Derbyshire Flying Centre

Don't book with this waste of time, canceled our gliding day because of 'lack of wind' (even though we spoke to another school near by who said it would be fine on that particular day,) if we hadn't got in touch with him, the day before, we wouldn't have known he had cancelled, now he won't refund the deposit, says its part of his T&Cs not to give refunds, even though he cancelled.

Really appreciate the time and effort Steve puts in. I trained for both EP and CP with Steve. He helped me with my equipment at good prices and has continued to support me on my learning journey since. I recommend him to anyone. If you like a learning environment where you are questioned and it is laid back and not pressured, then Steve will suit you. Thanks Steve, see you on the hill.

Do not book with this place! Lack of communication and complete con especially when services are not fulfilled-terms and conditions need reviewing by trading standards. I booked a taster session for my husbands 40th birthday and we have been trying to book in for him to go since everything opened back up after the first lockdown. Every time we have been let down due to weather conditions not being quite right. Complete waste of money if you can’t even get to go-there should not be a time li...

Passed my EP with Steve recently and was a great experience. Working on my CP now and absolutely love it (although it's scary). Steve is a fantastic instructor and is funny to boot so all in all it's brilliant 😄

Avoid unless you want to lose your money and not receive the service paid for. I bought some taster day sessions for my partners birthday (a voucher). We tried to book for a year, each try was unsuccessful due to weather (understandably due to the nature of the sport). At this point Steve extended our time so we could have our session (which is outlined in Terms and Conditions for unsuccessful bookings). Although, when we tried to book again after Covid, we were told we could not have either...