Yorkshire Gliding Club

Yorkshire Gliding Club Offering full-time professional instruction in a fleet of modern gliders. Few airspace restrictions mean we can fly for miles around without hindrance.

Our site is situated on top of an escarpment at the edge of the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors National Park, and benefits from superb ridge lift, thermals, and cracking wave from the Pennines. We fly 7 days a week, 364 days a year (weather permitting), in what can only be described as one of the most perfect settings for gliding.

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 22nd June 2026
22/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 22nd June 2026

June 22nd. A light to moderate/moderate SE/ESE'ly blew all day, initially cloudy skies becoming broken with hazy sunshine that didn't generate much in the way of lift. The day's 5 AT's and 2 Falke flights off runway 20 included 4 for First Flight pupils, 3 in either K21 JVZ or K21 KLW and the other....

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 20th to Sunday 21st June 2026
22/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 20th to Sunday 21st June 2026

Saturday 20th. A moderate SW'ly blew all day with Cumulus filled skies tempting many pilots to fly XC, the conditions providing a challenge for most and landouts at Rufforth for Steve Ogden in his Discus after having turned Pocklington and Beau Basson in his ASW20 on the return leg of an O/R to Blyt...

Read the latest post on our blog: Friday 19th June 2026
20/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Friday 19th June 2026

Friday 19th. A moderate SSW'ly blew for most of the flying day, only veering into the WSW as a weak cold front made slow progress across the UK bringing increased cloudiness from mid afternoon. The soaring flight was via a mixture of thermal and wave,, with the latter affecting the former, creating....

Read the latest post on our blog: Thursday 16th June 2026
18/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Thursday 16th June 2026

Thursday 16th. A light to moderate/moderate SSE'ly slowly veered into the S under conditions of hazy sunshine, providing some slow wave climbs off high tows to peak altitudes of around 5,500' asl, with the main recipients being all 3 of the day's First Flight pupils. Nigel Burke was P1 on all 3 flig...

Read the latest post on our blog: Wednesday 17th June 2026
18/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Wednesday 17th June 2026

Wednesday 17th. A moderate to moderate to fresh WSW'ly blew all day, so operations were off runway 24, with 22 ATs and 1 self launch leading to 17 flights of over 30 minutes of which 11 were over an hour, as a good wave day led to 9 climbs to over 5,000' asl, 6 to […]

Read the latest post on our blog: Tuesday 16th June 2026
16/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Tuesday 16th June 2026

Tuesday 16th, A weak occluded front made slow progress across the UK, bringing low cloud to site that delayed the start of flying until early afternoon, when Peter Goodchild took the day's only First Flight pupil for a trip to Helmsley and Thirsk in the Falke. This was followed by 10 ATs in either K...

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 15th June 2026.
15/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Monday 15th June 2026.

Monday 15th. A light ESE/SE'ly gradually increased to moderate, as predominately overcast skies limited soaring opportunities, with only 1 flight of over an hour and no others over 28 minutes from the 18 AT launched off runway 20. The > an hour flight was by Sanjay Nath in his Std Cirrus, one of onl...

Read the latest post on our blog: Sunday 14th June 2026
15/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Sunday 14th June 2026

Sunday 14th. A moderate NNW'ly started the day but soon veered into the NNE, so operations were off runway 02 with 32 ATs flown plus a Falke flight, while the RF5 from Pocklington made a visit before returning there. The day was generally cloudy but with embedded lift and 2 pilots flew XC, but fligh...

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 13th June 2026
14/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Saturday 13th June 2026

Saturday 13th. A moderate and at times moderate to fresh W'ly blew all day, so winching was the order of the day, with 14 off runway 24, leading to 13 flights of over 30 minutes, with 10 of these over an hour. Lift from hill, thermal and wave was available, but the latter was only […]

Read the latest post on our blog: Friday 12th June 2026
13/06/2026

Read the latest post on our blog: Friday 12th June 2026

Friday 12th. Cloudy skies and the threat of rain led to a pause in flying after Chris O'Doyle/Amam Tam took an 8 minute flight in K21 JVZ at 1100 hrs. Clearing skies led to the resumption of flying around 1415 hrs, with 5 other winch launches thereafter off runway 24, all of which led to […]

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Sutton Bank
Thirsk
YO72EY

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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01845 597237

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