Mid-Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club

News

The Elan Valley is a members only site. Please DO NOT fly there. You will need to ring the the Elan Valley Trust on 01597 810449 and leave the name of all pilots before they start flying at the site. This is a condition imposed by the landowners and there is a real danger of losing our best SW site if non-members fly here (even if they are accompanied by a full member). Membership is only £10 a year and you can download a form on this website here ...

Club Weather Station

Weather station offline.

Newsletters & Sites Guide (Members only)

First Aid Mnemonics (PDF 42Kb): A6 sheet of first aid mnemonics.
Flychart airspace data. (Right click and 'save as'): Welsh airspace data for use with Flychart and Competino/Flytec 5020 etc.
October 2002 (Microsoft Word 92Kb, PDF 72Kb): New website, Smartgroup, paramotoring, site news.
June 2002 (Microsoft Word 20Kb, PDF 44Kb): AGM, reserve repack, site news, Bank Holiday flying, radio frequencies, PSA Charity Fly-In.
Sites Guide (PDF 211Kb): A handy printable version of the guide.

To stay up-to-date be sure to register on the MWHGPC Forum. The username and password to access the forum are the same as those used to view the sites guide...

Who we are

We are a group of hang glider, paraglider, powered hang glider and paramotor pilots who fly in Mid-Wales, roughly from Rhaeadr to Aberystwyth. We provide post-Club Pilot support, negotiate and manage sites to fly in our area, and organise social and training events for our members.

We are affiliated with the Welsh Free Flight Federation so our members are able to fly many of the sites in Wales. In return WFFF members may fly our open sites without paying the daily membership fee.

We are a club of qualified pilots -- we do not teach people to fly. If you would like to learn how to fly a hang glider or paraglider then you must find a school. The Mid-Wales Paragliding Centre is based near Aberystwyth and run by a club member. Other Welsh and nearby schools are listed on the links page, all the schools in the UK are listed on the BHPA website.

How to join

Full instructions are on the how to join page. Full membership costs £10 per year and day membership costs £1 per day.

Flying our sites

Look at the sites guide for up-to-date information on our sites. Welsh Free Flight Federation members are welcome to fly our open sites, other non-members must pay a daily membership fee.

We'd love for everyone to be able to fly all our sites, unfortunately, some of our sites, marked "members only", are extremely sensititive. These are restrictions placed upon us by the landowners. Please do not fly any of these sites if you are not a member: you risk permanent loss of the site for everybody.

Website map

How to join: Joining instructions.
Sites guide: The sites we fly.
Site picker: A tool to help you choose a site based on wind direction, location, and more.
notam: How to submit a NOTAM.
For sale: Items for sale by club members.
Contacts: The club contact and committee.
Search: Search this site.
Links: Links to relevant web pages.
XC league: The club's cross country league.