Expedition reports, cross-country flight achievements, cadet milestones, and airfield updates from Gransden Lodge Airfield.
We are celebrating International Women's Day by featuring the stories, gliding journeys, and achievements of women pilots at the Cambridge Gliding Centre and the Cambridge University Gliding Club. We hope these stories will inspire more girls and women to take up gliding and discover the many pleasures and challenges of flying. Jo Brand – CGC … Read more "International Women's Day 2026"
For the first time, one of our pilots has taken the CAA SPL Assessment of Competence, and passed. What does all that mean? A bit of context: If you decide to learn to fly with us, here's how it works: Pre-solo training, where you fly with an instructor. Then you go solo! (huge milestone #1) … Read more "Our first Sailplane Pilot's License test"
Anthony Edwards, a pillar of Cambridge University Gliding Club, has celebrated his 90th birthday Anthony started gliding with CUGC in 1955, having been introduced to it by brother John. By 1959 he had become an instructor. But his real love was for expeditions, leading “The original CUGC “Crossfell expedition” and countless other bungy expeditions over … Read more "Anthony Edwards has celebrated his 90th birthday"
Recently we had three of our solo pilots all converting to new glider types on the same day. Converting to a new glider is an exciting step in your gliding journey, so we spoke to each pilot about how their conversion went. Olivia: K21 to Junior Olivia converted from the K21 two-seat glider to the … Read more "New Wings, Same Sky: 3 pilots convert to new glider types"
We recently chatted with one of our newer solo pilots at CGC about how she got into gliding, what keeps her coming back, and why she wants to pursue aerobatics. Her story shows gliding is for anyone with a curiosity for the skies—no aviation lineage required! How did you get into gliding? “I’ve always loved … Read more "Pilot Profile – Olivia"
