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

In an effort to facilitate new ways for people with significant physical disabilities to gain more and more freedom and independence, BCMOS now offers a Gliding Program by joining forces with Ontario-based "Freedom's Wings" and the Vancouver Soaring Association (VSA).

Participants travel to Hope, BC, where the VSA will provide instructors and equipment that will allow them to glide silently through the Cascade Mountains and over the farms and fields of the east end of the Fraser Vallery.

A total of 45 flights were offered during the 2008 season, which ran between May and September. We anticipate running a similar program in summer 2009.

BCMOS runs its gliding program, Easy Gliders, in conjunction with Hope Gliding Centre (operated by Vancouver Soaring Association).

It runs at Hope Airport, Flood Hope Road, Hope (Trans-Canada Highway exit 165). More detailed directions here.

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

2008 Flights:	Tuesday, April 29	Tuesday, June 3	Tuesday, July 8	Tuesday, August 12
	Tuesday, May 13	Tuesday, June 10	Tuesday, July 29	Tuesday, September 2
2009 Flights:	To be confirmed

For more information and to book flights, contact:	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