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British Gliding Association (BGA)

• gliding.co.uk
• The governing body for the sport of gliding in the United Kingdom.

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

• caa.co.uk
• UK's specialist aviation regulator

Royal Aero Club (RAeC)

• royalaeroclub.org
• The national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom

National Air Traffic Service (NATS)

• nats.co.uk
• NATS provides air traffic navigation services to aircraft flying through UK controlled airspace and at several UK airports.
• ais.org.uk
• Aeronautical information services including let down plates and aviation warnings

British Aerobatics Association (BAeA)

• aerobatics.org.uk
• Governing body and organizer of aerobatic competitions in the UK.
• aerobatics.org.uk/Glider_aerobatics.htm
• Glider aerobatics

Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)

• fai.org
• Worldwide governing body for airsports.
• start.fai.org/gliding-federations.asp
• Links to other gliding associations around the world
• fai.org/gliding
• Worldwide governing body for gliding (part of the FAI)
• fai.org/gliding/sporting_code
• The FAI sporting code section 3 (gliding)

European Gliding Union

• egu-info.org
• The EGU is the association of European Gliding Federations or Gliding Sections of National Aero Clubs

Europe Air Sports

• europe-airsports.fai.org
• Europe Air Sports is an association of the European National Aero Clubs, and European Air Sports Unions, with the objective to co-ordinate regulatory matters in Europe.

Junior Gliding Links

• juniorgliding.co.uk
• Gliding information specifically for young people
• gliding.co.uk/bgainfo/juniors/scholarships.htm
• Information about a wide range of financial and other support for junior glider pilots

Vintage Gliding Club

• vintagegliderclub.org
• A must for all owners and lovers of old gliders

Weather

• metoffice.com
• The UK's National Weather Service.
• metoffice.com/aviation/
• The UK's National Weather Service's Aviation Section.
• bbc.co.uk/weather
• BBC weather, including a useful five-day forecast by postcode
• ecmwf.int
• European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forcasting (ECMWF)

Useful Links

• dvla.gov.uk/drivers/dl_towing_trailers.htm
• DVLA Trailer Towing information UK
• field-landings.co.uk
• Information about landing in fields - kept up to date throughout the season by farmer and glider pilot, Adrian Hatton
• sailplanedirectory.com
• A comprehensive guide to most of the gliders ever built!
• rin.org.uk
• Affiliated body, concerned with all things navigation
• glideraerobatics.com
• Site about glider aerobatics
• ostiv.fai.org
• An organisation whose brief is: to encourage and coordinate internationally the science and technology of soaring and the development and use of the sailplane in pure and applied research