CATEGORY:

AIR ADVENTURE

LOCATION: BLOEMFONTEIN

DESCRIPTION:

Bloemfontein Gliding Club, or BGC in short, is located on the Eastern side of the New Tempe Airfield in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Latitude: 29° 2' 20" South Longitude: 26° 9' 30" East. Elevation: 4526' (1380m))

The club has been operational for several decades, and has a rich heritage of airmanship and excellence. Bloemfontein Gliding Club also hosts the annual National Gliding Championships. This attracts pilots and visitors from all over South Africa, and even beyond National borders. Dick Bradley and Soaring Safaris also visits Bloemfontein Gliding Club for 4 months every year, to get the maximum out of the Free State summer soaring conditions. Soaring Safaris cater to soaring pilots from England, Germany, France, Russia, South Africa, Austria and wherever you can find people who fly gliders that want to escape winter or just do some real cross country flying.

Bloemfontein, being in the middle of South Africa, is the hub of the Free State. Known for its amazing cloud formations and "dust devils", Bloemfontein has some of the best conditions for gliding throughout the whole year.

Bloemfontein

Free State  

9300

South Africa

Tel +27 082 454 9717