Cercle Luxembourgeois de Vol à Voile
Guest flights for passengers from the age of 8 to 80 - Offer an extraordinary gift
Hereby, you’ll find any information how to book a glider guest flight and to make the experience of glider flight in all its shapes and sizes, either alone or with your family and friends.
General Information on guestflights:
- Our gliding season (and thus the possibility of guest flights) runs from late April to early October. Our unpaved runway is generally unusable off-season!
- Guest flights can be done with or without a presale ticket or gift voucher. Feel free to visit us at the airfield in Useldange on Sundays (during the season and by good weather conditions). (payment on location by cash or Digicash)
- No prior formality is necessary
- Maximum 1 passenger per flight (Double-seaters) / children admitted if body size at least 1,2 m.
- For the passengers taller than 195 cm or heavier than 105 kg, please contact the CLVV to agree on practical arrangements before booking the flight.
- Gliding or glider guest flights may be performed by any person and no special physical condition is required.
- Weather: Since our sport depends on the weather conditions, it is better to choose a day without rain or gusty wind. For information on weather conditions and glider availability please contact us all year round by mail (c.f bottom of this page)
The day of your guest flight:
Our activities start around 11am and end around 7pm. Guest flights can be done at any time of the day, but still allow 30 to 60 minutes of possible waiting time if the glider should not be available immediately.
A) Glider Guestflight (The price of this guestflight is 50 €)
This is a typical take-off for our sport
The glider is launched by a winch which winds up at a speed of 110 to 130km/h a rope of a length of 1000m fixed to the glider and thus bringing it to a height of 400m above the ground.
The rope is then unhooked and the glider will continue its silent flight seeking thermal ascents to extend the duration of the flight. The glider guestflight is planned for a duration of 15 minutes if the weather conditions allow it. The pilot can not guarantee the full duration.
! This type of guestflight is only possible during Sundays when the winch of the CLVV is operational !
B) Motorglider guest flight (The price of this guest flight is 200€ for 45 minutes (any option)
The take-off of a motorglider looks more like a take-off with a small aircraft. The flight duration is 45 minutes. The motorglider is less dependent on the thermal ascents as our pure gliders. Motorglider "Super-Dimona" with fixed propeller used for these guestflights. Since this type of flight is less dependent on the weather, it can be done by appointment.
For this guestflight the CLVV offers the following options / variants:
- Flight to destination of your choice
Within 45 minutes (Round trip - speed 180kmh), the pilot will fly to a destination of your choice (above the Grand Duchy and outside the airport control zone). The price of this guest flight is 200€ for 45 minutes
- Panoramic flight
This guest flight combines the advantages of the self-launch motorglider with those of the silent flight of the pure glider, using the forces of the nature. The price of this guest flight is 200€ for 45 minutes. Flight procedure: autonomous take-off, followed by a engine-assisted climb up to an altitude of 1200m above the Esch / Sûre lake. Then complete engine shutdown followed by a silent glide back to Useldange.
- Tourist flight "The 12 Castles"
This flight will be carried out on our "Super-Dimona" motorglider with fixed propeller that is suitable for low-level flights (300m), so that you can admire the landscape and the castles more closely. The price of this guest flight is 200€ for 45 minutes. This flight of 45-50 minutes will take you to the following 12 castles: Koerich, Ansembourg, Larochette, Echternach Basilica, Beaufort, Vianden, Brandenburg, Bourscheid, Clervaux, Esch / Sûre and its lake and finally the return via Colmar Berg to Useldange .
C) aerobatic guest flight (The price of this thrilling guest flight is 150 €.)
This aerobatic flight will be an unforgettable and unique experience for thrill-seekers.
Better than in any roller coaster   you will discover the world from an unusual angle. A flight without engine defying the laws of physics. The glider will be towed by aircraft up to an altitude of 1300 m above ground. After release, the flight will continue without engine power in a sequence of loops, rolls,  inverted flights, steep turns,…    This type of guest flight will be performed by our pilots approved for glider aerobatics.
Please transfer the amount displayed for the chosen guest flight to one of the CLVV accounts (CCPL IBAN LU52 1111 0145 6111 0000 Dexia IBAN LU78 0023 1100 0620 0000).
The voucher will be sent by email upon receipt of the credit notice. Please contact us (guest_flight@clvv.lu) if faster shipping is needed.
The validity period of the voucher is 2 years / 2 seasons. The guest flights can be flown on weekend and holidays from 11.00 to 19.00.
You can communicate us by mail the desired day of your flight (days of flight activity and by good weather conditions), and contact us back 2 days before your flight to get informed on weather conditions and feasibility of your flight.
Order a gift guestflight- ticket (guest_flight@clvv.lu) by indicating following information:
- the type of guestflight
- your name, adress, email, phonenumber
- the name of the the person receiving the gift
And if that appeals you ...
During your visit you can also inquire about the possibility of exercising this exciting sport yourself. Our members will be happy to explain the progress of the glider pilot training. Please find more information on this website under “Training - Learn to Fly”
We look forward to seeing you soon at the Useldange airfield.
