National parks · Mid Wales
Black Mountains Gliding Club
In or near Cusop.
Black Mountains Gliding Club in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Jonathan Billinger — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Spring – autumn (Apr–Oct)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Black Mountains Gliding Club is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Official information
Black Mountains Gliding Club is located at Talgarth airfield in the Brecon Beacons National Park, offering gliding experiences and training for all skill levels. Visitors can enjoy scenic flights and learn about gliding in a beautiful setting.
From the Wikipedia article
The Black Mountains Gliding Club (BMGC), also known as Talgarth Gliding Club is a members' gliding club near the town of Talgarth. It is situated 970 feet above sea level, within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The club offers a varitey of gliding lessons and courses, to solo standard - and provides aerotows for those who wish to fly their own craft. The site consists of a clubhouse (including toilets, showers, a briefing room and kitchen) and two hangars - one for the club-owned gliders and the main tug (Eurofox) and the other is for the backup tug (Pawnee) and any craft that require maintenance. The surrounding, mountainous landscape allows for a variety of gliding techniques, including ridge lift and wave lift.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The initial formation of the gliding club came after a farmer, Derrik Eckley, and amateur pilot, John Bally, came into contact in the Spring of 1978, and decided to utilise a small area of Derrik's farmland, near to the town of Talgarth. A primitive grass landing strip was leveled in an East/West direction and an Auster Tugmaster was flown in by John from Shobdon Airfield, which was the first landing at the new site. In 1979, Herefordshire Gliding Club was selling a Rallye Tug and a Blaník glider, which Derrick and John purchased - which was the club's first set of serviceable aircraft.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.9799, -3.2061
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Talgarth
- Postcode
- LD3 0EJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- Opening
- Friday to Sunday until 1st June; resumes 7 days a week thereafter
- Official site
- www.blackmountainsgliding.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q136893318 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Black Mountains Gliding Club (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is Black Mountains Gliding Club?
- Black Mountains Gliding Club is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode LD3 0EJ), in the parish of Talgarth.
- What is Black Mountains Gliding Club?
- Black Mountains Gliding Club in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Black Mountains Gliding Club?
- Drivers can use postcode LD3 0EJ.
- Is Black Mountains Gliding Club free to visit?
- Yes, Black Mountains Gliding Club is free to enter.
- How do I get to Black Mountains Gliding Club?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LD3 0EJ. It sits within the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe parliamentary constituency.