Bidford Gliding Summer School

During July and August, Bidford Gliding and Flying Club offers a Gliding Summer School. It is open to students in full-time education between the ages of 14 and 25 (school, college, or university).

What does the School Offer?

The Summer School provides gliding instruction from our qualified instructors, using our dual-seater trainers. You will be given training to be safe around an airfield, learn how to be part of a launch crew, and get individual tuition on learning to fly in one of our two Puchacz training gliders. You will be given access to our online booking system, so you can choose which days you wish to fly, subject to weather conditions and availability of instructors and tug pilots..

What does it cost?

For a special price of £59.00 you will receive club membership for July and August. In addition you will pay for your aerotows, which cost £47.00 for a tow to 2,000’, plus glider hire of 30p per minute. Should you decide to become a full time member, then your Summer School membership will be offset against the annual membership, which varies according to your age and earnings.

Safeguarding

We take our safeguarding very seriously. In accordance with national policy, anyone under 16 will be asked to ensure a parent or guardian is present when the student is on the airfield, in addition to our qualified members and staff.