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 AssociationIf you find a broken link, please report it to the Webmaster.

NATIONAL SOARING ASSOCIATIONS

The Soaring Society of America -The homepage of the SSA, the foremost authority on soaring in North America

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!

The Soaring Association of Canada - Link Lost

The British Gliding Association

Zweefvliegen gij DAC - Homepage for a club in Belgium..Done in English and Dutch

The New Zealand Gliding Association

The Gliding Federation of Austraila

The Soaring Society of South Africa  LINK BROKEN-Will be fixed when they post a new site

The French Soaring Federation - This site is in French only

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?)

Sailplane Racing Association - For the competition minded

OTHER SOARING SITES

Motorgliding and Soaring Magazine - This is a new E-publication by the SSA...Very good information inside, and the subscription is free!

The National Soaring Museum - Located in Elmira, NY.  Check this site for some soaring heritage (LINK BROKEN)

Silver Creek Gliding Club - Just up the road from us!

www.glider.com - Lots of great soaring info, and many links too

Assorted Soaring Images - SSA's links to hunderds of fine soaring photographs and images

Wave Soaring - An interesting National Geographic article on soaring the wave in a Grob Twin Astir

Sailplane Directory - A comprehesive collection of data and photographs of over 370 sailplanes

The Soaring Trader - Link Lost

A Great site of English Soaring...  A well writen site that contains good info for the new or intermediate glider pilot

TEST PREP

Kip's FAA Written Test Prep Page - Practice the FAA written tests

AA9PW FAA Knowledge Test Practice Page - Containes practice tests for Power, Glider, Rotorcraft Private and Commercial tickets

WEATHER

The Soaring Forecast - Get your own updated soaring weather forecast here

Intellicast Weather Radar - Watch for the weather here (St. Louis area radar, updated hourly)

Blipmap Regional Forecast - Map of Boundary Layer Information Predictions Created by Dr. John W. (Jack) Glendening, Meteorologist  drjack@drjack.netBLIPMAPs give thermal soaring parameters over a geographic region.

    GENERAL AVIATION

St. Louis Flight Standards District Office - Our local FAA connection

FAA Pilot Training Standards - Links to PDF files for various PTS books

The Missouri Pilot's Association - A great oganization for all pilots of Missouri

Greater St. Louis Chapter of the 99's - National organization of women pilots

The Experimental Aircraft Association - The homepage of the EEA, where to find any and all information on homebuilt and experimental aircraft

AirNav - provides free detailed aeronautical information on airports and navigational aids in the USA.

AOPA - The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

AVWEB - Lots of good information related to airmanship, databases, safety, and training. In addition, they have a great weekly newsletter available for free subscription.

The Federal Aviation Administration - The government-sized homepage of the FAA

FAA Flight Standards Service - FAA listing of FAR's, Airworthiness Directives, Written and Practical tests, and more

Landings.com - The mother of all aviation web sites!

Terraserver - Not strictly aviation related, but some great satellite photos of earth

Outer Marker Pilot Shop - Online purchases or browse their store at the Chesterfield Airport

Wicks Aircraft Supply - A world class aircraft supply house, right in our own back yard!

The WWW Aviation Encyclopedia - A comprehesive listing of avaiation related web sites.

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.