Aerotow Gliding Trial Flight

Product Code: P00203 - B
Location: UK:67 Locations UK wide

Your Experience
A Glider Flight is often described as the purest way to fly, your glider flight will set your senses on fire as you take in the beautiful scenery, marvel at the graceful aircraft and simply enjoy the freedom of the skies. Your instructor will give you a safety briefing before you take your flight, you will even have a chance to take the controls!

Your experience starts with a briefing session, before your qualified instructor introduces you to the dual-controlled glider. Once you are both seated and secure, the glider is towed into the air by a powered aircraft to a height of around 2,000ft. At the pilot's discretion you may be able to take the controls and pilot the craft.

Restrictions
Minimum age is 12-14 depending on location. Maximum height varies from 6'1'' to 6'4''. Maximum weight is generally 16 stone. It will not be possible for you to fly if you suffer from epilepsy, fainting or certain physical or mental disabilities.

The weather
Gliding is weather dependent. As with all flying experiences you will need to call a weather-check line on the day before, or on the morning of your flight. If the weather is unsuitable then you can reschedule your flight for another time.

Session Length
The length of glider flights depends entirely on the prevailing thermal currents (warmer air that provides the lift). As a guide your aerotow flight should last for between 12 and 30 minutes.

Numbers
Your briefing may be shared; your flight will be held on a one-to-one basis with the instructor.

Spectators
Spectators are welcome. Please check with us at point of booking as some centres operate a minimum age policy. A camera or a pair of binoculars will come in handy.

Dress code
Wear flat-soled shoes and bring a jumper with you in case it gets cold at higher altitudes. Bring gloves in winter and sunblock and a hat in summer. Sunglasses are recommended all year round.

Availability
Most centres operate all year round. Please note that weekends are particularly busy and should be booked at least six weeks in advance. Flights are generally less frequent during winter.

Locations
ENGLAND                                           Travistock, Devon
Brackley, Northampshire                   Honiton, Devon
Brigstock, Northampshire                  Umberleigh, North Devon
Warminister, Wiltshire                       Wareham, Dorset
Marlborough, Wiltshire                      East Retford, Nottinghamshire 
Swindon, Wiltshire                             Newark, Nottinghemshire
Upavon, Wiltshire                              Ringmer, East Sussex
Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire         Pulborough, West Sussex
stratford on Avon, Warwickshire      North Weald, Essex
Marlow, Buckinghamshire                  Sudbury, Essex
Haddenham, Buckinghamshire          Colchester, Essex   
Milfield Wooler, Northumberland       Fincham, Norfolk
Chipping, Lancashire                         Long Stratton, Norfolk
Grantham, Lincolnshire                      Shobdon, Herefordshire
Alford, Lincolnshire                            Yeovilton, Somerset
Crowland, Lincolnshire                       Draycott, Somerset
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire                Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
Selby, North Yorkshire                       Alton, Hampshire
York, North Yorkshire                         Lee on Solent, Hampshire
Rufforth, North Yorkshire                  Church Stretton, Shropshire
Thirsk, North Yorkshire                      Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
Sandy, Bedfordshire   
Dunstable, Bedfordshire                    SCOTLAND
Risely, Bedfordshire                           Elgin, Moray
Dover, Kent                                        Scotlandwell, Fife
Challock, Kent   
Trevellas, Cornwall                             WALES
Stroud, Gloucestershire                      Talgarth, Powys
Lutterworth, Leicestershire                Clwyd, Denbighshire
Bembridge, Isle of Wight                     Llandegla, Denbighshire
Kenley, Surrey                                    Gwent, Torfaen
Bury, Suffolk
Shenington, Oxfordshire                     IRELAND AND ISLE OF MAN
Norton, Oxfordshire                            Limavady, Londonderry
Bicester, Oxfordshire                           Lezayre, Isle of Man
Nr. Bicester, Oxfordshire
Upwood, Cambridgeshire                    CYPRUS
Seighford, Staffordshire                      Kingsfield, Dhekelia Garrison

	Description	Price Each	Quantity	Total
	Aerotow Gliding Trial Flight : 67 Locations UK wide		123456789
	EXPERIENCE TOTAL		55000pts

Fascinating Facts

When most people watch a glider soaring on a summer's day their first thought is often 'I'd love to be up there' and their second is 'But how does a glider stay up?' The answer is thermals. You often see birds spiralling upwards without flapping their wings and they are 'thermalling', which is using heated air currents to stay airborne. Gliders work in a similar fashion, circling in this 'hot air' and going upwards. Finding thermals is a skill based on identifying ground features that are warming up, or seeking those 'cotton-wool like' clouds, called cumulus, which form at the top of thermals. For flying longer distances, gliders climb in a thermal to gain enough height to glide to the next thermal. The UK record for long-distance flight was achieved like this and over 625 miles were covered in the 12 hour flight. However, gliders can also use hills to stay up. Wind hits the hill and is forced upwards so lifting the glider skywards and if the glider hugs the hill it can fly fast and cover large distances without turning.