Cotswold Gliding Club

We went for the fireworks and bonfire, but it really should of been cancelled or postponed as it was so wet and most people ended up sitting in their cars to watch. £35

It's a secure area you need to get through security gate via intercomm. Very picturesque area but you must be mindful it's a live active airfield

Such a great experience, the team are great, friendly and I can not recommend the experience enough , it's incredible! Amazing views of this stunning area with over 180dgrees of cockpit dome viewing . Breathtaking. And the pilots talk you through it and will even let you take the control under careful guidance.

Amazing people! Amazing Location! Amazing Experience! Will come back soon! Best flight experience you can get. It was pure pleasure!!!

We've had a fabulous gliding season this year. The drought was good for soaring. The dry ground heats up quickly when the sun comes up and the thermals start much earlier in the day, with cumulus clouds forming by 9 am often. There have been many flights of 500 kilometres or more with exceptionally high cloud bases reaching 10,000 feet. Amazing experience!!

The best food we've had in ages, really different and well thought out menu and you can watch the gliders while you nibble

My brother and I had a one week course here a couple of weeks ago - an indescribably good experience.I've not seen a gliding club with such good facilities (or such a long runway) before. Our instructor, Mike, was brilliant - even managing to put up with our nerve-racking landings in the rain and high x-wind! Will be back for solo and further training

A very friendly club but to my mind not particularly well organised as one had to endure long waits between flightsAfter a welcome from Andy, the Club Chairman, who conducted us around the facilities we then enjoyed a safety briefing from our instructorI was with one other one day gliding course participant, and an indication of the amount of wait time was that she hadn't had any flight by 2 pm. Admittedly there was initially some fog and then later some light low cloud. that delayed launches.There were also no thermals around at all, so each flight time was minimal.At 17:30 we had both only got four launches in out of a promised six, and then then there was a problem with the cable launch equipment so no further flights were possible.So out of 8 hours at the airfield we probably only got 20 minutes of flight time each. All some what disappointing.When we were up it was fantastic and the instructors were excellent; but I would recommend that a day course only be booked during summer months when the likelihood of thermals is higher.As other reviewers have said places are very limited, so that can be easier said than done

Thanks to Fran and the chaps for a fabulous day. Working on a date to have another go.