Events Planned for 2025

26th – 27th April 

National Women’s Go Gliding Weekend

Of almost 30,000 pilots in the UK, fewer than 5% are women. As a career industry and a sport, aviation has been slow to change, but a gliding club in Shropshire is determined to change that and help more women take wing.

Midland Gliding Club, based at the Long Mynd airfield near Church Stretton, will be running a Women’s Go Gliding weekend on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April to introduce women to the experience of soaring flight and aviation. The weekend is part of an initiative by the British Gliding Association, which is committed to broadening the sport and bringing in fresh skills and experience.

Click here for a poster for the event

Click here for a form to register your interest

Click here for Go Gliding website

24-30 May

Vintage Glider Club UK Rally

The annual national rally featuring vintage and classic sailplanes will take place at the Midland Gliding Club this year. These historic aircraft will take to the skies over the Shropshire countryside in this, the anniversary of the club’s founding on its current site.

Click here for dedicated page

Click here for registration form

Click here for social media advert

16-24 August

Task Week

MGCs dedicated annual cross-country flying event. The aim of this, our task week, is to provide members and visitors with comprehensive support, from daily briefings that focus on the flying weather to help with coordinating retrieves. Lectures, talks, simulator challenges and social events will be offered on non-flying days, so be sure to stay for the week. Places are limited; if you would like to fly cross-country from the Long Mynd register your interest now by emailing the office.