Links
Primary tabs
Administration
British Hang gliding and Paragliding Association
Aeronautical Information Service
Clubs
Mid-Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club
North Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club
South East Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club
Welsh Borders Paragliding Club
There is a full list UK clubs on the BHPA website.
Schools
Local school run by club member and sites officer Steve Griffiths
Axis Paragliding and Paramotoring
Highly recommended Abergavenny based school
BHPA registered school near Swansea. Also runs courses in Algodonales, Spain.
PG school specialising in guiding and tandems in the Shropshire hills.
PG school in Shropshire
PG school in North Wales
PG & Paramotor school in North Wales
PG school in North Wales
There is a full list of UK schools on the BHPA website.
Weather
Nowcasts
Free site with data from METARS and Buoys. Aberporth airfield and buoy give reasonable readings for Mid Wales.
Same data source as XC weather.
Network of weather stations with access by subscription or premium phone lines. Has no stations in Mid Wales.
Webcams
Two webcams in Eryri.
Two webcams and weather station at the Long Mynd
Gliding Forecasts
General Forecasts
BBC Weather Centre's forecast for Wales
Met Office Forecasts
Competitions
British paragliding competitions
British hang gliding competitions
UK National Cross Country League
Recommended Websites
General
Excellent free flight magazine.
Excellent Belgian PG website.
International free flight discussion forum.
Flying Holidays
Paragliding guiding in the Dominican Republic with Julian Molina.
PG school running guided paragliding holidays in Bulgaria.
BHPA registered school & XC guiding, Algodonales, Spain.
Steve Ham's guiding in Piedrahita, Spain.
UK based school also offering courses and holidays abroad.
Kelly Farina's accommodation and XC courses in Mayrhofen, Austria.
Hang gliding
Hang Gliding and the Oz Report
Davis Straub's daily hang gliding news.
Paragliding
Excellent Spanish paragliding website (in English!).
Jérôme Daoust's paragliding page
Huge collection of paragliding tips, data, images, videos, and more.
Lowell Skoog's huge site.