Our Blog: listing some of the varied activities we get involved in. Please click on the stories below for more details.
Women’s Gliding Weekend
Gliding clubs across the country are underrepresented by women. The British Gliding Association are working to redress this and here at Bidford we are playing our part on 13th and 14th July, with four half-day courses exclusively for women attendees.
Midweek student training
Not every gliding club can offer an aerator as part of your gliding experience. At Bidford we have 2 tug aircraft, so we can ensure that our members and student glider pilots have the opportunity of flying both weekends and mid week.
BGFC Christmas Party
On 9th December we held our Christmas Party at the Wings & Wheels Café.
It was a busy night for Kaz and her helpers, with 48 club members taking the chance to enjoy the lovely food and good company.
Flyability Challenge - Falcon 2
BGFC members Gillian Stewart, Christine Bell and Lee Balthoazor helped the Royal Aeronautical Society Programme Falcon 2 team deliver a Flyability Challenge Glider simulator
Bidford Awards Dinner, Saturday 4th March
Shona Bowman presented the awards at the Bidford clubhouse on Saturday, 4th March 2023. Shona is a commercial and display pilot and started flying in gliders. The awards are as follows:
2022 Fastest 300k
Jon Wand with 123kph on 14th August 2022
2022 Greatest distance from Bidford
David Findon with 667km on 14th July 2022
2022 Cairngorms Shield Height Gain
David Findon with 13,675’ on 25th October 2022
2022 Club Ladder Pundit Winner
David Findon with 18,815 points
2022 Pilot “most likely to”
Ollie Packman
2022 Junior “most likely to”
George Whitbread
2022 CFI’s Cup
Jon Marsh
2022 Graham Wright Stuff
Allan Wallace and Graham Barlow
2022 Clubman of the year
Chris Morris
2022 Don Hale Memorial Trophy
Huge Oxby for Junior Pilot of the Year
2022 Pistonhead
Steve Blakey
2022 Propbender
David Findon for an incident with the Scout (airplane for clarification) :-)
Not all introductory flights include this
An example of someone pushing the lessons learned to do what doesn’t seem possible.