Soaring and Weather Website Links
Soaring Links
LMEA Soaring Club - Lockheed Martin Employees' Association Soaring Club
Southern Eagles Soaring
A great club flying out of LaGrange, Georgia.
GTA Sports Class Race Series - Fly Cross country tasks with friends at various gliderports throughout the season - check it out and join the fun.
Mid-Georgia Soaring Association
Women Soaring Pilots Association
Costello Insurance - The primary insurance provider for sailplanes, motorglider, and towplanes, official broker for the SSA.
Avemco Insurance - owned, non-owned, CFI & life insurance policies.
MyAviationSchool.com - Flight school listings from around the world.
World Class Soaring Association - Information on the World Class Glider.
www.Glider.com - Links to many soaring companies as well as beginning racing info.
Georgia Civil Air Patrol - a great way for Youth to get involved in Soaring.
Soaring Usenet Newsgroup: rec.aviation.soaring
Weather Links
CHA Surface Condition - forecast by Usairnet - Excellent for predicting surface wind (ridge lift)*
CHA Soaring Forecast RAOB data for our area
Surface Analysis or Current Radar by Intellicast
Institute of Aviation Weather Server
Unisys Weather An excellent source for weather graphics
Chilhowee has a custom Soaring Forecast Blip to go with the Blipmap. For more detail see: http://www.drjack.info
SES Soaring Forecast Page This page has MANY links to National & Local forecasting resources.
*Weather Tips
For good Ridge conditions look for winds with a westerly component. The ridge tends to work best when the wind blows from the Northwest (between 260 and 360 degrees) from 10-15 mph.
For thermal lift check the Blipmaps, Thermal Index Report, or other sources for good soaring conditions.
