Some motorgliding and general aviation links
1 Other motorgliding sites
www.cfiamerica.com
Club Fournier international – everything about Fournier motor gliders, complete with active and very useful discussion board.
http://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders
Auxiliary-powered Sailplane Association
http://www.touringmotorgliders.org/
Comprehensive US based TMG site with various dedicated forums and loads of information.
http://www.powerglidertaifun.com/
Site dedicated to the Taifun 17E motor glider.
http://www.ulf-2.de/
ULF 2 homebuit motorglider builder's blog (in German).
http://www.whisperaircraft.com/
The Whisper is a South African-designed modern composite motor glider available in kit form. Look under "Aircraft".
2 Gliding
SPAIN
http://www.fly-pyr.es/contentwk/es/
Santa Cilia Aerodrome near Jaca, in the Pyrinees
http://www.fuentemilanos.com/
Fuentemilanos airfield north of Madrid
http://www.clubloreto.com/
Santa Tomé airfield 100km north of Madrid. Home to an annual vintage glider meet.
GERMANY
http://www.segelflug.de/
segelflug.de – the home of German gliding. Also contains an excellent classifieds section ("Kleinanzeigen").
SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.sssa.org.za/
Soaring Society of South Africa
UK
http://www.gliding.co.uk/
British gliding association
US
http://www.ssa.org/
Soaring Society of America
3 Officialdom
https://www.seguridadaerea.gob.es/lang_castellano/particulares/general_y_deportiva/default.aspx
Spanish Civil Aviation Authority
https://ais.enaire.es/aip/
Spanish AIP
http://www.caa.co.za/
South African Civil Aviation Authority
http://www.faa.gov/
Federal Aviation Administration (US)
4 Manufacturers, spares suppliers etc
http://www.scheibe-aircraft.de/
Scheibe Aircraft – manufacturer of the Motor Falke
http://www.whisperaircraft.com/
South African designed homebuilt motor glider
http://www.pipistrel.si/
Pipistrel motor gliders (Slovenia)
http://www.limflug.de/
Limbach Flugmotoren – spares, maintenance etc, Very helpful bunch of people in my experience. Recently relaunched with new investors.
http://www.sauer-flugmotorenbau.de/
Sauer Flugmotoren – spares, maintenance etc
http://www.rotax-aircraft-engines.com/desktopdefault.aspx
Rotax
http://www.sammet-ltb.de/
German aviation parts supplier
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/
Aircraft Spruce – “Everything for Planes & Pilots”
http://www.lasaero.com/site/
LAS – UK parts supplier
http://www.beetle-factory-shop.de/
German online supplier for air-cooled VW parts.
http://www.wmtonline.eu/
WTM Maintenance Technik AG (custom made hoses, magneto overhauls, etc)
5 For sale pages
https://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds
Gliders & motor gliders for sale (mostly US)
www.segelflug.de/osclass/
Segelflug.de classified pages – probable the biggest glider & motor glider market in the world. Speaking German is an advantage.
http://www.globalplanesearch.com/search?gpsq=motor+gliders
Motor gliders worldwide
http://barnstormers.com/
We can always dream …
6 Weather
http://www.flyingineurope.be/aviation_weather_maps.htm
Comprehensive aviation page for Europe (weather, notams, airport info etc etc).
http://sat24.com/
Real time satellite imagery
7 Notams
https://notaminfo.com/
Notams in graphical format - register for free and configure the area you are interested in
https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/
FAA NOTAMS (Worldwide)
http://www.flyingineurope.be/notam_decode.htm
How to decode NOTAMS
8 Forums for aviation addicts
http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/message.htm
List of 100s of forums
http://www.avcom.co.za
Lively South African aviation forum
http://www.pprune.org/
Professional Pilots’ Rumour Network
http://forum.keypublishing.com/
http://www.aviationbanter.com/
http://sbeaver.com/cgi-bin/fournier/cutecast.pl?session=sRLX5m2pfAIIm6vdHRxccA4EAW&action=&forum=&thread=&user=&query=&msgid=&page=&sort=&do=&key=&others=
Active Fournier motorglider forum on the CFI America site, with a lot of information also applicable to the Motorfalke.
9 Navigation software
http://www.lk8000.it/
LK8000 – excellent free navigation software optimised for gliders – runs on HP314 and other street navigation GPS units.
www.cfiamerica.com
Club Fournier international – everything about Fournier motor gliders, complete with active and very useful discussion board.
http://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders
Auxiliary-powered Sailplane Association
http://www.touringmotorgliders.org/
Comprehensive US based TMG site with various dedicated forums and loads of information.
http://www.powerglidertaifun.com/
Site dedicated to the Taifun 17E motor glider.
http://www.ulf-2.de/
ULF 2 homebuit motorglider builder's blog (in German).
http://www.whisperaircraft.com/
The Whisper is a South African-designed modern composite motor glider available in kit form. Look under "Aircraft".
2 Gliding
SPAIN
http://www.fly-pyr.es/contentwk/es/
Santa Cilia Aerodrome near Jaca, in the Pyrinees
http://www.fuentemilanos.com/
Fuentemilanos airfield north of Madrid
http://www.clubloreto.com/
Santa Tomé airfield 100km north of Madrid. Home to an annual vintage glider meet.
GERMANY
http://www.segelflug.de/
segelflug.de – the home of German gliding. Also contains an excellent classifieds section ("Kleinanzeigen").
SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.sssa.org.za/
Soaring Society of South Africa
UK
http://www.gliding.co.uk/
British gliding association
US
http://www.ssa.org/
Soaring Society of America
3 Officialdom
https://www.seguridadaerea.gob.es/lang_castellano/particulares/general_y_deportiva/default.aspx
Spanish Civil Aviation Authority
https://ais.enaire.es/aip/
Spanish AIP
http://www.caa.co.za/
South African Civil Aviation Authority
http://www.faa.gov/
Federal Aviation Administration (US)
4 Manufacturers, spares suppliers etc
http://www.scheibe-aircraft.de/
Scheibe Aircraft – manufacturer of the Motor Falke
http://www.whisperaircraft.com/
South African designed homebuilt motor glider
http://www.pipistrel.si/
Pipistrel motor gliders (Slovenia)
http://www.limflug.de/
Limbach Flugmotoren – spares, maintenance etc, Very helpful bunch of people in my experience. Recently relaunched with new investors.
http://www.sauer-flugmotorenbau.de/
Sauer Flugmotoren – spares, maintenance etc
http://www.rotax-aircraft-engines.com/desktopdefault.aspx
Rotax
http://www.sammet-ltb.de/
German aviation parts supplier
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/
Aircraft Spruce – “Everything for Planes & Pilots”
http://www.lasaero.com/site/
LAS – UK parts supplier
http://www.beetle-factory-shop.de/
German online supplier for air-cooled VW parts.
http://www.wmtonline.eu/
WTM Maintenance Technik AG (custom made hoses, magneto overhauls, etc)
5 For sale pages
https://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds
Gliders & motor gliders for sale (mostly US)
www.segelflug.de/osclass/
Segelflug.de classified pages – probable the biggest glider & motor glider market in the world. Speaking German is an advantage.
http://www.globalplanesearch.com/search?gpsq=motor+gliders
Motor gliders worldwide
http://barnstormers.com/
We can always dream …
6 Weather
http://www.flyingineurope.be/aviation_weather_maps.htm
Comprehensive aviation page for Europe (weather, notams, airport info etc etc).
http://sat24.com/
Real time satellite imagery
7 Notams
https://notaminfo.com/
Notams in graphical format - register for free and configure the area you are interested in
https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/
FAA NOTAMS (Worldwide)
http://www.flyingineurope.be/notam_decode.htm
How to decode NOTAMS
8 Forums for aviation addicts
http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/message.htm
List of 100s of forums
http://www.avcom.co.za
Lively South African aviation forum
http://www.pprune.org/
Professional Pilots’ Rumour Network
http://forum.keypublishing.com/
http://www.aviationbanter.com/
http://sbeaver.com/cgi-bin/fournier/cutecast.pl?session=sRLX5m2pfAIIm6vdHRxccA4EAW&action=&forum=&thread=&user=&query=&msgid=&page=&sort=&do=&key=&others=
Active Fournier motorglider forum on the CFI America site, with a lot of information also applicable to the Motorfalke.
9 Navigation software
http://www.lk8000.it/
LK8000 – excellent free navigation software optimised for gliders – runs on HP314 and other street navigation GPS units.
