Membership in GLGC
Each year GLGC accepts a limited number of students and licenced pilots as new members.
GLGC is a club and not a commercial operation. Members are encouraged to help out with the various duties and chores around the field, ranging from helping to prepare the aircraft for flight in the morning to assisting at the flight line and securing the aircraft at the end of the day.
Most days begin with breakfast in Tottenham, for the early risers and end with refreshments and talk of soaring. It is not uncommon on summer evenings for there to be an impromptu barbeque.
GLGC offers its members a range of soaring opportunities, from local, instructional flights to cross country flights. We have taken our club operations to the annual Ontario provincial soaring contest. We offer our less experienced pilots the opportunity to team up with experienced pilots in competition. Members who are not competing have the opportunity to fly from a field other than our own and over unfamiliar terain. We have also visited our friends at Toronto Soaring Club to give our members the experience of winch launching.
GLGC holds an annual general meeting, typically in late winter or early spring. Every spring, we hold a safety seminar, to prepare us for the much anticipated gliding season.
We also try to get together throughout the year, typically at a pub but also for the occasional “road trip.” Over the years, GLGC has organized ski trips, a trip to the American Soaring Association Annual Convention and trips to Pennsylvania where members have had the opportunity to experience the thrill of “ridge soaring”.
