London Gliding Club

The London Gliding Club (LGC) is a members' club whose airfield is located at the foot of the Dunstable Downs. Many privately owned gliders are based there. It has the facilities to train pilots in powerless flight, and in the skills necessary to fly cross country using nature's sources of energy. Aerobatics and instructor training are also available. The LGC is open 364 days a year and is one of the largest and oldest Gliding Clubs in the United Kingdom. The club provides gliding courses, one day courses and trial lessons for members of the public. he gliding club was formed on February 20, 1930, at the same time as the formation of the British Gliding Association. LGC’s first flights were made on March 16, 1930 at Stoke Park Farm, near the Guildford works of R.F.Dagnall. They used a German “Zӧgling” primary glider on loan from the BGA and a modified Zӧgling donated by R.F.Dagnall that later become known as the “Dagling”. The following weekend training began at the LGC’s first permanent site a few miles north of Aldbury near Tring.