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Whether it is the Young Farmers or your office meeting ...

... at Midland Gliding Club we can put on a meal, arrange full conference facilities or just give you access to our briefing room for a meeting. Just let us know what you need! We may even be able to arrange some flying while you are here.

Call the office on 01588 650 206 or email office@midlandgliding.club to enquire.

Dates of upcoming events will be listed here. Please send an email to this address with suitable text and preferably an image for inclusion as soon as you plan an event.

Events Planned for This Year

8th January 2024: Expedition, Cambridge University Expedition

13th January 2024: Lecture, Air Traffic Control, Ellen Powell Birmingham ATC.

27th January 2024: Lecture, Hot Gas and Big Glass, the basics of Stars and Big Telescopes, Doug Arnold

3rd February 2024: Expedition, Peterborough GC visit

10th February 2024: Lecture, Winch Launching, Geoff Dailey and Dave Crowson

17th February 2024: Expedition, Women Glide

24th February 2024: Lecture, Red Arrows, John Rands

16th March 2024: Lecture, Fields and Thermalling, CFI, Charles Carter and Simon Adlard

23rd March 2024: Annual General Meeting & Club Presentation Dinner

30th March 2024: Lecture, John and Fran go to the Worlds

2nd April 2024: Start of club 7 day a week operations

27th and 28th April: National Women's Go Gliding Weekend

17th August 2024: Start of Task Week

23rd August 2024: Anniversary, The Club purchased its first land, 90th birthday

15th September 2024: End of the 7 day a week operations

11th August 2025: Anniversary, Fred Slingsby took the first soaring flight from the Mynd in his Falcon 11

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