The Cambridgeshire Aerotow Club - Microlight launched hanggliding

Aerotow Hang Gliding in East Anglia since 1991

Links

Associations

The British Hang gliding and Paragliding Association. The first source for information about this form of avaition sport.

XC planning

NATS - http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/login.jsp

UK Aeronautical Information Service. Free registration. Source of NOTAMS (Notices to Airman).

MetOffice - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

The UK Met Office.

UK RASP BLIPMAP Viewer - http://weather.scorer.homelinux.org/RASPviewer.html

Paul Scorer's UK Regional Atmospheric Soaring Prediction. Boundary Layer Information Prediction MAP created by Dr. John W. (Jack) Glendening, Meteorologist.

XCWeather - http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

Collation of METAR reports for the entire UK with the data being nicely presented in graphical form.

Leagues and competitions

British Hang gliding Competitions - http://bhgc.wikidot.com/

a website providing information about the various UK competitions. This is a Wiki website, which means you may be able to join the editorial panel to participate in maintaining its content.

UK NXCL - http://www.uknxcl.org.uk/

The UK National Cross Country League. Information on rules, how to join and league tables of results catogorised in various groups.

Rogallo - http://www.rogallo.co.uk/

Britsih Hang Gliding Competitions. Sponsors of the British Open Series.

Forums

The OZ Report - http://ozreport.com/forum/

Davis Straubs (USA) Hang Gliding forum. Discussions and tips on all aspects of Hang gliding.

BHPF - http://www.bhpf.co.uk/

British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Forum

HangGliding.org - http://www.hanggliding.org/

A good forum for hanggies.

Clubs and training schools

SCFHGC - http://www.scfhgc.org/

Suffolk Coastal Floaters Hang Gliding Club. Website of our winch tow and coastal flying friends and neighbours.

Airways Airsports - http://www.airways-airsports.com/

A recommended paragliding, hangliding, paramotor and microlight training school Iin the Midlands. Many of our club pilots completed their training with this school.

Lejair - http://www.lejair.com/

Another good training school operating in both Norfolk and Southern Spain.

Miscellaneous

Delta-Club-82 - http://www.delta-club-82.com/

French website providing a database of hang gliders (through the ages). A good source for looking up the origins of that obscure glider being sold cheap on eBay!

Ed Potter's hang gliding history - http://nhgc.wikidot.com/eap:introduction

Here is an amazingly good, insightful and thorough history of hang gliding in East Anglia (and other places) from the perspective of Ed Potter who used to be a member of the Cambridgeshire Aerotow Club.