National parks · Mid Wales
Black Mountains Gliding Club
Black Mountains Gliding Club in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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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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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.
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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.
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- Coordinates
- 51.9799, -3.2061
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Talgarth
- Postcode
- LD3 0EJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- Official site
- www.blackmountainsgliding.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q136893318 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Black Mountains Gliding Club (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently 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.
- 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.