After your first flight you'll be hooked on this superb sport.
Why? It's much more challenging than powered flight - you need a lot of skill to keep a glider airborne - knowing how to recognise lift (rising air), where to find it and how to use it.
But it's also great fun - effectively you become just like a bird - you often rise up in thermals alongside birds! You will be towed into the air by a powered aircraft.
After a pre-flight briefing, you will be strapped into the glider with your instru
