Cape Gliding Club

Worcester Magic! Cape Gliding Club, located at Worcester, 110km from Cape Town, South Africa. Our club is the second largest in South Africa and was re-formed in 1949 after WW2. The club started flying off a farm near the Bottelary road for a while, then from the farm Phessantekraal before moving to Fisantekraal airfield. This was the club’s base for around 30 years before we moved to Worcester ai

rfield (FAWC) in 1988. Only 1 hour drive from Cape Town gliding from our club offers an opportunity to experience the beauty of the world renowned Western Cape mountain ranges from the air. Cross country flights of 300 – 500km distance are common, but an ever increasing number of 1000km and longer flights have been achieved. The soaring conditions are excellent and include a combination of ridge lift, thermal lift, wave and convergence flying. We have more than 100 members and operate on a non-profit basis over weekends and on public holidays. Our club fleet consists of three ASK13 basic training two-seater gliders (ZS-GHV, ZS-GHB and ZS-GAI). We also operate one advanced training two-seat gliders, Janus B (ZS-GVK). In addition the club has single-seat Jeans Astir (ZS-GUC) and an Astir CS 77 (ZS-GYX) and a K8b (ZS-GAN) that are available for solo pilots In addition more than 35 privately owned high performance gliders and self-launching gliders are based on the airfield. Our tug fleet has a Sling 2 as the main tug (ZU-FZG) with our Rotax Falke SF25C (ZS-GZF), which is also used for training, as our back-up tug. Our club uses both aerotow and winch launch methods. We have a dedicated team of qualified tug pilots and instructors who offer their time free of charge to provide affordable tuition for beginners and advanced students alike. Club facilities include a clubhouse with bar and braai facilities and a swimming pool. The accommodation consists of Toms hut with a double bed and sleeping couch, toilet and shower and 2 units, K6 and K8, which both sleep 2 people self catering. There is a separate kitchen area as well as separate ablution facilities. Three runways are used for our operation: a 1600m long main (15/33) with 500m paved sections at either end with a parallel gravel winch runaway and a 700m long gravel cross runway (12/30). Summer gliding begins at about 10h00 and ends at sundown, after which we gather in the clubhouse for drinks and lively discussion on the day’s flights.