Discovery Flight: $50.00
(or $40/each for group of 4+)
Take to the sky in a two-seat glider and experience the beauty of silent flight with one of our club pilots.
Club Membership Fees (per year)
- Regular: $150.00/Year (includes $80.00 SAC membership of CAD)
- Junior*: $75.00/Year (includes $40 SAC junior membership )
- Youth/Air Cadet*: $15.00 (includes free SAC membership)
- Half-Year: ½ of the above yearly membership fees. (After August 1st and only for new members.)
*Junior includes members under the age of 21 or a full time student under the age of 25 as of January 1st of the membership year.
*A Youth or Air Cadet Member is a member who is under 19 years of age as of January 1st of the membership year.
Member flying and launching fees
- CAD $30.00 per hour ($0.50/minute) for club gliders.
- CAD $5/ Winch Launch.
Benefits
A member has access to use of all the equipment and facilities of the club and training available from member instructors. A new member will be provided all the flight training needed to obtain a glider pilot licence at only the cost of the launch and rental of the aircraft.
Training
Training is provided (free of charge) by the members who have instructor rating. The Chief Flight Instructor provides the leadership of this group. The steps to licencing (ab initio) are:
- Ground School (Theory and Background for flight training)
- Flight Training from instructors
- Student Licencing with Medical Certificate
- Testing for Solo
- Training while Solo
- Flight Testing for proficiency for licencing
- Ministry of Transport written test for licence
Responsibilities
Glider flying is a group activity and needs contributions from all members. The club needs field managers, winch drivers, instructors as well as many other helpers to allow the operation to run smoothly, safely, and at reasonable cost. Members can also contribute by running wings, washing, mowing, painting, building, fixing ,etc.