National Women Go Gliding weekend
at Booker Gliding Club, Bucks.
26th / 27th April 2025

Booker Gliding Club is taking part in the British Gliding Association’s national Women Go Gliding weekend to encourage women to come along and see for themselves what gliding is all about.
– Socialise with fellow flying enthusiasts
– take a trial flight in a glider
– try our glider simulator
– visit our clubhouse and airfield, see our gliders and tugs

Please use the contact form below to register your interest


Discover Gliding, the purest most natural way to fly
Anyone can learn to glide, there is nothing stopping women taking up and excelling at the sport. For some it can be for the pleasure of soaring over the local area, others enjoy flying cross-country, or in competitions, or at different sites in the UK and elsewhere. It can also be the basis for a career in aviation. One of our current women members is an airline captain with decades of experience, another is currently taking her first steps with applications to pilot schools.

During this event we will have the following activities and offers available.

  • a trial lesson in a two-seater dual-control glider with one of our fully qualified instructors
  • a session in our glider simulator
  • a visit to the launchpoint to watch the action – bring a picnic and enjoy a day out
  • Refreshments, gliding info and discussion in our clubhouse briefing room

    How much will it cost.
    Entry to the event, presentations by club instructors and some refreshments are all free of charge.
    There is a large free car park.
    A Trial Lesson (optional) in a dual control glider can be taken at a discounted rate of £99 – usual price £140
    A Simulator Session, also optional, with an instructor – £10

    We offer a range of courses, or discounted club membership, for those interesed in continuiung their gliding after your visit
    For more information about our club, including how to find us, take a look at the about booker gliding section of this website. Scroll down for a little more information about how we glide.

    .Please complete the contact form below to register for this event.
    We only use your data to contact you about this event. We do not sell or give away your information.
At Booker we launch gliders by towing them into the air with a power plane. After releasing the glider from the tow, the pilot learns to read the sky to find rising air in which to climb. Glider pilots can stay up for hours and fly long distances – 300km on a summer’s day is common – making use of the energy Nature provides for free. The minimum age for solo is 14, there is no upper age limit, just the requirement to be able to climb in and out of the cockpit.