Mere Bol Bachchan...

well... i will try and keep this one short and to the point ....

read on if you wanna fly in the sky and enjoy the bird's eye view of Pune at an unbelievable price of Rs 187/- (One hundred and eighty seven only!! - that was not a typo!) - only at the Gliding Center, Hadapsar, Pune

this should clear your doubts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliding

Center is open for general public on SUNDAYs only!! it closes

a BIG NO!

just search with keywords 'gliding center pune' and it will show you the right place :) ...take the immediate right afterHadapsar Bus Depot on the solapur road which goes to Saswad .. after driving few meters .. you should see these boards on the right .. the gate between these boards leads to the registration office... dont worry if its locked..just park your bikes/car outside for now ..

Once you enter that gate.. on your left after walking few steps you should see the Technical Area (image below)... this is the place where registrations for gliding are done on first come first served basis ... your target should be to reach before others (as long as you dont want to enjoy the hot winds blowing in the ground during noon!)

I would say be there by 7:00 am. People start coming by 7:30 ... when we had visited by 7:45 already 20 people had registered (thankfully we were the first ones ... and dont be relieved if you find just one person who came before you.... he might be representing 20 of his friends!!! welcome to india! .. so better reach before others!) ... if you are the first one to reach there ...carry a sheet of paper and pen .. and write down your name, phone number and time of arrival on that sheet. circulate that sheet among others who start arriving after you ... basically this sheet would be used when the center opens up at 9:30 and entries have to be made in the official register (we all know how much indians love jumping queues.... this unofficial process is to avoid any chaos during the official registration... make sure you explain this to whoever comes after you!) Note that a person has to be physically present when the entry is made in the official register ... so if you find a person entering 10 names of his friends .... and only two of them are there .. then the official register would have only two names the other eight names would be entered on their arrival (again, i am talkin about the official registration which begins at 9:30 am)

Gliding begins at 11:00 (as mentioned on site) .. so you would have few more hours of wait ..... by this time make sure to get your vehicles inside the ground as the runway is about a km away from the hangar ( btw.. the registration office is the hangar .. having atleast 5-6 gliders!)

Rs 187/- , no dress code as such ... it would terribly hot as gliding time is 11:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs so dress accordingly... girls would have to take their usual hot weather precautions ... with changing times few guys are also included in this category :P ... carry lots of water (they have a water cooler inside ..just in case you run out of stock!) and some timepass food to eat ..... few people enjoyed their picnic sort of arrangement in the lawn which is in front of the technical area.. while others were enjoyed the cricket match between the locals... once the technical area opens up .. make sure you visit the neighbouring hangar as well.. there they had the workshop where they made the aero-modelling planes ... (the one that you can fly with remote)

10 yrs is the age limit ... better check with the office and confirm again.. i am not sure about max weight limit..

of course you can! .. all the pilots are friendly and helpful and would provide you statistical information during flights .. (height, speed etc)...

No!

bus re .. main kya enquiry counter khola hai idhar?? ..

just kiddin... let me know ..

hope this helps, enjoy your glide!