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.

Weather forecasting.

BBC weather. General easy to understand weather.

Meteoblue. Numerical predictions.

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.

Weatherjack Gliding weather.

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.

NOTAMs

Fly DSC NOTAM map. Unofficial but handy notam checker, remember to also check ais.org.uk

Live weather data.

XC weather Live reports from UK airfields, well presented.

Wendy Windblows Live from hill tops and beaches. Useful phone service available.

Satellite pictures.

BBC cloud and rain Observed and predicted.

Met office visual Latest visible light picture.

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.

Airwave Make some excellent sporting gliders.

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.

Google Search engine, US version.

Multimap Are you lost?

Streetmap Still lost?

AA route planner Handy on line road atlas.

Bable fish Language translator.

Google Earth Fantastic mapping and visualisation software.

The Outdoor Directory for most things outdoors.

 Check the competition. If we're the best tell your friends. If you find better please tell us!

Hang Gliding.

South Downs hang gliding Learn to hang glide with our good friend John.

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."

TGIC Travel Insurance. Another good option.

Pilot Friend. Aviation Portal.

Fun things to do when it's raining or too windy.

Wye Valley Green Laning If you've got a Four Wheel Drive, go tripping with the mud experts. You can fly too; we'll bring dual gliders and fly whatever hills we can find.