Links to Free flight related websites
Within this page navigation to different sections of links.
- Scottish Paragliding Schools.
- CAA Airspace, Notams & CAA Transponder related items.
- Scottish free flight Clubs Scotland.
- UK and Scottish Weather
- Miscellaneous flying related links.
- Personal webpages of free flying Scottish pilots
- Videos Hang-gliding and Paragliding
- Free flying and holidays outside Scotland -
- Submit a Link
British Hang-gliding and Paragliding Association - BHPA
SHPF Flying Scot history to 1999
Training schools - Paragliding
Peter Shields at Cloudbusters Paragliding - Telephone 07899 878509
Zabdi Keen at Flying Fever Paragliding - Arran
Scottish free flight flying clubs
For more detailed information on each particular Scottish Club and those without a website please follow the "Clubs" link on the left.
Aberdeen Hang-gliding and Paragliding Club
- and their associated Google Group
Highland Hang-Gliding and Paragliding Club.
Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club
- and their associated Google GroupScottish Mountain Paragliding Club.
CAA Airspace, Notams & CAA Transponder related items.
VFR Chart Amendments - Read details - subscribe to RSS and email
CAA Subscriptions.
Notams Related
UK Airspace maps for Garmin GPS Notam Plot version 2.1Use the data from this site by registering here to get the information to put into the above Notams plotter.
UK Aeronautical Information Service
Username : BHPAuser, Password : password
Military Freephone for all midweek flying - 0800 515544, Red Arrows and Royal Flights - 0500 354802
Transponder related
CAA Transponder issue ........
"As you will no doubt now be aware the CAA is proposing that all aircraft operating in UK airspace be fitted with Mode S transponders in 2008........"
Paragliding forum includes quite a few posts about the Transponder issue.
European Hang-gliding and Paragliding Union site - which contains some information on the European perspective and their presentation / position on airspace
Weather related.
"Windtalkers" by Stephen Pegler - live weather reports from the hills at Tinto and Broughton
XC Magazines live weather report for wind strengths and directions
Thermal updraft Velocity chart- RASP viewer
Homepage for the above.Regional Atmospheric Soaring Prediction
Magic Seaweed - excellent synoptic charts etc
Meteoblue - numerical weather prediction and dynamic map server
Metchech for lots of good stuff.
Surf report - pressure - wind charts etc
Airports :- Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Prestwick
Miscellaneous
Rules of the Air - you may be most interested with pages 325 to 411
Flyability is the Disability Initiative of the BHPA
All new - Irish Hang Gliding and Paragliding Federation
The recently revamped USHPA website
The Hang-gliding & Paragliding Federation of Canada
The Hang-gliding Federation of Australia
New Zealand Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association
South African Hang Gliding _ paragliding Federation
Wikipedia - Ultralight Avaiation.
UK Airmaps for Garmin by Simon Headford
The worlds biggest air multi-sport event featuring elite competitors from 10 air sports, ranging from paragliding to aerobatics, set against the spectacular alpine backdrop of Wanaka, New Zealand.
National Aeronautic Association - USA
International Aviation and Airshow Directory
Historical Scottish XC league results
Useful if Un-official Notams filtering / analysis, AIP etc
Airsports Insurance Bureau Ltd- Contact Yvonne Jukes Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1983 298480 (24 hours) - Email: airsports@bhpa.co.uk
GPS Visualizer - Map a GPS data file with Google Earth
Convert Map References into other formats
Paragliding Forum Worldwide XC flight details
International Flying Site Guide from the Oz Report
Leonardo XC Server flight logs
3D gliding simulator by Dan Burton
P@r@2000 and Sites guide for France
Fancy learning to Paraglide or become an instructor - in Switzerland
Personal websites
Tell me about it to have it included here!
Gary Williamson - an excellent site containing stunning paramotor photos and here is a link to his photo blog.
A List of Paragliding photo galleries
Videos - Youtube
Other UK Clubs
| Club + Website link | Contact name | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Airways | Chris Dawes | 01355 344308 |
| Army Air Corps PG & PC | Colin Morley | 01980 846781 |
| Army HG & PG Association | Andy Rudd | 01635 204284 |
| Avon HG & PG Club | To be rechecked. | |
| Beyond Extreme(Shropshire) | Russ Hicks | 07976 687094 |
| Birdwings PC (Cotswalds) | Arthur Bentley | 01869 250546 |
| Bollington PC | Glenn Stockton | 01925 262110 |
| Butterfly Paragliding Club (IoW) | Miranda Botha | 01983 731611 |
| Cambridgeshire Aerotow Club | Charlie Richardson | 0208 5055817 |
| Chiltern Fliers | Brendan O'Neill | 020 7274 7277 |
| Cornwall Paragliding Club | Mark Butler | 0700 5980362 |
| Kernow HPA (HG) | Alan Phipps | 01872 273839 |
| Kernow HPA (PG) | John Woollams | 01637 879281 |
| Cumbria Soaring Club | Simon Raven | 015395 60897 |
| Dales HG & PG Club | Pete Logan | 07720 425146 |
| Derbyshire Soaring Club | Mike Johnson | 07737 309779 |
| Devon & Somerset Condors | Patrick Peglar | 01392 204253 |
| Dover & Folkestone HG Club | Kevin Say | 01322 862665 |
| Dunstable HG & PG Club | Martin Sims | 01525 633536 |
| George Cayley Sailwing Club | Jes Smith | 01964 535089 |
| Gree Dragons KG & PG Club | Andy Shaw | 01883 652666 |
| Guernsey Paragliding Club | Alf laine | |
| Icarus Wings | Derek Godfrey | 01273 554880 |
| Isle of Wight HG Club | David Fentum | 01983 520942 |
| Joint Services Association | Paul Mahoney | 01264 782727 |
| Lincolnshire Scout Fellowship PC / Sky Lincs | Ann Underwood | 01964 543883 |
| Lemmings Paramotor Club | Gordon McPhail | 01892 836093 |
| Long Mynd Soaring Club | John Bowman | |
| Malvern HG Club | Diane Bevan | 01299 402900 |
| Manx HG & PG Club | Dan Wood | 07624 471514 |
| Mercian HG Club | Michael Daniell | 01789 841208 |
| Midland Aerotow Group | David Barker | 01453 889214 |
| Mid Wales HG & PG Club | Piers Nesbitt | 01597 810732 |
| Norfolk HG & PG Club | Mark Riches | 01328 700844 |
| Northampton HG Club | Phil Osborne | 07808 571096 |
| Northumbria HG & PG Club | Steve Truwick | 0191 5236886 |
| North Devon HG & PG Club Woolacombe - North Devon and Webcam showing this great flying site | Chris Blanchard | 07971 816708 |
| North Wales HG & PG Club | Stu Harrison | 0151 6701587 |
| North Yorks Sailwing Club | Sarah Hoggarth | 07813 171777 |
| Nottinghamshire Aerotow Group | Tom Ricketts | 07813 761132 |
| Para-Excellence | Rob Arnold | 01492 584885 |
| Paek Soaring Association | Neil Bourne | 01782 874630 |
| Pennine Soaring Club | Dale Pickard | 07764 281318 |
| REME HG & PG Club | Stephen Penfold | 07770 897419 |
| RAF HG & PG Association | Paul Mahony | 01264 782727 |
| Royal Navy HG & PG Association | Rory Lynch | 07802 436342 |
| Sky Surfing Club | Brian Parkins | 02380 455804 |
| Snowdonia Sky Sports | John Thompson | 01248 600940 |
| Southern HG & PG Club | David Massie | 01403 268601 |
| South Devon HG & PG Club | Bob Moore | 01803 851402 |
| South East Wales HG & PG Club | Paul Wilkinson | 01656 648246 |
| Suffolk Coastal Soarers | Dave Napthine | 07745 416626 |
| South West Wales Soaring Club | Nick Roberts | 01792 845646 |
| Thames Valley HG Club | Richard Ford | 07769 720230 |
| Ulster HG & PG Club | Tony Conway | 028 383 41544 |
| Welsh Borders PG Club | Paul Adams | 01449 760641 |
| Wessex HG & PG Club | Roger Edwards | 01202311574 |
| White Horse Aerotow Club | Stuart Barkworth | 01904 412210 |
| XClent Paragliding | Gary Jackson | 01628 520573 |
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