East Sussex Gliding Club

Before joining we ask you to consider the following points: -

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Weather permitting we fly regularly on Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and bank holidays. 

• We fly throughout the year, but there can be periods in the winter when the field is too soft to operate.

• We have no paid staff so the club relies on all members to help us to operate on flying days.

• Members tend to arrive between 08:00 and 09:00 AM to assist with all the ground tasks (unpacking the hangars, launch marshalling, logkeeping, glider and winch cable retrieve etc) and will generally stay until the end of the flying day to wash the gliders and repack the hangars.  

• Flying finishes usually at about 1800 or before sunset                                                                                                              

Limitations due to design of the aircraft: -

• You will need to weigh not more than than 16 stones (224lbs or 102kgs).

• Contact us if your height is over 6ft 2in (1.88m) .

• If you are very short or light it would be advisable to sit in a glider to see if you can reach the controls

• If you weigh less than 8 stones (112lbs or 51kgs) please speak to an instructor before joining.

In order to provide the quickest route to first solo we have adopted a policy of using aerotow launches for the initial part of the training as this provides more hands on time developing early coordination skills.  We then switch to winch launches to provide more practice in circuit planning and landing.  The time taken to first solo depends on various factors but especially on frequency of attendance.  Between 50 and 100 flights is not unusual.