ABOUT SKYLAUNCH
Skylaunch has a global reputation for the best glider winches. Our first winch was designed and built by Michael Groves, a skilled engineer and professional winch driver, assisted by the industry renowned professional winch driver Peter Salisbury, and Andy Holmes – a gliding and airline pilot. Tony Frazier, a highly experienced specialist machine designer / manufacturer and gliding instructor, is also part of the Skylaunch team.
The first Skylaunch winch was purchased by Midland Gliding Club (England) in 1989 and is still in daily operation at that site today. Since then, the RAF, British Army, Royal Navy, a host of UK and overseas clubs and services have replaced their winch fleets with Skylaunch winches
The reasons are simple - whether comparing performance, safety, reliability, simplicity, ease of use or economy of operation, no other winch comes close to a Skylaunch winch.
Welcome to Skylaunch - manufacturers of not only the world's most popular Glider/Sailplane winching systems but also manufacturers of a huge range of special purpose winches and equipment for a wide variety of uses. We have 25 years of experience in winch manufacturing and support with more than 150 winches supplied to Military and Civilian customers in over 40 Countries Worldwide.
We can manufacture to customers' own designs, can develop or update customer ideas or we are more than happy to develop all new systems. We have some very experienced design, development and field engineering staff and use the latest 3D CAD development systems to help reduce design and development time and cost. The list below covers some of the projects we have worked on over recent years which is by no means exhaustive. Please don't hesitate to
We are based in the heart of Shropshire and always welcome visitors - however, please call us first to make an appointment. Traveling by road (1½ hours from Birmingham), by rail (5 minutes from local station) and air (15 minutes by road from local airport – 1,200m tarmac runway).
