 ...a friendly hang gliding and paragliding club with sites on the Marlborough and Berkshire Downs. To fly the TVHGC sites you must be a member of the BHPA or IPPI card holder with the required insurance cover.
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NOTICES:
LATEST 10/04/2012:
>Tan Hill site is current closed due to young calves grazing, please do not fly this site until further notice but maybe around early June 2012.
>Note as per our agreements with the land owners Rybury and Uffington White Horse will be closed during the upcoming public holiday weekend from and including 5-7th May.
>Thames Valley XC League 2012 setup ready for an exciting year. Click here for more details.
>We are pleased to offer a 7 day consecutive flying temporary membership pass for visiting pilots.click here for more details.
>Equipment for sale by members Click here for more details.
>Springtime is now on us so be very careful flying in these conditions. Expect busy sites at the weekends and strong thermals mid day.
> There have been some recent changes to RAF Lyneham and it has now officially closed. Please read the details in the Latest Site News section of our site.Click here for more details.
Bank Holiday Site Closures Please remember that Rybury and Uffington are both CLOSED (according to the terms of the site agreements) on bank holiday weekends. This means NO FLYING at either site on 6-9 April; 5-7 May; 2-4 June; 25-27 August. Also, a reminder: when flying Milk White Horse, please take off and land only on the western shoulder of the ridge as shown in the sites guide. DO NOT take off and land near the top fence, or along the S-facing slope towards the horse. Natural England are watching!
Sites The club offers a good range of safe ridge soaring sites for novices and some of the best XC sites in the south of England. However, almost all the sites are sensitive and have particular rules associated with them that must be observed by pilots visiting. Whether you are a new CP pilot just starting out or an experienced XC hound please respect the site rules - latest updates can be found
here. If you aren't a reciprocal member or wish to fly one of our members only sites please join the club, it costs £25 per year and if you are a new member and join after September your membership subscription will last for a year to the following March. If you have any questions, queries or concerns contact the committee or post a message in our club forum where you will find members happy to help.
Social Every first Wednesday of the month you'll find us at the Swan Inn, Inkpen near Hungerford at the bottom of Combe Gibbet from about 7.30pm, wittering about flying, flying and more flying. The club is very friendly and we do our best to welcome new pilots of any ability. Joining the club will make arriving at new sites less daunting and mean that you will probably do more flying.
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