LKSC is a 365 day-a-year operation with a full-time instructor-manager, courses are being run almost all the time. If you already know you want to fly sailplanes, then the best way to start is with a week-long course. Many people will get solo by the end of a week's course.

The airstrip at Lake Keepit is very large and there are several cross runways. All around the strip there are plenty of nice flat out-landing areas and very few airspace restrictions. Compared to flying at gliding centres near cities, the comparative lack of buildings, roads, telegraph poles and trees, make for very stress free flying.

The club has a number of easy to fly and safe two seat gliders to learn in, and a good range of single seaters to progress into. Because many LKSC members own their own gliders, there are few queues for gliders, even in summer.