
(Tibenham)
- Northumbria
Gliding Club
(Currock Hill)
- Oxford
Gliding Club
(Weston-on-the-Green)
- Peterborough
& Spalding Gliding Club
(Crowland)
- Portsmouth Naval
Gliding Club
(Lee-on-Solent)
- Royal Air
Force Gliding & Soaring Association
(Bicester)
- Scottish Gliding Union
(Portmoak)
- Where we fly.
- Shenington
Gliding Club
(Edgehill)
- The Soaring
Centre
(Husbands Bosworth)
- Southdown
Gliding Club
(Parham)
- Staffordshire
Gliding Club
(Seighford)
- Stratford on
Avon Gliding Club
(Snitterfield)
- Ulster Gliding
Club,
(Ballarena)
- Vale
of White Horse Gliding Centre
(Sandhill)
- Wolds Gliding Club
(Pocklington)
- Yorkshire
Gliding Club
(Sutton Bank)
- Friendly ridge site. Durham uni used to fly here.