Oxford Gliding Club

Well done Carole, who re-soloed today!

Congratulations Turan and Mark who are now Basic instructors at Oxford Gliding club. Both passing a flying assessment today with an examiner.

Last Saturday night, we had our Start-of-Season party. A great evening had by all!

Well done, Richard!

Well done, Richard, who is back as an instructor after regaining instructing rolling recency with an FI(S) refresher seminar and a successful assessment of competence with an examiner! At Oxford Gliding Club.

Well done Xavier, who converted to the Astir on Sunday by Jon G.

Well done Theo, first solo!!

Well done John, on a BGA diploma for services to gliding!

The third and final winter training event wrapped up on Saturday, and what a fantastic turnout it was! It was brilliant to see the room packed with members of all ages from across the club.
Throughout the day we ran SPL sessions covering Placard limitations & V-speeds and Document checks, alongside a dyneema splicing workshop and a nostalgic look back at some classic club moments caught on film.
The evening rounded off perfectly with a particularly spicy chilli con carne 🌶️ and engaging talks on SPL principles of flight, mental health, and speeds to fly.
A huge, club-wide effort all round at OGC

Unfortunately, we couldn’t get airborne today at Oxford Gliding Club —but the day was far from wasted!
We made the most of it with productive SPL sessions, covering glider rigging and completing daily inspections. This was followed by a bit of fun (and skill-building!) with trailer reversing practice .
The day was rounded off perfectly with the second of our three training evenings this month, including SPL theory briefings on *circuit, approach and landing*, as well as *stalling and spinning*, plus club duty pilot refresher presentations.
Great, learning, teamwork, and making the most of every opportunity—whatever the weather! 👏

Saturday night marked the first of three training events taking place at the club this January. Fourteen of our students attended a full SPL winch launch briefing, and they were joined by many other club members for additional club-level training sessions. With two more events still to come this month, it’s a great start to a productive, training oriented January.