Soaring Information

Places

• US Soaring sites Links to US Soaring Site Web pages.

• Soaring sites and SSA Regional Directors. List of soaring sites.
• Contest sites List of US contest sites
• Soaring Sites in the USA Costs of Soaring Sites in the USA.
• Soaring Sites in Europe Costs of Soaring Sites in Europe.
• Soaring Sites in other countries Costs of Soaring Sites outside the USA and Europe.

Ships

• Sailplane Directory A database of sailplanes with their data.
• Glider Names from A to Z A list of sailplanes with information (in the UK).
• Flight Tests in Soaring Magazine An index of flight tests published in Soaring Magazine.
• Open Cirrus Homepage The Open Cirrus in North America
• Ship Signup Service This is an experimental serivce for clubs to schedule ships. It is free for any club to use.

Contests, Records, Badges, etc

SSA Programs, Scholarships, etc

On-line Resources

• Thermal Index Report Generator This is a service that provides a Thermal Index Report. This service is provided by Kevin Ford (ford@math.utexas.edu).
• Soaring Weather Forecasts This service is provided by Chris Ruf (greeneggsandham@worldnet.att.net)
• Speed-to-Fly Calculator This is a service that provides the speed-to-fly for different conditions for a large variety of ships. This service is provided by Robert M. Hanson (hansonr@stolaf.edu).

Articles, computer programs, etc

• Soaring Bibliography FAQ A list of books in different languages about soaring.
• Soaring Safety FAQ Frequently asked questions about soaring safety.
• Soaring and Soaring Weather Bibliography References of books about soaring weather.
• BGA Materials Provided by John Leibacher and Ian Strachan.
• Soaring related computer programs Free soaring related programs that you can download.
• The Inter Club League: A New Concept for Soaring Growth Description of an attempt to develop soaring cross-country flying earlier in your soaring career.

Miscellaneous

• English/German and German/English Soaring Glossary

Soaring Products

• Soaring businesses
  List of soaring businesses (from the SSA).

  Soaring Products

  Links to on-line soaring products.