Here you will find hyperlinks to some interesting and useful World-Wide Web sites which are related to soaring or general aviation. The sites listed below are independently operated and are not maintained by the St. Louis Soaring Association. If you find a broken link, please report it to the Webmaster.
NATIONAL SOARING ASSOCIATIONS
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The Soaring Society of America -The homepage of the SSA, the foremost authority on soaring in North America |
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Soaring Safety Foundation - A subset of the SSA, this link will take you to a chronological description of soaring accidents. Don't repeat others' mistakes! |
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The Soaring Association of Canada - Link Lost |
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Zweefvliegen gij DAC - Homepage for a club in Belgium..Done in English and Dutch |
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The Soaring Society of South Africa LINK BROKEN-Will be fixed when they post a new site |
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The French Soaring Federation - This site is in French only |
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The 1-26 Association - For those who want to learn more about the most popular glider in the world (Link Broken-anyone know the url for their new page?) |
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Sailplane Racing Association - For the competition minded |
OTHER SOARING SITES
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Motorgliding and Soaring Magazine - This is a new E-publication by the SSA...Very good information inside, and the subscription is free! |
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The National Soaring Museum - Located in Elmira, NY. Check this site for some soaring heritage (LINK BROKEN) |
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Silver Creek Gliding Club - Just up the road from us! |
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www.glider.com - Lots of great soaring info, and many links too |
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Assorted Soaring Images - SSA's links to hunderds of fine soaring photographs and images |
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Wave Soaring - An interesting National Geographic article on soaring the wave in a Grob Twin Astir |
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Sailplane Directory - A comprehesive collection of data and photographs of over 370 sailplanes |
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The Soaring Trader - Link Lost |
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A Great site of English Soaring... A well writen site that contains good info for the new or intermediate glider pilot |
TEST PREP
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Kip's FAA Written Test Prep Page - Practice the FAA written tests |
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AA9PW FAA Knowledge Test Practice Page - Containes practice tests for Power, Glider, Rotorcraft Private and Commercial tickets |
WEATHER
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The Soaring Forecast - Get your own updated soaring weather forecast here |
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Intellicast Weather Radar - Watch for the weather here (St. Louis area radar, updated hourly) |
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Blipmap Regional Forecast - Map of Boundary Layer Information Predictions Created by Dr. John W. (Jack) Glendening, Meteorologist drjack@drjack.net. BLIPMAPs give thermal soaring parameters over a geographic region. |
GENERAL AVIATION
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St. Louis Flight Standards District Office - Our local FAA connection |
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FAA Pilot Training Standards - Links to PDF files for various PTS books |
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The Missouri Pilot's Association - A great oganization for all pilots of Missouri |
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Greater St. Louis Chapter of the 99's - National organization of women pilots |
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The Experimental Aircraft Association - The homepage of the EEA, where to find any and all information on homebuilt and experimental aircraft |
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AirNav - provides free detailed aeronautical information on airports and navigational aids in the USA. |
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AOPA - The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |
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AVWEB - Lots of good information related to airmanship, databases, safety, and training. In addition, they have a great weekly newsletter available for free subscription. |
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The Federal Aviation Administration - The government-sized homepage of the FAA |
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FAA Flight Standards Service - FAA listing of FAR's, Airworthiness Directives, Written and Practical tests, and more |
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Landings.com - The mother of all aviation web sites! |
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Terraserver - Not strictly aviation related, but some great satellite photos of earth |
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Outer Marker Pilot Shop - Online purchases or browse their store at the Chesterfield Airport |
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Wicks Aircraft Supply - A world class aircraft supply house, right in our own back yard! |
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The WWW Aviation Encyclopedia - A comprehesive listing of avaiation related web sites. |
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Wag-Aero Aircraft Supply - A fine aircraft supply outlet. |
Or use "NewHoo" search engine to find a site for you!
That's all I have for now. I'll be adding to the links page as I can find more worthy entries. If you have any favorites of your own you'd like to see here, send me the URLs, and I'll consider their inclusion.