What Can I Expect

Go gliding at Leicestershire's Husbands Bosworth glider club! We are offering two ways for you to get airborne, with motor glider flights and winch launches on offer. Whichever you choose, you'll be treated to a superb experience, with an expert instructor at the helm to show you what gliding is all about.

Established in 1953, this club has been gliding out of Husbands Bosworth near Lutterworth since 1963. It has a real club atmosphere, with upwards of 200 members all pitching in, alongside a core full-time staff, to make sure the club runs smoothly.

There are lots of social activities at Husbands Bosworth airfield and visitors are always welcome. There's even the Hungry Pilot cafe in the clubhouse for a cuppa and bite to eat.

The idea of these experience flights is to give you a taste of what gliding feels like. For winch launches, your glider is attached to a cable and you're literally winched up into the air at around 1000 ft, before being released. As you might suspect, just getting into the air in a glider using a winch tow is quite an experience!

If you go for motor gliding, you'll be self-powering up into the Leicestershire skies. These aircraft have long wings like a glider, but have an engine at the front. Once you've reached altitude, the engine can be throttled back and you are flying like a glider. 

With a long flying season, a very buoyant club scene, excellent on-site facilities and views of places like Foxton Locks, Wistow Maze and Stanford Hall as you glide, it's no wonder Husbands Bosworth is so popular. Isn't it time you went gliding in Leicestershire?

When Is It Available

• The gliding centre is open 7 days a week between May and October
• Flights generally operate between 10:00 and 17:30, and continue until dusk on Wednesdays and Thursdays
• All bookings are asked to arrive 15 minutes before their allocated time to do paperwork before they can fly
• All flights are subject to availability and weather conditions

Suitable For

• Minimum age 14
• Under 18s must be accompanied on the airfield by an adult
• Maximum weight 16 stone (101kg)
• Maximum height 6ft 3ins (190cms)
• A good, general level of fitness is required
• Participants must me agile enough to get in and out of the glider

Spectators

• Spectators are welcome

Anything Else

• You can take along a camera or small video camera, but it must use a neck-strap to firmly attach it
• Onsite restaurant providing a range of snacks and home cooked food and bar