York Gliding Centre

23/08/2026

Following last week's excitement it was nice to get back to some club flying and what a fantastic weekend! Yesterday was good but today was better. A lovely late summer's day, light winds and strong thermals - the perfect recipe. Several members flew cross country with tasks stretching from Gainsborough to Beverley to Tontine. Nice to see that some of the spirit of Competition Enterprise has rubbed off!!

(photo courtesy of Richard Waddington)

16/08/2026

16/08/2026

The hot weather this week was most welcome but it did make the launching operation hard work! A big thank you to our tug pilots in call signs 'Yellow tug', 'Black tug', 'Tigger' and 'Robin' as they became know during the week. Pictures courtesy of Richard Waddington

16/08/2026

Competition Enterprise winner Chris Gill in the mighty eagle!

15/08/2026

Lovely bunch at tonight's end of comp prize giving/party. I suspect photos from later on may be a bit less sedate😁!

15/08/2026

We've had a fabulous week at YGC but this could not have happened without the hard work and help from so many of our club members. We would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone involved : to those who helped to organise the event, to the tug pilots and members who played a vital role in launching the grid each day, to our hardworking chefs who helped to feed everyone and to those who worked hard on the various events during the week and the fantastic end of comp party! A special mention goes to our amazing office manager Claire Pears for somehow holding the fort amidst all the chaos!

And lastly we could not fail to give a huge shout out to the tour de force that is our Competition Director Simon Hawkin. Simon has done a simply incredible job and it is fair to say that without him this event would never have happened at YGC. Overall a fantastic team effort and a great week for the club!

15/08/2026

What a fantastic week at the club! An outstanding Competition Enterprise with over 50,000km flown over 7 days by 34 competitors. Huge congratulations to Chris Gill for not only emerging as the overall winner, but for doing it in a vintage 1950s Eagle. Proof that talent shines through regardless - well done Chris! A shout out also to the two teams from YGC who finished in the top ten - well done all!

15/08/2026

We were delighted to host a Yorkshire Television crew here yesterday to report on Competition Enterprise. They spent considerable time on the grid interviewing and filming the competitiors. Video below...

14/08/2026

The venerable Eagle flown by Chris Gill is not the only vintage glider making an appearence this week. Justin Wills joined us today to take advantage of the excellent soaring conditions. Seen here in the fabulous 1930s Rhonbussard in a thermal just west of the airfield and photographed from the club K21.