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TEAM GB ANNOUNCES TOP WOMEN PILOTS TO COMPETE IN WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS
BRITAIN’S top women pilots are planning to soar to success after being selected to represent Team GB in the Women’s World Gliding Championships (WWGC) in Australia next year.
Ayala Truelove, Melissa Andersson, Liz Sp…
Read More Download Press ReleaseSTEM STUDENTS AIMING FOR THE SKY IN UNIQUE AVIATION PARTNERSHIP
A PIONEERING project between Trent Valley Gliding Club in Lincolnshire and North Lindsey College of FE/HE in Scunthorpe is inspiring high-flying engineering technology students to ‘Aim for the Sky’.
The ground-breaki…
Read More Download Press ReleaseTOP TALENT SELECTED FOR JUNIOR WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS
BRITAIN’S brightest gliding prospects have been selected to represent Team GB in the Junior World Gliding Championships (JWGC) in Hungary next year.
Jake Brattle, Simon Brown, Peter Carter and Finn Sleigh, and reserves…
Read More Download Press ReleaseTake flight with British Gliding at New Scientist Live 2018
Come and learn more about the science of unpowered flight with the British Gliding Association (BGA) at the New Scientist Live at London’s ExCel.
Take the controls of our two-seater glider simulator with one of our pil…
Read More Download Press ReleaseIt's not just soaring temperatures breaking records in the UK!
BRITISH gliding has been enjoying the record-breaking temperatures to make record-breaking long distance engineless flights across the UK.
Using the same naturally occurring currents of air that birds use to fly, glider …
Read More Download Press ReleaseBritish Gliding celebrates Volunteers' Week 1-7 June
WALK into any gliding club and practically everyone you meet will be a volunteer whether it’s the person who welcomes you when you arrive, cuts the grass or teaches you to fly.
Volunteers are what makes gliding a cheap…
Read More Download Press ReleaseUK to host Women’s World Gliding Championships and inspire next generation of female pilots
BRITISH Gliding is celebrating the news that the UK has been chosen to host the Women’s World Gliding Championships in 2021.
The British Gliding Association (BGA) bid beat off competition from rival nations and will now host the 11
'Glide Britain’ video campaign off to a flying start!
AN EXCITING new video campaign is being launched to encourage more people to discover the exhilarating sport of gliding….
Read More Download Press ReleaseGlide Britain
Today sees the start of Glide Britain, a new initiative aimed at breaking down misconceptions by increasing the awareness of the British public about what our sport is all about….
Read More Download Press ReleaseWorld Championship Success for Team at Benalla
Russell Cheetham is the new World Open Class gliding champion. Cheetham secured his victory and a first world gliding medal to go with two previous European Championship victories after a dramatic final day of competition at Benalla in the …
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