Gliding In Yorkshire

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Go gliding in Yorkshire with Burn Gliding Club for the winged experience of a lifetime over the hills & moors! This North Yorkshire centre is situated on an ex-WWII bomber command airfield near Burn outside Selby & offers unparalleled aerial views of the scenic surroundings & a birds-eye perspective of God's own county. What's more its rural location means that summertime sunshine creates plenty of localised rising currents of air (or thermals) thanks to what the Burn gliding team refers to as the ' Pennine wave' giving your glider that extra boost to keep you airborne for even longer. In winter the plumes from the three nearby power stations of Drax Eggborough & Ferrybridge recreate this thermal lift effect even when there's snow on the ground everywhere else making this a unique setting for gliding. All glider experience days at this Yorkshire airfield begin with a brief welcome then it's out to the runways to find out which of the club's many twin-seater gliders you'l...