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Independence Gliders Our long time partners in paragliding equipment. We are a test centre for these gliders and harnesses, please come and fly some.

gin gliders Always worth a look, the first glider I flew from Gin was an Airman back in 86. Since then he has gone from strength to strength, becoming a pivotal figure in the industry. Also very cool stuff.

Nova Gliders Hannes is another master of design from the beginning. Notable recently for the smaller and faster class of wing. Try one with us on the cliffs.The Ibex 19 has a dhv1/2 at bottom weight (55) and a 2 at top weight of 110kg!

Parajet paramotors Volution Powered Paraglider is the finest paramotor available at the moment. Giles is a genius; recently involved in sucessful expedition to paramotor over Everest. These things really work!

Ozone Gliders Isle of Wight club members Robbie John and Bruce started it off, going strong in all departments now. respected brand worldwide, new design team. love the new tandem.

Niviuk Gliders New boys on the block.


Babel Fish Translation
Translate text or web pages in nine languages.

XE.com
Universal Currency Converter, currency tools - rates, tables, etc.

UK Aeronautical Information & Air Traffic Services, NOTAMs etc

AIS
UK Aeronautical Information Service, free access (registration required).

AltAIS
Unofficial site designed to help you make better use of the UK Notams.

Isle of Wight Hang Gliding Club

BHPA
British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association web links.

British Club Challenge
The British Paragliding and Hang gliding Club Challenge.

British Paragliding Competitions
Events, reports, results, pilots, pictures, etc.

SE Wales Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club
Flying sites in south-east Wales


Thames Valley Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club
Flying sites in the Thames Valley area.

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Wessex HG and Paragliding Club
Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire.

Jerome Daoust
Paragliding technique, theory, tests, discussion, sites, humour.


BHPA
British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association web links.


Gerard Florit > Para 2000
Online book, wings, sites, weather, ads, links.

Aerodyn.org
About aerodynamics, aeronautics and propulsion systems.

 


Cross Country magazine (XC Mag)
International hang gliding and paragliding magazine.

Fresh Air
Greg Hamerton's freeflight website for cross country paraglider pilots.

Ojo Volador
A flying vision of paragliding adventures, competitions, and news.

Paraglider Magazine
Premier U.S. paragliding mag, with print + digital editions.

Paragliding.Net
The A to Z of Paragliding by Paragliding.Net.

Paraglidingforum.com
Online web forum for all things related to Paragliding.

Skywings
Official magazine of the British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association.

www.onrock.co.uk

An off the wall climbing site with friendly folk

Paragliding, Hang Gliding and Aviation Associations & Federations.

CAA
The Civil Aviation Authority is the UK's specialist aviation regulator.

DHV
The German Hang Gliding and Paragliding Federation.

FAI
The World Air Sports Federation (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale).

FFVL
The French Free Flight Federation (Fédération française de vol libre).

Theyr.Net
Graphical Wind, Cloud, Temp and Precipitation Forecasts.


UK Independent Automatic Weather Stations
Listing and clickable map.

Wendy Windblows
A chain of automatic weather stations around the UK.

XC Weather
Recent wind, temp, pressure, weather, data, anim, graph, uk, france.

Isle of Wight Weather
Live weather, storm and lightning tracking.


Met Office > Rainfall British Isles
Satellite radar images at 1/2 hour intervals.

BBC Weather > UK > Rain/Cloud
Observed and forecast rain and cloud.

Met Office > Aviation
UK aviation weather forecasts. Free registration required.

Met Office > Aviation > Briefing Charts
Basic preflight briefing documentation.

Met Office > Aviation > UK AIRMETs
Regional AIRMET forecasts for the UK.

Met Office > Aviation > UK Ballooning Forecasts
Daily, regional forecasts.

Metcheck > UK Aviation Forecasts
Aviation forecasts for UK airfields.


Metcheck
Free, premium, interactive, hobbies & other weather tools & forecasts.

Meteoblue
Numerical weather prediction from the University of Basel.

NOAA
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Dep. of Commerce.

NOAA > Air Resources Laboratory > Current Met
Forecast model graphics.