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unusual facts about Cambridge Gliding Centre


A. W. F. Edwards

Edwards is also known for his involvement in gliding, particularly within the Cambridge University Gliding Club and for his writing on the subject in Sailplane and Gliding magazine as "the armchair pilot".


Buckminster Gliding Club

The 2007 soaring season sees further pushes into rated competitions with pilots entered into the Midland Regionals Competition at The Soaring Centre (Husbands Bosworth), the Bicester Regionals, The Gransden Regionals at the Cambridge Gliding Centre, the 18 m Nationals and Competition Enterprise.

Paul Blanchard

Paul Harwood Blanchard (December 24, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 22, 2011 in Chinnor, Oxon) was one of the early CFI's of the Cambridge University Gliding Club (1947-49) and author of Elementary Gliding – A Pupil's Manual.


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