LINKS

Links

About Soaring

Hollister Soaring Center LLC's proprietor, Quest, wrote three articles on Soaring for InflightUSA magazine called "The Secret Lives of Gliders" that provide a nice overview of the sport of soaring. Read them here:
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Soaring Discussion Groups

HGC Group - on Yahoo! Groups

RAS - the Usenet group rec.aviation.soaring

For those who are not familiar with newsgroups, here are the basic differencesbetween RAS and our HGC Yahoo Group:
1 - RAS has housands of participants vs few hundreds in HGCgroup.
2 - RAS is suitable for any soaring related topic, vs more specific HGC-related topics
3 - RAS has much more traffic, topics, occasional flaming, and occasional spams.
4 - RAS is open so your post can be read by anyone including your wife or your boss (so don't write about that great flight when you called in sick ;-), and messages are archived indefinitely. HGCGroup is open to subscribers only, subscription is moderated (but your wife or your boss may subscribe as well). and messages can be moderated if we so decide.
5 - RAS posts will show up on any search engine, HGCGroup posts can only be searched by subscribers.

I recommend anyone who would like to be informed to browse RAS occasionally, and also to use it as a research tool to find answers to your questions. Post at your own risk...

—Ramy

Soaring Flight Planning & Analysis

Software

SeeYou SeeYou helps you manage waypoints and tasks on your PC while SeeYou Mobile lets you do much the same on your Pocket PC.

WinPilot Flight Navigation and Optimization aid aimed at glider pilots seeking to improve safety, situational awareness and optimize speed of a cross-country glider flight.

GlidePlan Print your own sectional marked up with your task. With "safety circles" as determined by your glider's performance and wind conditions.

Webesites

SkyVector.com
Online aeronautical charts

Darryl Ramm's Blog
Excellent articles on getting started flying cross-country, from marking up sectional charts to getting started with PDAs. See the list of articles under "Pages" in the upper right side of the page.

Central California Soaring Map (Google Map)
This map is to help visiting pilots get a handle on the thermals, landouts and general information about soaring in central California. This is a user generated soaring map with content for Region 12 soaring pilots.

Sierra-Nevada Soaring Map (Google Map)
This map is to help visiting pilots get a handle on the thermals, landouts and general information about soaring in the Sierras. This is a user generated soaring map with content for Region 12 soaring pilots.

Soaring Simulator Software

Condor Simulator
Silent Wings Simulator

Parachute Sales & Repacking

Allen Silver Parachutes

Soaring Organizations

Soaring Society of America
PASCO (Pacific Soaring Council)

About Sailplanes

Sailplane Directory

Soaring Safety

Soaring Safety Foundation
PASCO Safety Page

Soaring in Other Countries

British Gliding Association
Directory of German soaring-related sites

Glider Pilot's Blogs

Darryl Ramm's Blog (see the Pages listing for articles on flying gliders cross country and related issues)

Haven's Bay Area Glider Ride Pilot Blog

Kurt Thams Weather Links page

Ramy's Soaring Blog

Other Lists of Soaring Links

Marc Ramsey's Links

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