Get yourself a taste of what gliding is all about with this 30 minute experience at a friendly and experienced flight club at Husbands Bosworth Airfield. Instructors here have been introducing people to gliding here since 1963 and they have over 30 British Glider Association qualified pilots on hand to make the experience as smooth as possible for you. Rest assured you will be in very capable hands as you sit back and enjoy the ride once you’ve gained momentum and settled in the air. Once you get acquainted with the aircraft after a safety briefing you’ll be able to appreciate the wonderful views over Husbands Bosworth as you take in the sights of the Leicestershire countryside. If you find yourself starting to get curious about what it’s like to fly a glider, your instructor may even let you have a taster with the controls. However, if you’re just after enjoying a soaring experience and relaxing in the air, you can certainly do this too. After exploring the immediate views after the airfield, you even have the opportunity to explore a variety of areas such as Market Harborough, Foxton Locks or Wistow Maze on your route. Everyone should experience the unique thrill of silent flight at least once in their lifetime, and with this trial taster session with handfuls of knowledgeable instructors on hand to make your experience memorable, you don’t need to look any further.
Glider flight experience at Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire
A long-established club with a great atmosphere
Experiences take place seven days a week
Enjoy a glider flight experience
Welcome, introduction and safety briefing
Spectacular views above the airfield around Husbands Bosworth
Under 18s must be accompanied on the airfield by an adult
A good, general level of fitness is required
Participants must me agile enough to get in and out of the glider
Minimum Age: 14 years
Maximum Height: 190.00 cm
Maximum Weight: 101.00 kg
You can take along a camera or small video camera, but it must use a neck-strap to firmly attach it
Onsite restaurant providing a range of snacks and home cooked food and bar
Please note that all flights are at the discretion of the instructor of the day, this also includes letting a student have control of the glider, this is only done if the instructor is happy to hand the controls over
The gliding centre is open 7 days a week between May and October
Flights generally operate between 10am and 5.30pm, and continue until dusk on Wednesdays and Thursdays
All bookings are asked to arrive 15 minutes before their allocated time to do paperwork before they can fly
All flights are subject to availability and weather conditions
Spectators are welcome
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K Poultney
Gliding experience at The Gliding Centre Husbands Bosworth was fantastic. A Well organised & very friendly club, but did have to wait for suitable weather, third time lucky.
Julian Baker
Weather was perfect and pilot found lots of thermals to give me a great gliding experience. Enjoyed taking the controls. Well organised flight with a good comprehensive pre flight safety briefing. Would definitely go again.
Alan Reed
Great smooth Booking experience.
The event was out of the world and very enjoyable.
Jon
Super experience, had a great time and did everything I wanted to do.
Booking frictionless and all staff friendly and helpful.
Just a shame the experience itself was a little shorter than I expected it was going to be, perhaps down to weather conditions.
Tracy Oliver
Had a fabulous time gliding. All very well organised. Breathtaking experience.
Mike
I chose to go gliding. I had never done it before and I had a great time. The folks at the gliding club looked after me really well and I took the controls a couple of times. Tremendous experience!
Ray Rouse
First rate wonderful
Lin Catt
Great air tow glider flight and excellent input and instruction from Martin the pilot...
All in all amazing...
Paul McMellon
Easy and friendly to book
Mark Fish
A great and novel experience which I thoroughly enjoyed. In the capable hands of pilot Dave Lambert, I felt safe and confident. Dave gave me a thorough briefing and explained all aspects of our glide and I took the controls on several occasions. I went up fully expecting that weather conditions would only allow us 15 mins in the air but thanks to Dave's skill we were up for 35 mins. Fantastic!!
Bill
Brilliant experience, something I've wanted to do for years. Purchased as a present for significant Birthday. Instructor was a great Guy too, can't recommend it highly enough
1110juliet
13 August 2024
Easy booking process. Had to extend validity - done without any issues.
Wrong time of year
23 October 2024
We arrived on a nice warm sunny day looking forward with a little trepidation to our flights.
After a slight delay and hearing that unfortunately the weather was closing in I did manage to get a short flight but my pal was told it was no longer safe to fly. The following day I spoke with Sally at the club whom seemed to be as disappointed as we had been but promised us both a flight we could arrange in the spring of next year. So staff excellent and thoughtful facilities excellent weather unfortunately unpredictable. Looking forward to having another shot.
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