Welcome to the Hang Gliding WWW Server!
A WWW server for the foot-launched flying community
Hang Gliding -- Paragliding -- Hang Gliding -- Paragliding -- Hang Gliding -- Paragliding
Gallery
Browse Photographs (by Date)
Hang Gliding Digests
Search the HG Digests
World-Wide Site Guide
What's New This Month
Movies! (Quicktime and MPEG)
Browse Photographs Alphabetically
Alec's Picks -- my favorite photos on the server
-- Autonomous solo flight across the
Atlantic
(just added, not linked to Gallery yet)
Hang Gliding Comics by Russ Brown
Hang Gliding Comics by Harry Martin
Download Programs (uuencode, soaring program, simulator etc.)
Using this Server
Pilot Services
- Internet Pilot Directory (HG/PG)
- Information for new pilots
- World-Wide Site Guide
- Clickable World Map for the World-Wide Site Guide
- European Site Guide (Free Flying in Europe)
- Stolen
Gear
- Hang Gliding Mailing List Administrivia -- Information on how to Subscribe and Unsubscribe to the list
- Instructors News Letter
- Hang Gliding
Classified Ads
from Fred Vachss - Aircraft and Equipment Manufacturer contact list
- National HG/PG Association contact list (USHGA etc.) (see also WW Site Guide)
- Schools and Clubs listed by state
- Free Flight Glossary (Multilingual Flying Terminology)
- Search the Free Flight Glossary
- Information on the USHGA Waiver
- Updated USHGA Waiver On-line
- Soaring Emporium: A PG/HG discussion forum. (Chatline)
- TELNET: Soaring Emporium: (Chatline)
- Some helpful hang gliding phone numbers
- The Knotting Dictionary of Kannet
- Current FAI/CIVL records
- FAI/CIVL world wide scoring system, "GAP" (computer program)
- Tiger Map Service (to find map coordinates...)
- ...then enter here to calculate cross-country distances
- Hang Glider Model Database
- ParaList: a listing of many paraglider designs
- A partial version of the USHGA Bylaws
- AFNOR tests for paragliders (French Certification)
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Hang Gliding/Paragliding FAQ (incl. HG/PG/Supine/Towing)
- HG/PG FAQ (text only version)
- Paragliding FAQ
- Supine Flying FAQ (text only version)
- Drogue FAQ (text)
- Ham Radio FAQ for pilots
- Sailplane Safety FAQ
Other Hang Gliding/Paragliding WWW Servers
- Comprehensive List of Hang Gliding/Paragliding WWW Servers
- Big Air Paragliding WWW Server
- FLISS-- Huge HG/PG server for France and the World (includes Free Flight Glossary)
- Parateam -- Le Premier Serveur Web Francais sur le Parapente
- Skywings -- On-Line edition of the BHGPA monthly magazine.
Weather
- National Weather Service
- Weather Servers
- Information on other Weather sources
- Bay Area Wind Direction (updated hourly)
- US Upper Air Soundings
- Thermal Index Report
- More weather links
HG/PG Competitions, Meets and Festivals
- 11th International Hang Gliding
Competition in La Victoria, Venezuela, March 1997 Alejandro
Riera, [email protected]
- Cubilete Hang Gliding Competition, México, March 23-30, 1996
- 4th European Championships in Paragliding 1996
- Great Canadian Paragliding Festival, July 19-21st
- Information about 1995 Norwegian Championships\Open Nordic Championships (PG)
- Paragliding World Cup Results
- 1995 Hang Gliding Worlds results
- 1995 US Nationals Results
- '95 PG Worlds Home Page
Individual Hang Gliding Photo Pages
- Rod Chin's Hang Gliding Pictures
- Mike Coombs' Home Page (Hang Gliding Photos in Hawaii)
- Photo from Allen Cypher
- Rick Hauser's hang gliding page
- Zane Jacobson Home Page
- Eric June's Hang Gliding Page
- Neko
(Luiz Felipe Rodrigues ) Photo Page
- Gary
Osoba's Photo Page w/ Carbon Dragon and Pliable Moose
- Kelly Scroggins Web Site.
- Jose Silva's Paragliding Page
- Daniel Velez Home Page
- Ramy Yanetz home page
Local Site Servers and Info
These Links have now all been placed in the HG World Wide Site Guide
Miscellaneous HG/PG
- "PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN FLIGHT." -- Article by Otto Lilienthal (with photos)
- 1896 Chanute Glider Replica
- Hand Gliding
- Russ Brown's Tales from the (Inside) Grip
- There is an audio review of the Hang Gliding WWW Server at Radio One
- Homemade Vario Design with schematics, by Richard Grant
- Hang
Gliding Poetry
from the Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada - The REAL Pioneer Plaque (Paul Gazis' Home Page)
- NetHead '95 T-shirt info
Other Aviation Related Links
- The
Lindbergh Project -- Autonomous solo flight across the Atlantic
- International Human Powered Vehicle Association
- Raven Project (new HPA project)
- Airship Server
- Notam.com
- Landings.com -- Comprehensive Aviation WWW lists
- Aviation Archives
- Aviation Image Archives
- Aviation Reports
- Aviation Databases
- AVION On-Line Aviation Newspaper (Embry Riddle University)
- Dryden Research Photo Archives
- The UK Aviation Server from Charlie Alpha
- Aero.com, commercial Web Aviation service
- Sailplane World Records
- SSA -- Soaring Society of America (Sailplanes)
- Skydiving Server
- Ornithopters
Other interesting Links
- Freeflight Skydiving School
- Skimbat Windsurfing (movie)
- America's Sports Headquarters (Search Site for Sport Servers on the Web)
- Astronomy Directory
- Views of the Solar System (Galileo)
- Windsurfing Server
- Hacky Sack server
- Trampofoil -- Human Powered Hydrofoil
- Starting Point
New items are always being added to this server. If you'd like to see what's coming up in the future, click on: Future Changes to the Server
The Hang Gliding WWW Server is located at Stanford University, where you may also find the Aircraft Aerodynamics and Design Group of the Aero/Astro department.
If you are using this server for the first time, or have a suggestion for changes, please send your comments to me at:
[email protected]
Send me any interesting links you've collected!
Thanks -- Alec Proudfoot
All Documents on this server Copyright 1996 (c), by R. A. Proudfoot.
Individual photographs are Copyright by the original photographers.
P.S. Many thanks to Bharat, Chris and Terry for helping set up this
server!
P.P.S. Kudos to John Little for writing the Digest Search script!
