Join up, go fly.

• United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association - Your first stop - the national organization for foot-launched soaring in the United States. Find a school or instructor, get new pilot's information.
• Arizona Hang Gliding Association - The Phoenix-area USHGA chapter.
• Rio Grande Soaring Association - The Alamogordo, NM USHGA chapter.
• Tucson Powered Paragliding - no hill required!
• Arizona Powered Paragliding - Phoenix-based organization dedicated to promoting safe, responsible and fun PPG flying.

Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

• The USHPA's Introductory Flying Information web site
• Wikipedia entry for Paragliding
• Wikipedia entry for Hang Gliding
• All about Hang Gliding - a great web resource for prospective pilots.
• World Records for hang gliding and paragliding. See how far, how high, how long you can go!
• How Hang Gliding works - a great non-technical introduction to hang gliding at the excellent "How Stuff Works" web site.

No scantily-clad centerfolds (usually) but worth checking out.

• Cross Country Magazine - On-line edition of an english-language european magazine with world-wide distribution.
• The OZ Report - news, views and gossip by Davis Straub.

Spend your money on the important things in life: flying, for one.

• Wills Wing - manufacturer of hang gliders and distributor of paragliders.
• High Energy Sports - manufacturer of hang gliding harnesses and reserve parachutes for hang gliding and paragliding.
• Harry and the Hang Glider, an excellent child's book written by SAHGA member Randy Kerchill.

Guess the weather with the professionals.

• The Arizona soaring forecast from NOAA, exactly as read by the Prescott automated Flight Service Station
• The Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS). Check the graphical Winds/Temps aloft page to find ot if it's going to be blowing in on launch tomorrow!
• Dr. Jack's BLIPMAPS (Boundary Layer Information Prediction Maps). Graphical thermal soaring forecasts.

Like a community bulletin board, with conversations arranged in groups of messages. A great way to meet people in the sport!

• The SAHGA message board is the club message board. Use it to find out the latest on when and where we're flying, club news, meetings and special events.
• The Arizona Hang Glider Association message board is a great Phoenix-area resource for PG and HG pilots.
• The eGroups Hang-Gliding list supports email, digest and web access. You'll need to register to post messages. This is a very high message volume list, so you may want to set the digest option (packages of postings rather than individual emails) or use web access. Everything about hang gliding and a lot that's not. Outspoken, opinionated, often political and sometimes profane. A number of hang gliding image files to download, too!
• The Tucson Powered Paragliding message board is a great local resource for those with an interest in powered paragliders.
• The AZPPG bulletin board is the message board of the Arizona PPG club.
• The eGroups Rigid Wing list is a list oriented towards rigid wing hang glider pilots.