Welcome to the SCFHGC Website

The Suffolk Coastal Floaters Hang Gliding Club was established some 30yrs ago, at the very beginning of Hang Gliding, here in the UK

These pages will briefly introduce you to our club and hopefully give you some idea as to who we are, what we do, and where we came from. Also, you can contact us, by email, through these pages, and we have also included brief details of how you can get started in the sport of Hang Gliding. New members are always welcome and we look forward to introducing you to the East Anglian flying fraternity.

During the summer months we usually operate from our winch tow site at Mendlesham, just off the A140, north of Ipswich. Winching up to 1000 feet allows us to start climbing up to the clouds and fly across the East Anglian landscape. Coastal flying is also still very much the heart of the club and we have several superb and uncrowded sites in both Norfolk and Suffolk.

At the end of a hot dry summer's day (or cold wet and windy winter's day!) usually sees us all retiring to our local hostelry. The Magpie in Little Stonham on the A140 offers good food, comfy sofas, and friendly bar staff!

The Club is one of the most active Winch Tow Clubs in the UK. We invite you to discover more about the Club by browsing through our website.

Apart from access to our site at Mendlesham, our main asset comprises a large dry hangar in which members are welcome to store their gliders. We share this hanger with some local microlight pilots, so it's often possible to blag a flight, if you want! We've installed a weather station, on-site, and members are able to ring-up for the latest met and we use a second met station providing online data, installed on a members property, in Ipswich.

Internet facilities include this site, a separate, private site for members that includes forums and private messaging, and our online photo gallery.