Gliding Programs

Flights will be scheduled on alternate weeks between May and September. As these are weather dependent, a schedule is not applicable - for more information, please contact us.

Download PDF forms for:

• Gliding participant

• Gliding volunteer

NEWSFLASH: Gliding pub night raised funds to support BCMOS gliding program. Info

BCMOS offers a gliding program - Easy Gliders - to facilitate new ways for people with significant physical disabilities to gain more and more freedom and independence. This runs in conjunction with Ontario-based Freedom's Wings and the Vancouver Soaring Association (VSA).

BCMOS runs this program from the VSA's Hope Gliding Centre each summer. The VSA provides instructors and equipment that will allow participants to glide silently through the Cascade Mountains and over the farms and fields of the east end of the Fraser Vallery.

A total of 40 flights will be offered during the 2009 season, which is set to run between May and August (but might be extended into early September if the weather causes us to postpone flights).

All flights are from Hope Airport (Flood Hope Road, Hope, BC; adjacent to Trans-Canada Highway exit 165). More detailed directions here.

More information about Hope Airport can be found on Wikipedia here.

2010 flight details will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed - for your reference, here are last season's dates:

2009 Flights:	Tuesday, May 19	Tuesday, May 26	Tuesday, June 2	Tuesday, June 23
	Tuesday, June 30	July 13 or 15 (TBA)	Tuesday, July 28	Tuesday, August 4

For more information :	Eric Molendyk
	604-688-6464 ext. 117
	eric@disabilityfoundation.org

Read more (pdf files) about the BCMOS Easy Gliders program:

100 Mile House Free Press	Disabled man reaches for the sky	July '08
Take a Hike	Gliding program reaches new level of accessibility	June '08
Take a Hike	BCMOS reaches new heights	Fall '07
Disability News	Up, up and away ... BCMOS set to soar this summer	Winter '07