Members
Groups.io Members site
https://www.facebook.com/groups/skysurfingclub/
Current Weather
Mercury Holfuy – our very own weather station on Mercury
LOCAL WEATHER STATION – this is the weather station located at Clanfield just south of Butser. You can look at ‘actuals’ and a fantastic ‘history’ that shows trends.
Weather Forecasts for paragliding
XC Weather – The first quick check to see if the weather is good enough to investigate further.RASP UK – The best website for pilots, wind and thermal predictions.
Synoptic Charts – Pressure charts showing the position of highs and lows. You can make your own weather predictions from these, see a quick guide from Rob Chisolm here.
Weatheronline – Excellent website for checking different weather models against each other. If they don’t at least sort of agree, the weathermen are just guessing!
Windy – nice visualisation of several wind models
Useful Information
- Notaminfo – Flight Planning Map showing Notams etc.
- The British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association
- The Scottish Hang-gliding & Paragliding Federation
- National Paragliding XC league
- National XC Club league
- The British Club Challenge
- HangSim – The ultimate winter therapy from flying deprivation!
- National Events Calendar
- Aviation@Landings – The on-line international directory of aviation links
- Skyads – Free ads for free flyers
UK Clubs
- Avon HG & PG Club
- Derbyshire Soaring Club
- Devon and Somerset Condors
- Isle of Wight
- Kernow Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association
- North Devon Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club
- Para-Excellence & Leading Edge Paragliding (N Wales)
- SE Wales Club on the Web
- Southern Hang Gliding Club
- Thames Valley
- Wessex
Flying Blogs
Fellow flyers blogs:
- Advance paragliders in the west country – Tim Pentreath’s blog
- flynik – Nik Valaris’ flying blog
- Freeflightbrighton blog – Rob Chisholm’s school blog
- Parakos – Excellent blog from Stanislaw Radzikowski, some great xc guides for Nepal.
- The Duke of Ted’s Flying Adventures – SSC member Richard Chambers’ flying blog.
- Dust of the Universe – Great blog with reviews of all the latest gliders
- Artikulation (Paragliding) – The blog of Tim Grahame’s mentor, Dave.
- Colin’s Flying Trips – Cracking photos and commentary from Colin Hawke’s flying trips.
- Irwyn’s Blog – Irwyn, the owner of Maison du Moulin (A great place to stay in Annecy).
- Flying the Void – Brett Hazlett’s paragliding competition blog.
- Possibilities Not Plans – Jenni and Becky’s adventure blog.
If you have any other links please email them to the site at skysurfingclub@gmail.com.