Links
Administration
- British Hang gliding and Paragliding Association
- Welsh Free Flight Federation
- Aeronautical Information Service
Clubs
- Long Mynd Soaring Club
- Malvern Hang Gliding Club
- Mid-Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club
- North Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club
- Snowdonia Sky Sports
- South East Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club
- South West Wales Soaring Club
- Welsh Borders Paragliding Club
There is a full list UK clubs on the BHPA website.
Schools
- Mid-Wales Paragliding Centre
- Local school run by club member and sites officer Steve Griffiths
- Axis Paragliding and Paramotoring
- Highly recommended Abergavenny based school
- Fly West Wales
- BHPA registered school near Swansea. Also runs courses in Algodonales, Spain.
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- Beyond Extreme
- PG school in Shropshire
- Para-excellence
- PG school in North Wales
- Paraventure Extreme Sports
- Another Abergavenny based school
- Skydragons Paragliding
- PG & Paramotor school in North Wales
- Snowdon Gliders
- PG school in North Wales
There is a full list of UK schools on the BHPA website.
Weather
Nowcasts
- XC Weather
- Free site with data from METARS and Buoys. Aberporth airfield and buoy give reasonable readings for Mid Wales.
- Skylink Weather
- Same data source as XC weather.
- Llyn Llydaw weather station
- Weather station at Llyn Llydaw on Snowdon.
- Wendy Windblows
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- Network of weather stations with access by subscription or premium phone lines. Has no stations in Mid Wales.
Webcams
- Trawsgoed Webcam
- Scanning webcam of the sky over the Met Office station at Trawsgoed (nr Aberystwyth). Weather data from this station are of little use for flying due to it's sheltered location.
- Snowdon Webcams
- Two webcams in Eryri.
Gliding Forecasts
- Weatherjack
General Forecasts
- Metcheck for Aberystwyth
- WindGuru for Anglesey
- BBC Weather Centre's forecast for Wales
- Multimap.com's forecast for Aberystwth
Met Office Forecasts
- Brecon Beacons
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- Eryri (Snowdonia)
- Aberystwyth
- Wales
Competitions
- British paragliding competitions
- British hang gliding competitions
- UK National Cross Country League
Recommended Websites
General
- Cross Country Magazine
- Excellent free flight magazine.
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- Paraglide.be
- Excellent Belgian PG website.
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- EuroPG
- UK-based free flight discussion list.
- British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Forum
- UK Hang Gliding and Paragliding forum.
- Paragliding Forum
- International free flight discussion forum. Better than EuroPG.
- Airsport Photo Library
- High quality flying photos.
- Adventure Team UK
- A central site for all those interested in outdoor
adventure sports and activities.
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Flying Holidays
- Paraglider's alpine paradise
- Excellent holidays in Courchevel, run by Craig Jenkins. Also does EP & CP courses.
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- Caribbean Free Flying
- Paragliding guiding in the Dominican Republic with Julian Molina.
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- Fly Vacher
- Paragliding school and guiding run by French ex-pat Simon Vacher. Great location for the Winter flying trip!
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- Dominican Republic Free Flying Association
- Includes Dominican Republic sites guide (with GPS coords).
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- FlySpain
- BHPA registered school & XC guiding, Algodonales, Spain.
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- flypiedrahita
- Steve Ham's guiding in Piedrahita, Spain.
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- Maison-du-Moulin
- Annecy B&B Paragliding holidays.
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- Active Edge
- UK based school also offering courses and holidays abroad.
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- Mayrhofen Experience
- Hang-gliding and Paragliding Holidays in Austria with a 5% discount for club members.
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- Austrian Arena
- Kelly Farina's accommodation and XC courses in Mayrhofen, Austria.
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Hang gliding
- Hang Gliding and the Oz Report
- Davis Straub's daily hang gliding news.
Paragliding
- Ojovolador
- Excellent Spanish paragliding website (in English!).
- Fresh Air
- Greg Hammerton's site including tips, stories, and reviews.
- Jérôme Daoust's paragliding page
- Huge collection of paragliding tips, data, images, videos, and more.
- Paragliding Perspectives
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- Lowell Skoog's huge site.
- XtremeBigAir ParaGliding
- US-based website with a lively discussion forum.
- Austrian Arena Blog
- Many articles relating to paragliding. Theory, Routes and Comp run reports.
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