Buckminster Gliding Club operates 7 days a week from Saltby Airfield, located on the Lincolnshire / Leicestershire border.

Details of how to contact us, and how to find the airfield.

Learning to Glide provides details of the training packages we offer, right from introductory trial lessons (also available during spring and summer evenings for groups), and holiday courses.

These only represent a starting point. As your skill develops there are a number of badges (awards) to mark your progress, right from your first solo flight through various levels of cross-country and aerobatic flying.

Also see:

• membership, for details on club membership.

Great news! The clubhouse regeneration project (BOGSSS-or 'Build Our Glorious Saltby Sanitation System') has just been boosted by a grant from the Lottery Fund to the tune of a cool £10,000. This is fantastic news and major thanks must go to Dave Housley who led the application on behalf of the BOGSSS project group.

What does this mean? In round terms, with the money already donated by the generosity of club members we should be able to complete the outside structure of the loos and shower building and possibly fit it out completely. This will need confirming by a closer look at the figures but it appears to be feasible. What still needs to happen is, that we must raise the rest of the money to complete the regeneration of the kitchen area and clubhouse.

For the latest news, and details of upcoming events, please see news & diary.

Latest Updates

• Dates for 2008 Events (24-Feb-2008)
• Lots of other updates, to bring the site back upto date (24-Feb-2008)