Bicester Gliding Centre
Home of Windrushers Gliding Club
Learn to Glide at Bicester Airfield!
Based at Bicester Airfield, just north of Oxford, Windrushers is the premier gliding centre in Oxfordshire. The club is open to anyone interested in learning to glide.
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For those who want a serious introduction to gliding. Enrol on a summer course for a five day holiday you'll never forget! Short 1/2 day courses also available.
Organise a group of friends for a great afternoon or evening's gliding (includes a meal).
Corporate group events also available.
- Seven days a week from April to end of October
- All year long operation
- All training to the BGA standards and syllabus
- Training courses based on your personal needs
- Great clubhouse and friendly atmosphere
- An ideal base for visiting glider pilots seeking a cross-country week or extra training
- Conveniently placed for trips to Oxford or for exploring the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire countryside.
- Close to Banbury, Didcot, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Bedford, Reading, Aylesbury. Swindon, Birmingham and London via the M40 (an hour's drive from north London, about 90 minutes from central and south London, 45 minutes drive from Birmingham).
- Learn to glide - almost anyone can!
The AGM is on 12th December - see the Members News page for more details.
Course dates for 2010 now online.
Bicester Airfield has been an active airfield for over 80 years - one of
Oxfordshire's very first airfields!
Gliding started here in 1956 with Windrushers Gliding Club and has continued
ever since.
Our club fleet of gliders includes two-seater gliders with dual controls for training beginners (all lessons are with qualified gliding instructors), and single-seaters for use by those who reach solo standard. And yes, almost everyone who takes up the sport of gliding goes solo - if you can drive a car, you can fly a glider! The minimum age to go solo in a glider is 16 and we can start training youngsters interested in gliding as young as 14.
For those who haven't yet seen us from above, take a look at the airfield!
Last site update: 26 November - 2010 course dates, flying accounts
18 November - Members News, flying accounts, achievements, Committee minutes
25 September - Flying accounts, achievements, Committee minutes
Online shop for trial lesson purchases now active!