The Cloudbase Club’s Useful Links
You may have noticed that the popular ‘useful links’ page has gone when updating our website. Fear not, here it is in all it’s glory;
These are some links to sites that you may find useful:
General
Redhill Aerodrome – www.redhillaerodrome.com
The British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA) – www.bmaa.org
Weather
Met Office aviation briefing services
Met Office UK weather and a direct link to their south east England forecast page
METARs in plain English – Covers the UK, France, and some major European cities
Meteox – European weather radar
Google Maps-based sunrise and sunset calculator by David Morrissey
XC Weather – great site with animated weather reports and decoded METARs for the UK, France and Germany
Planning
NATS Aeronautical Information Service
Lightweight UK-only version of the SkyDemon planning tool in association with NATS
French flight planning – Olivia – OnLine Integrated tool for Visualization of Information for Airmen
Miscellaneous
See How It Flies – definitive online book on the theory and practice of flying
GASIL – UK General Aviation Safety Information Leaflet. Some good stuff, but often spoiled by the patronising editorial tone
Australian Ultralight Federation groundschool pages – lots of useful flying theory. They fly upside down, but otherwise applicable
Happy Flying!
