Campsie Fells
CAMPSIE FELLS: Para-gliding and hang-gliding site
Note: The first two pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©. The local area and area views are from my Google Earth © derived database. Not all the listings in this 'Guide' are marked on my database.
Operated by: Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club
Location: Car Park on the B822, 1.5nm NW of Lennoxtown village, about 0.5nm NNE of Glasgow city centre
Period of operation: Unknown? Certainly it appears in the 2000s, probably much longer?
NOTES: We have Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for pointing out this location.
Graham has also found this mention of Campsie Hills being used for gliding in the 1930s. We do not know the location, but clearly it is surely roughly in this area. Fintry is 5.5nm NNW of Lennoxtown.
FURTHER INFORMATION
This is an interesting location, not least because the Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club web site contains severe warnings for pilots wishing to fly from here. They will need to be equipped with an altimeter as the site exists below the approach path to runway 23 at Glasgow International Airport.
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