Links
MIDWEEK FLYING
Military Freephone - Civil Aircraft Notification Procedure (CANP) - for all midweek flying - Phone 0800 515544. Procedure on BHPA website.
Red Arrows & Royal Flights – for details of Temporarily Upgraded Airspace - Phone 0500 354802
TRAINING SCHOOLS
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Air Ventures Paragliding - Keswick |
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Escape - Keswick and world-wide |
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SunSoar Paragliding - Kirkby Stephen |
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Flybubble - Brighton |
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIERS
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The Sick and the Wrong - paragliding and snowboard specialists, Keswick. Telephone: 017687 80297 |
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Aerofix - Paragliding Service Centre, Threkeld, near Keswick. Telephone: 017687 79801 |
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UK Airsports - free flight kit, Threkeld, near Keswick. Telephone: 0870 744 1677 (0870?) |
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Northern Paragliding - paragliding kit, Kirkby Stephen. Telephone: 0845 123 2555 |
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Airplay - Regional agents for Gradient Gliders & accessories, Digifly range of instruments and Ava Sport Harnesses & Reserves |
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Transair - more a supplier of General Aviation accesories. Extensive range of charts and flying literature. Tel : 01273 466000 |
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The Map Shop - Maps for anywhere in the world. Highly recommended. Be prepared for the walk out after that epic XC. Telephone: 0800 085 40 80 |
WEATHER INFORMATION
See Weather tab on home page
WEBCAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY
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BBC Cumbria - Index of some webcams in Cumbria |
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Keswick webcam - Skiddaw (if you're lucky) from George Fishers in Keswick |
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Keswick Schools Weather - 2 web cams are available on this site |
LINKS TO NEIGHBOURING HANG-GLIDING & PARAGLIDING CLUBS
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Northumbria Hang-gliding & Paragliding Club - The NHPC consists of a dedicated band of pilots from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and the surrounding areas. We have excellent sites in the beautiful Cheviots and North Pennines. |
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Dales Hang-gliding and Paragliding Club - Large well established club for hang glider and paraglider pilots. Flying from hilltop sites within Yorkshire Dales. |
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North Yorks Sailwing Club - North Yorkshire, Cleveland, Co. Durham. Excellent sites (some members only). Hang gliding and paragliding coaching. BHPA welcome. Visiting membership. |
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Sir George Cayley Sailwing Club - Membership open to all classes of pilot. Meetings held 3rd Tuesday of month, The Wellington Oak, Pocklington. Yorkshire. All Welcome. Join a very friendly and active club. |
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Derbyshire Soaring Club - One of largest clubs with around 500 members. Friendly club with sites in Derbyshire/Peak District renowned for XC potential. Members only but m/ship open to all. See website. |
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Pennine Soaring Club - Large, active and friendly hang gliding/paragliding club established for many years, with access to a variety of hill sites in Lancashire/Yorkshire. |
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Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club - South West Scotland. Sites for members only but day memberships are available for visitors. |
LINKS TO NEIGHBOURING GLIDING CLUBS
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Edensoaring - a gliding club established in 2008 at Skelling Farm, on the side of the Pennines, and with Cross Fell as a backdrop. They offer trial flights and training |
COMPETITIONS and LEAGUES
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British Paragliding Competitions (and National XC League) |
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British Hang-gliding Competitions |
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National Hang-gliding XC League |
NAVIGATION
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GPSDump - Convert your GPS Vario output to a number of formats including Google Earth and IGC |
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IGC Flight Replay - Superb piece of software. Use GPS Dump to download your flight from your vario to a .igc file and then replay the flight - in 3-D - within Google Earth. |
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Memory Map - OS Maps and CAA Charts for your PC or PDA |
AVIATION
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Civil Aviation Authority - The legislative body governing aviation in the UK. Click here for publication details of the latest CAA charts or seach for 'VFR Chart Publication Dates' if the link doesn't work. |
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Aviation Abbreviations - Want to know what that TLA means? A index of most aviation abbreviations |
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NotamPlot - downloadable software that helps to identify what NOTAMS apply to your area. Note - does not normally list paragliding alerts as these are not strictly NOTAMs |
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Avbrief - You need to register here before you can download bulletins for use with NotamPlot. Register as a Guest by following the Briefing Services link. Use your registration details in NotamPlot |
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NOTAM Info - All NOTAMs on a Google Map. Easy to use. You need to register. |
NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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British Hang-gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA) |
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Flyability (the disability initiative of the BHPA) |
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German Hang-gliding and Paragliding Federation (DHV) |
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French Federation of Free Flight (FFVL) |
BHPA PILOT EXAM
Useful links for those taking the BHPA Pilot Exam
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Sheila Knotts' Pilot Revision Notes Page - a set of useful revision notes. beware that teh airlaw section may be out of date |
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CAA VFR Guide - for the most up to date airlaw info |
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CAA 1:250000 Chart symbols - stick copies on the wall. Now is blue civil or government? |
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Wessex HPPG On Line Test - a good little on line test. Personally, I can't see the point of knowing the VFR rules for flying above FL245! |
CUMBRIA TOURIST INFORMATION
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Official website for Cumbria Tourism |
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Tourist Information Centres |
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Pilot friendly accommodation near Bowness and Windermere |
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The Hollies, Threkeld - Andy and Sue Judge have a guesthouse in Threkeld just under Blease Fell. Their guesthouse is opposite the Village Hall and less than 5 minutes walk from the 2 inns; they would be pleased to welcome any club members. |
OTHER LINKS
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SkySystems - The Pilots Directory |
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Great North Air Ambulance |
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Lake District Outdoors |
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Skywings (Official magazine of the BHPA) |
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Lake District National Park Authority |
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National Trust |
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The Lake District in Cumbria |
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Powered Hang-gliding - subsection of BHPA website |
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Paramotoring - subsection of BHPA website |