What Can I Expect

This small and friendly members' club offers gliding out of Warwickshire's Bidford Airfield, right in the heart of the Vale of Evesham. With easy access from Birmingham, Worcester, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon, it's an excellent choice of airfield for anyone in the Midlands wanting to fly in a glider.

On a clear day, your views from the glider can span from the Severn Estuary to the Cotswold Hills, as you soar in beautiful silence.

This Evesham club offers a choice of aerotow gliding experiences. You can opt to be released from the tug plane at 2000ft or 3000ft and, of course, the higher you climb, the longer the flight back down!

You can also go for the best-value 3 x 3000ft pack, which gives you three aerotow flights, which can be shared amongst up to three people - great for friends and families together!

What's rather fascinating (no matter what height the tug plane takes you to), is the fact that you can find 'lift' in certain air conditions. That's to say, you end up gaining height above and beyond the level you were released at, so even though you have no motorised power onboard, you can go up.

As with most training gliders, the ones here in Warwickshire have a tandem configuration, which means the student gets to sit in the front cockpit and the pilot instructor behind. Clearly this means you get the best seat in the house, with an unobstructed view of the River Avon, Bidford and Evesham below.

Thanks to the superb flying conditions and stunning vistas, you are sure to enjoy the atmosphere of this very active, member-operated, gliding club at Warwickshire's Bidford Airfield.

When Is It Available

• Saturdays and Sundays
• Please note this experience is weather dependent