Associations and Federations.
The British Hang
Gliding and Paragliding Association. Our governing body.
The Southern Hang Gliding
Club. The local flying club for hang gliders and paragliders.
The Civil Aviation
Authority The governing body of non-military aviation in the UK.
The FAI World air
sports federation.
Flyability.
Help getting disabled people in the air. Many things are possible with
persistance and cunning.
Weather forecasting.
BBC weather.
General easy to understand weather.
Meteoblue
Glynde. Weather to paraglide near Glynde? - Excelllent detail on
the "special > air" forecast.
Expert weather
online (isotachs) Useful and accurate wind speed prediction.
Met Office
The UK weather gods.
Met
office charts Met office synoptic charts for the coming week.
NOAA Official weather
from American met office.
Metcheck
Weather for UK airfields.
Windguru
Intended for sailors, useful wind predictions.
Aviation forecasts.
Regional Atmospheric
Soaring Predictions (RASP) All the forecast data the soaring
pilot could want.
Met
office aviation forecasts Useful official detail about our kind of
weather, especially the balooning forecasts.
Live weather data.
XC weather
Live reports from UK airfields, well presented.
Satellite pictures.
BBC cloud
and rain Observed and predicted.
BBC
Southern Counties cloud and rain Observed and predicted.
Met
office infra red Latest IR picture, indicated temperature (height)
of clouds.
Weather
online Polar High resolution polar image.
Glider and equipment manufacturers.
We use and recommend their equipment.
Windtech paragliders
Make a very nice tandem.
Sup air Our choice
of tandem harnesses, parachutes, flying suits and other bits.
Icaro Quality,
cutting edge flying helmets.
Flytec Very good
flight instruments.
Garmin The big
player in GPS receivers.
Useful internet tools etc.
Google UK
Search engine, UK version.
Bing Maps
Are you lost? OS maps here online.
AA
route planner Handy on line road atlas.
Google Translate.
Language translator.
Google
Earth Fantastic mapping and visualisation software.
Other activities..
South
Downs hang gliding Learn to hang glide with our good friend John.
Severn & Wye Cycle Works Guided Rides, tuition and cyclesmith. A top class mountain biker with huge local knowledge.
Useful services to aviators.
Harrison
Beaumont Insurance Services. "Specialists in providing leisure,
activity, adventure and sports travel
insurance cover, whether you are taking a single trip, multi trip or
gap year holiday."
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