The Gatineau Gliding Club is a not for profit volunteer run club dedicated to promoting the sport of gliding and soaring.
We provide glider rides and glider pilot license (GPL) training in accordance with Transport Canada (TC) requirements. The Gatineau Gliding Club is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to promoting soaring in Eastern Ontario
01/29/2026
Throwback Thursday - Photos from the 2014 SAC Instructors Course at the Southern Ontario Soaring Association (SOSA). Rockton Ontario. There were three (3) instructor candidates (IC) from RVSS, the others were from SOSA. The course instructors were John Brennon (SOSA), Dean Toplis (Great Lakes), and Dan Cook (SAC Crse Director). The SOSA environment was very different coming from a small club at Kars Ontario.
01/22/2026
Throwback Thursday - Photos from the 1979 SAC Instructors Course at Gatineau Gliding Club. Most of these images are scanned 35mm slides; two poor quality scans were corrected by Google Gemini (watermarked). Current GGC members will notice the trees have grown. :)
01/16/2026
Folks...20cm (plus) of snow in the Ottawa area.
01/01/2026
Folks...Happy New Year from the Gatineau Gliding Club (GGC), beautiful looking start to the year! (1Jan26)
12/18/2025
Throwback Thursday...12 December 2019 there was gliding at the Pendleton airfield...even Santa was there! (18Dec25)
12/14/2025
Still fall!!! The winter solstice is on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 10:03 am EST. (14Dec25)
12/08/2025
12/05/2025
See GGC in action!
https://youtu.be/dLdRlNOJujw
12/04/2025
Throwback Thursday (4Dec25)...The club's Piper Pawnee tow plane was out of service for the entire 2025 gliding season while under going maintenance and repairs in accordance with Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD RA No. 2024-05-01. DYI is back in service and ready for the 2026 gliding season. (4Dec25)
11/20/2025
Throwback Thursday...In the day GGC had a Schweizer 1-26 glider (serial no 73) in it's fleet, the registration was C-FZDD. A young TH was flying it on this day.
Thanks TH for the photos. (20Nov25)
10/31/2025
Article about gliding and the Gatineau Gliding Club (GGC) in the 23Oct25 edition of the Orleans Star.
10/28/2025
What: Glider Pilot License (GPL) ground school. This course fulfills the Transport Canada (TC) GPL requirement of 15 hours of ground school instruction.
Where: Ottawa Flying Club ground school classroom (At Ottawa Airport off Hunt Club Rd).
When: Wednesday Evenings, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Starting January 7, 2026, and ending March 11th 2026.
Who: Any student pilots or would-be student pilots.
Cost: $250. There will be an additional cost for copies of "From the Ground Up", and "Soar and Learn to Fly Gliders" if you need them. An order of these books can be made when the date gets closer.
Please contact GGC Ground School coordinator at [email protected]
The Gatineau Gliding Club is the longest continuously operating gliding club in Canada, first incorporated in 1942.
The Pendleton aerodrome was built as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) during WW2 and help to cement Canada’s reputation as the “Aerodrome of Democracy” in training Allied pilots during the war. Pendleton was home to #10 Elementary Flight Training School until the end of the war. A commemorative plaque was erected by the RCAF association at the aerodrome in 2000 to commemorate the role of #10 EFTS and Pendleton aerodrome.
The purchase of Pendleton by GGC cemented a natural link between the golden age of aviation training in Canada and GGC. For decades, pilots have learned to fly, soar and enjoyed the camaraderie of aviation minded individuals at the Pendleton aerodrome. GGC is living proof that soaring is not just a hobby but a way of looking at and living life…