Club Membership and Flying Fees

Membership Fees

The Adult Full Membership fee is £399 per year per person.

Additional adult in same household is £299 per year per person.

Junior <21 in same household is £101.25

Junior <18 in same household is £67.50

Junior membership is £135 per year (<21) or £85 per year (<18)

Reciprocal Membership fee (for members of other clubs visiting Shalbourne) is £8 per day but waived if the visitor’s home club does not charge Reciprocal Fees to Shalbourne members.

 

Members’ Flying Fees

New Members’ Introductory Offer: Fixed price flying fees. All launches and soaring fees in club gliders in your first 12 months for £750 (Membership fees are also required as above).

TypeFee (Full)Fee (Junior)
Winch Launch£12.25 (3rd launch free for pre-solo)£10, (3rd launch free for pre-solo)
Flying club aircraft45 pence per minute35 pence per minute

If you join after taking a Trial Lesson, the total fee can be re-calculated as if you had joined before your lesson.  This means that your first flights are charged at the club members’ rate; the Trial Lesson fee is put towards your club membership and flying fees.

This is a partial fees list only, the full list is available in the launch point cabin.

Shalbourne Gliding is a Community Amateur Sports Club.  Anyone having genuine difficulty paying the standard fees above should contact the Treasurer or Chairman to discuss low-cost options.