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GlidingPress ReleaseOne hundred local youngsters have the opportunity
to experience their first glider flight in the Queen's Golden This Jubilee project has been created by Buckminster Gliding Club's Community Group. It serves the groups aim, namely to make links with the local community and widen involvement in the club's activities. It is supported by the Heritage Fund's "Awards for All" programme. Application forms can be obtained from John Stanley - 01664 565292. Applications are to be endorsed by a parent and a youth group leader representing, for example, a youth club, school, Scout group, church, cadet force etc. Preliminary visits to the Airfield are welcome. Visitors will be able to see the gliding club on a normal flying day, see gliders launched, meet club members and instructors and talk to those just starting their training as glider pilots. Brian Harvey
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Jubilee
Year. The free flight with a British Gliding Association qualified
instructor is available to young people aged 12-17. The project is
intended to introduce young people to a responsible and demanding sport
that they might otherwise have thought was beyond their means or
ability. Preference will be given to the rural areas and towns local to
Saltby Airfield - including Grantham, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Stamford,
Bottesford, Bingham and Bourne.
