Slope Soaring Sussex

Slope Soaring Sussex is a friendly group of RC glider flying enthusiasts based in Sussex, UK. We slope soar at various locations on the South Downs and have a field for thermal soaring. ‘Slope Soaring Sussex’ is a BMFA affiliated RC Glider-only flying club. We fly many types of RC gliders from conventional slope soarers to Scale, DLG, F3B, F3J, F5J, PSS and more. Our aim is to encourage and promote safe, responsible and enjoyable radio controlled model flying. New and experienced flyers welcome.

Sunday, 8 November 2026

Club AGM - 21st November 2026

Hi All Members,

We are holding our club Annual General Meeting on Sat 21st November 2026 at

the Harvester, Beechurst Gardens, Butlers Green Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4BB.

The meeting starts at 12:00 in the 'Function Room', please arrive early in order to collect a drink from the bar (Club is paying) so that we can start the meeting on time.

Many thanks - hopefully we'll see some of you there ?

Best regards
Rob

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Committee Visit to Spitfires.com at Goodwood

On Sunday 4th Oct 2026 the Committee were invited to attend a tour at Spitfires.com hangar and their Spitfires based at Goodwood. The event was organised by Tony (club Secretary) as he is an Ops Lead/volunteer at Spitfres.com. Unfortunately Martin was unable to make this occasion but Nick, Scott and I were able to go.

We all met at Goodwood Hangar 8 which is where Spitfires.com operate from and is their HQ.

We were given a tour of the offices and the Briefing Room which were very plush and we met a number of the other pilots and volunteers there.

We then entered Hangar 8 which contained 2 Spitfires and one replica hanging from the ceiling.
One was in 'regular' wartime livery and the other has been polished to become 'The Silver Spitfire' which in fact was flown around the world.

This is the 'regular' Spitfire

Scott, Nick and I in Hangar 8

This is the 'Silver Spitfire'

We were given permission to sit in the 'Silver Spitfire ' cockpit which is a rare privilege and an opportunity we weren't going to turn down.

Here's Scott enjoying his time in the cockpit

I managed to wangle 2 goes in the cockpit which I found to be rather smaller than I imagined.

We were then led onto the apron outside the hangar where there were 3 more Spitfires.

This Spitfire was covered up and not flying at this time.

This Spitfire was getting ready for take-off with a customer on board.

We would like to thank Tony and Spitfires.com for allowing us to visit their facility and get access to their wonderful collection of flying machines.