London Gliding Club

London Gliding Club

The London Gliding Club was formed shortly after the formation of the British Gliding Association on February 20 1930. When the club started using Ivinghoe Beacon as a launch site for its gliders, the spectacle attracted so much public attention that the club was evicted for "spoiling its peaceful enjoyment by the public". The club then moved to its current home at the foot of the Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs, technically within the parish boundaries of Totternhoe. It is one of the largest gliding clubs in the United Kingdom. A member loaned his high-performance two-seat Blanik sailplane to the Joseph E. Levine Presents film company for the shooting of interior (cockpit) scenes representing Dakotas towing aloft Horsa gliders for the movie A Bridge Too Far (film), in 1976. Ten Horsa replicas were constructed, but they were not airworthy. [Hurst, Flt. Lt. K.J., DC-3 Project Officer for the film; "AIR International", July 1977, Volume 13, Number 1, p. 33-34, Talkback column] .

Current Club Fleet

Gliders

* 5 x Schleicher ASK 21
* 3 x Schleicher ASK 23
* Schleicher ASK 13
* Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus
* Schleicher ASW 24
* Pilatus B4
* Rotax Falke Motor Glider

For launching

* Super Cub
* 4 DR RobinsThere is also a Munster Van Gelder Winch with six drums

Competitions

As well as playing host to the 2006 Junior Nationals, every year LGC hosts its own competition called the Dunstable Regionals

In 2007 the club also ran a week long "task week" This was a fun competition designed to help new pilots develop their cross country skills.

References

External links

* [http://www.londonglidingclub.co.uk/index.xml London Gliding Club]
* [http://www.gliding.co.uk British Gliding Association]
* [http://www.carrotworks.com/photos/airfields/dunstable.html Panoramic photo of the London Gliding Club and the Dunstable Downs]
* [http://blacknosugar.com/Gallery/index.xml blacknosugar.com photographs from the London Gliding Club]
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