Staffordshire Gliding Club

Staffordshire Gliding Club The club was formed in 1962 at Meir and moved to a site near Leek when Meir closed in 1972. We moved to Seighford in 1992 and grew to around 120 members.

Gliding is the most beautiful and absorbing way of flying. Even a first short flight can be a memorable experience, and gliding's challenges and delights continue to enthral the most experienced pilots. While most flights are made within safe reach of the home field, it is possible to soar higher than the Alps for many miles across country, using only the hidden energy in the air and hardly notice

d from the ground. Your first flight may seem remarkable, but your first solo or cross country will be every bit as exciting and very much more rewarding. These will be real achievements, gained by applying new skills and knowledge. Although gliding is very much concerned with personal achievement it is far from a solitary sport as each pilot is very dependant on other enthusiasts. You will be expected to help other just as they help you through activities such as running the field, driving the winch, launching gliders and maintaining equipment.

Great day at Staffordshire Gliding Club today. Aiden Smith solo at 14 years of age followed by Andrew Norton who resoloe...
09/05/2026

Great day at Staffordshire Gliding Club today. Aiden Smith solo at 14 years of age followed by Andrew Norton who resoloed after 23 years. Brilliant. Both sent by their knackered instructor Graham Stanford 🤣🤣👏👏

Got to love gliding. Flew toThe Mynd, landed in my libelle. Conditions very soft. Did some instructing then came back to...
02/05/2026

Got to love gliding. Flew to
The Mynd, landed in my libelle. Conditions very soft. Did some instructing then came back to SGC via Andrew Coweys car towing my trailer..

Made extremely welcome at . What a cracking sport we have.

And yes that is a Wold’s Gliding club hat… another very welcoming club

26/03/2026
24/12/2025

All, a ring has been found in one of the gliders.

Over the last month or so.

If you have lost a ring at the club please PM with a description of what you’ve lost and then we can reunite it with its owner.

Nothing like a great Christmas meal together… SGC partying on down 🤣👍😀
20/12/2025

Nothing like a great Christmas meal together… SGC partying on down 🤣👍😀

Fabulous November day today. Matt Fox went solo on his 14th birthday observed by many at the airfield including mum, dad...
08/11/2025

Fabulous November day today. Matt Fox went solo on his 14th birthday observed by many at the airfield including mum, dad and brother Alex.

The third generation of glider pilots in the family.

Brilliant 😀👍

Well done to Julie Jones who went solo today at gliding club.Julie has shown amazing perseverance and no one deserves ...
17/08/2025

Well done to Julie Jones who went solo today at gliding club.

Julie has shown amazing perseverance and no one deserves this more 👍😀😀

Cross country development week at SGCWell what a fantastic week at SGC.Much achieved by all including:1) it has opened u...
18/07/2025

Cross country development week at SGC

Well what a fantastic week at SGC.

Much achieved by all including:

1) it has opened up a lot of pilots to new experiences
2) it has made pilots aware of their skills for good and bad (and put them all on the path to being safer and aware)
3) lots of fun had

Xc isn’t everything of course but what a great club we have.

Thank you to the instructors and to everyone who assisted.

A few photos from the week.

Thanks to everyone who contributed but especially Paul Shelton who lead the week

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Seighford Airfield
Seighford
ST189QE

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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