Other Sources of Soaring Information

Soaring Society of America, The official home page for the SSA. Soaring Server, The un-official US Soaring home page, courtesy Dr. Günther Eichhorn.

General Information

• Learning to Soar, Article by Steven H. Philipson.
• Soaring FAQ, Frequently-asked questions about soaring.
• Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) and Airman's Information Manual (AIM)
• News from aerokurier, The official paper of the German Aero Club

Clubs, Organizations, Sites, & People

• Colorado sites, A list of Colorado soaring sites.
• Other SSA sites, A database of U.S. soaring sites.
• The Collegiate Soaring Association, Site for the national association
• World Class Soaring Association
• 1-26 Association
• Soaring Home Pages, The master list of home pages for soaring at Landings

Safety

• Club Safety Audit, Compiled by the Soaring Association of Canada, courtesy Ian Oldaker and Michael Steckner.
• Soaring Safety FAQ, Collected articles about soaring safety, courtesy Michael Steckner.
• SSF Wing Runner Course Online tutorial on wing running by Soaring Safety Foundation.
• DG Safety Reports DG Flugzeugbau collection of safety articles.

Cross-Country & Competition (SSA Links)

• Badge Flying
• Contest Flying
• Sailplane Racing Association (SRA)
• State Records   U.S. National and State records
• World Records   World records maintained by the FAI
• OLC    On Line Contest, sponsored in part by SSA

Cross-Country & Competition (Other Links)

• GPS Coordinates, World-wide turnpoint list courtesy John Leibacher
• Who's Flying What, Courtesy John Leibacher
• Unofficial US Team Pilot Rankings, Courtesy John Leibacher
• Task Planner, Courtesy Marc Ramsey.

Gliders & Equipment

• Buying your first glider . . . or . . . there are three kinds of sailplanes! 10 Nov 1995. By Peter King.
• So you want to buy a fiberglass sailplane? Soaring May 1991 & July 1997. By Aland Adams.
• Sailplane Directory, Alex Holswilder's Hangar 1850
• N-Number Search, FAA Aircraft Registration Database.
• Tost Weak Link Color Codes, Tost weak link color codes & the BGA list of recommended glider weak links.
• Winch Launch List, A list of active winch-launch groups around the world, courtesy Alan Gillis.
• Flight Recorders, Approved by IGC
• IGC Flight Verification Unit (FVU) Data File Standard, Courtesy Hans Trautenberg & Dr. Günther Eichhorn.
• Global Positioning System, An overview, by Peter H. Dana.
• Skylaunch Winch manufacturer

• Soaring Bibliography, A bibliography of titles on soaring, courtesy Michael Steckner.
• Soaring and Soaring Weather Bibliography, References of books about soaring weather.
• "Diamond Days in the United States of America and Canada", by Michael Stecker (synopsis & ordering info)

On-Line Soaring Sales

• SSA Catalog
• SSA Business Partners
• Commercial Web Sites, Glider & Equipment Suppliers courtesy Ken Bowman
• Soaring Magazine Classified Advertisements
• Soaring Trader
• Webitecture Aircraft Classifieds

Weather

• WPX - The Weather Processor WWW Server, Purdue University
• Weather Visualizer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Thermal Index Report Generator, This is a form that requests a Thermal Index Report via e-mail.
• Soaring and Soaring Weather Bibliography, References of books about soaring weather.
• Colorado Soaring Weather

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02/08/2007