Kent Gliding CLub

	Within 15 – 20 flights under the supervision of your instructor you will handling the aircraft completely and landing the aircraft yourself. You will progress through each training block at your pace. Your training will be recorded in a progress book so you can see how fast you are progressing.
Cross-Country Flying and Competitions After you have gone solo, you will continue to train and work towards gaining your glider pilot licence. This will permit you to fly cross country and later possibly carry passengers. Kent gliding Club has an active cross country training programme and our pilots regularly fly from Challock across the Thames into Essex and along the south coast to Brighton, and back in time for an evening drink at the bar. On good days longer flights can be made the current club record from Challock is 550kms? Gliding can be a competitive sport. We run club competitions to see who can fly the fastest around a defined course, we compete in inter club competitions with our neighbouring clubs, and those pilots who get the bug enter regional and national competitions across the UK. We also run Soaring weeks away from the site for Club Members, so that we can fly in different areas in the country and overseas. Recent trips have included South Wales, Scotland and the Spanish Pyrenees.