Liam and PJ Silver Duration

A big congratulations to Liam Keegan and PJ Moran for achieving their silver 5 hour duration today at Ulster Gliding Club. Liam and PJ took advantage of favorable winds on the ridge today and claimed the magic 5 hours. Well done .

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Owen Grogan Bronze

Congratulations to Owen Grogan for achieving his Bronze certificate at Dublin Gliding Club this September. Owen is a very active member of DGC and has spent many weekends working on his flying skills to satisfy the bronze badge requirements. Well done.

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Kerry Pictures 2019

Kerry has come and gone for this year but for those who could not make it, have a look at a few pictures that were taken from Inch and Fermoyle beach. Kerry Pic’s 2019 Keep an eye on the club calendar for next years trip.

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Gulyas Party 2019

A long time ago (2006) Peter Moskovits organised a Gulyas Party for everyone. It has been 13 years since but Peter decided to put the call out for everyone to participate in another fabulous evening. The “Gulyas Party” was a success and nobody went home hungry. Next Gulyas party in 13 years as per tradition…

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PJ Moran takes his new Libelle out for the first time.

Congratulations to PJ for taking his maiden flight in his Libelle today. PJ purchased his Libelle back in June 2019 and the day finally arrived on Saturday 7th September for it first flight out of Gowran Grange. The flying conditions were very good with a gentle NNW breeze. Soaring conditions over Naas were very good

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TG4 Filming At DGC 14/8/2019

We welcomed the TG4 team to the Dublin gliding club today. They were filming for an upcoming programme about aircraft aerodynamics. Fergus Denman flew the presenter Peadar O Goill in our K21 and this flight will feature in the programme. The segment on gliding in DGC will appear on the show “Is Eolai Mé” in

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Andras Mazan 500KM Cross Country Flight

Congratulations to Andras Mazan who completed a flight of over 500KM on the 16th July 2019 in Hungary. Andras has been busy on his trip to Hungry and this is just one of many he has completed Andy landed just 5KM from the airfield on his final leg. You can check out Andras flight on

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BBQ at DGC July 2019

Sunday was a beautiful day with brilliant sunshine and a promise of a very busy launch point. A promise which came true. A BBQ was organised by PJ for the close of flying. There were rumours of several 50km tasks which turned out to be just that, rumours, as the day did not develop into

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PJ Moran Bronze and Cross Country Endorsement

A big Congratulations to PJ Moran who achieved his Bronze Endorsement on Saturday 13th July 2019. PJ also achieved his Cross-Country Endorsement the following day Sunday 14th July 2019 by completing his solo simulated field landings at Gowran Grange airfield. Not a bad weekend’s work! Well done PJ!

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Barretstown 25th Anniversary

Dublin Gliding Club received a request from Barretstown to participate during their 25th Anniversary event on Sunday 7th July 2019 which of course we were happy to do. PJ Moran and many members organised a display of our club Astir to be available for all to get up close to and have pictures taken while

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