About A470 Soaring


This is the blog for a few guys who spend their time flying radio controlled gliders, or slope soarer's, from the many and varied slopes around SE Wales.

This usually begins at the northern end of Cardiff, driving north up the A470 up to the Heads of the Valley's and the southern fringe of the Brecon Beacons. But the A470 road continues its windy way all the way to N Wales.

There are many slopes available for most wind directions, the most famous being the area between Nant-y-Moel and Treorchi known as The Bwlch, which has some of the best slopes and flying in Europe with many F3F competitions being held there each year and visited by many fliers from Europe and around the world. At 1500 feet (450m) above sea level, there is usually more wind than not, and certainly more than at sea level.

If you require any further information, are new to slope soaring or are visiting the area, please contact Steve at steve.houghton59@gmail.com . I look forward to hearing from you.

Take a look at Page 2 (look below and to the left here) for Google maps of our most popular Flying Sites.


Monday, 22 December 2014

Christmas Wishes from A470 Soaring

Due to Christmas and poor flying weather, I haven't been able to fly for the last couple of weeks and, I'm away the weekend after Christmas visiting family and friends but, I shall be flying the week after.

So I would like to wish all the regular guys at A470 Soaring, and all of our visitors around the world, a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year and I look forward to seeing you all on the slopes very soon.
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  1. Phil23 December 2014 at 17:12

    Merry Christmas chaps.
    I plan to be hitting the slopes on Sunday 28th, hope to see you there.

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