Costs
Isn’t this all going to be expensive?
No! gliding is much cheaper than most people think, and can be extremely cheap if you are careful.
Once you join icGC, the whole of Lasham Gliding Society’s facilities are made available to you. This is a 90% cheaper price than members of the public get! You also get half-price soaring in Lasham Gliders as a member of icGC
icGC Membership Fees 2011/12
- Full-Time IC Students/Staff/Ex-student: £45
If you wish to buy student membership now, follow the link to the Union Shop
Sign up by 15 October 2011 to get a free flight from a winch launch.
Typical Flight Costs, 2011
In the world of gliding you pay a fixed amount for the launch and then a ‘soaring fee’ for each minute you’re in the air.
- Winch launch (charged by Lasham): £8.25
- 2000ft Aerotow launch(charged by Lasham): £33.00
- Soaring fees (icGC gliders): £0.26/min
Example Costs:
- 10 minute flight in ’496′ off a winch: £10.85 - The vast majority of your training flights will cost about this.
- 30 minute flight in ’496′ off a winch: £16.05
- 1h flight in ’496′ off a winch: £23.85
- 20 minute flight in ’496′ from 2000ft aerotow: £38.20
Minibus to Lasham: £10
Half Price Winch Launches until October 2011: £100.00(charged by Lasham – entirely optional). You’ll save money if you have more than 25 winch launches in a year. Some very keen students have made an overall saving of well over £150 in a year by doing this! Definitely worth thinking about if you’re training to go solo.
Membership Classifications
- Ex-Student Members
- Anyone who has studied at IC for 1 year or more in the past, and has paid the Union for a Life Membership card. Life Members must join Lasham separately also as the union doesn’t allow us to subsidise you.
