Number 95 gliding squadron was located at RAF Perranporth and disbanded in 1950 at RAF St Eval north of Padstow in Cornwall. Gliding as a sport began in the inter-war years spurred on by German war reparations, which effectively banned the Weimar Republic from building motorised aircraft. Pilots everywhere gained greater understanding of the winds and weather and aerodynamics of the sailplanes improved. Gliding was even a trial sport at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.