Gliding

Gliding Induction Courses are open to all cadets aged over 13 years. The starting point for your gliding experience at 626 Volunteer Gliding School (VGS) Predannack, will be a flight or series of flights in a Viking winch launched glider. Squadrons are allocated so many slots a year. The Gliding Induction Course (GIC) has been designed to give you a taste for Air Cadet Gliding and consists of 3 different levels of instruction. You will be shown various aspects of aerodynamics that you will have been taught in the classroom before being taught the effects of controls in the air. You will have the opportunity to take control and practice what you have learned. After you have completed the course, you will be awarded a GIC certificate.

A Glider Overlooking the Lizard

Gliding Scholarship courses are an opportunity for cadets to undergo further training and achieve Gliding Scholarship Wings. A course consists of up to 40 launches in a Viking winch launched glider to achieve GS wings. Cadets showing the necessary aptitude may be invited to progress to 'solo' standard, if weather conditions and overall tasking permit, and hopefully achieve the GS Solo Wings.