Navboys

Navboys The best source for gliding instruments, navigation + essential parts along with the friendly advice.

Meet the Team: Bryn PriceOur newest employee Bryn recently graduated with a masters degree in mathematics from Durham Un...
23/07/2025

Meet the Team: Bryn Price

Our newest employee Bryn recently graduated with a masters degree in mathematics from Durham University, with a focus on quantum machine learning. His tasks include helping run the shop, some maintenance jobs, and customer support. He'll be working with Douggie on a variety of improvement and automation projects, focused on increasing the shop's efficiency.

Bryn also has some experience gliding through the cadets - he even had a conversation about it with the King! Going forward, Bryn is settling in well and is continuing to learn more about how Navboys and gliding as a whole work. You'll see him at an airfield near you soon!

Thank you guys! Keep up the good work!
18/07/2025

Thank you guys! Keep up the good work!

Navboys have been a dedicated sponsor and supporter of the British Team, helping us prepare gliders for competition with panel upgrades, radios, spare kits, and more!

Founded in 2013 and the UK Dealer for LXNAV, Navboys has enabled many team members to achieve success in gliding over the years. For technical advice, new panels, or pilot equipment, Navboys is your one-stop shop! Jake, Dorian, and Douggie are always ready to help✅️

Thank you Navboys for your continued support!

15/07/2025

We've been working on something special

For several months now, we've been secretly working with G. Dale - Author of the exceptional The Soaring Engine series of books, world-renowned glider pilot and a phenomenal soaring coach - to create the Soaring Engine Training Videos.

This project has been on all of our minds for many years and that’s because we believe there’s a gap in glider pilot training. We have a fantastic system for getting pilots to solo standard. However, once a pilot reaches that standard, there is no more structure for learning and it’s why we see so many pilots get stuck, stop progressing or give up entirely.

With this project we hope to give you the framework and knowledge required to help you progress in your gliding career, whether you are an early solo pilot looking to get into cross country flying, you’re already a cross country pilot and you want to improve or if you’re an instructor and want to be able to explain soaring better.

These videos will be exclusively available to our Patreon subscribers. You can expect videos on topics such as: basic thermal structure, advanced soaring techniques, mountain flying, human factors and more...

Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/c/Navboys

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11/07/2025

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Looking forward to this 👀
05/07/2025

Looking forward to this 👀

Dorian is heading to the Shenington Regionals at , so as always, that means free delivery to Edge Hill!Get your orders i...
01/07/2025

Dorian is heading to the Shenington Regionals at , so as always, that means free delivery to Edge Hill!

Get your orders in by 9pm Thursday, and make sure you select the correct shipping method at checkout!

See you all there

Fantastic job! Well done British Gliding Team!
21/06/2025

Fantastic job! Well done British Gliding Team!

And you can use any repeater with any master unit. So as an example, if you don't have as much panel space in rear, you ...
20/06/2025

And you can use any repeater with any master unit. So as an example, if you don't have as much panel space in rear, you could run an LX9000 in the front and an LX8030D in the rear!

Or the other way round (providing you have the space and REALLY like your co-pilot.)

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12/06/2025

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Free Czech beer sounds like great apology - take note, British Comp organisers 😜
11/06/2025

Free Czech beer sounds like great apology - take note, British Comp organisers 😜

Our latest panel rebuild included carrying out the lift-up panel mod!If this was your panel, what would you add or chang...
10/06/2025

Our latest panel rebuild included carrying out the lift-up panel mod!

If this was your panel, what would you add or change?

While you think about that, let us walk you through what you can see:

First up: The old LX8030 is GONE! 👋 In its place, a new Gen 5 LX9000. Not only does it give SO much more screen real estate, but this unit comes optioned with HAWK and built-in PowerFLARM – a massive upgrade from its predecessor!

Conspicuity Galore! This glider is now not only visible on Flarm Radar, but is also capable of producing fully certified ADSB-out thanks to the TRIG transponder, TN72 receiver, and TA50 GPS antenna - making it visible on all ADS-B in systems. Plus, the Glidewise Canopy Flasher (with a brand-new side-opening canopy connector) makes spotting this glider easier than ever!

Then we have the quality of life changes: The lift-up panel mod makes it easier to get in and out of the glider and you no longer strain your back while setting up your instruments before a flight. The remote stick brings the controls away from the panel and into the palm of your hand for ease of use.

The cherry on the top - a Nextel paint job and all new laser-engraved labels

Address

Congleton

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+44 1264 981934

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