• Experience Gliding
    Experience Gliding

    If you've never flown in a glider before this is the place to do it!

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  • Our Playground
    Our Playground

    Possibly the most varied, beautiful, and airspace free soaring in the UK

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  • Learn to fly
    Learn to fly

    Getting started in gliding at Talgarth

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WE ARE NOW OPEN FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER. FLIGHT EXPERIENCE SLOTS AVAILABLE TO BOOK ON THOSE DAYS.

If you already have a voucher you can book your date and time here. If you don't have a voucher you can buy an eVoucher on this site. You can find the 'buy page' under 'Flying at Talgarth' or the 'Gliding Experience Flights' feature below.

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Gliding Experience Flights

Gliding Experience Flights

Fly with an experienced glider pilot high above the stunning scenery of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Around 400 people a year have air experience flights at Talgarth.

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Thinking About Learning To Glide.

Thinking About Learning To Glide.

We’ve been helping people from all backgrounds get into this exhilarating and affordable form of aviation for over 30 years. One of the most stunning soaring locations in the UK.

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Convert from foot-launch or power

Convert from foot-launch or power

Many of our pilots are from Hang Gliding, Paragliding and Power/GA backgrounds. You'll have a huge head-start over 'non-pilots' and probably be amazed at what we do and that the costs can be surprisingly low.

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Black Mountains Gliding: As seen on BBC Countryfile – December 2020

Talgarth airfield is home to a small and very active gliding club, 970 feet above sea level in the stunning scenery of the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

We get soarable conditions on most days and our average flight times are among the longest in the UK. You might have seen the amazing flight with the BBC Countryfile team in November. Few areas in the UK would have enabled us to fly their presenter at this time of year.

For the experienced pilot we can offer some of the best and most spectacular ridge runs in the UK. And wave flying in almost any wind direction. There is a variety of cross country options to suit the ambitions of every level of XC pilot. Very few airspace restrictions and beautiful flying to the north and Snowdonia, the ‘Marches’ up through the Welsh border counties and east into the Midlands, the Cotswolds, and beyond.

For the less experienced or those new to gliding, we offer training at all levels, from thermal to advanced wave and hill soaring. Pre-solo pilots will benefit hugely from the longer training flights that aerotow and ridge flying give us, enabling flying skills to develop more quickly, and progress to be consolidated. Like most gliding clubs instruction is free to members.

We have a total of over 100km of ridges. Sections/runs are available in most wind directions. From Hay Bluff down into the Brecon Beacons, and beyond into the Carmarthen Fans. The Cwmdu valley down to Crickhowell. The ‘Pandy Ridge’ from Hay Bluff down to Abergavenny and even beyond towards Newport.

For wave flying, NW winds often give wave over the Wye valley. Easterly wave occurs in the Cwmdu valley. Higher climbs are possible in SW wave over Brecon, Llangorse and sometimes, when in phase, in the Golden Valley to diamond heights. The club height record is 31,500 feet.

The club fleet consists of three ASK13s. For single seat club flying we have one SZD-51 Junior, and a K6CR. We are planning to add another simple glass single seater to the fleet in 2024.

We have a Pawnee tug (Daisy) and also a new Eurofox 140.

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