Hang Gliding resources on the Internet

Contents 1 Dealers 1.1 Assorted Glider Gear 1.2 Glider Manufacturers 1.3 Harnesses 1.4 Helmets 1.5 Parachutes 1.6 Variometers 2 Online Communities 3 Clubs, Associations 4 Used Gear, Classifieds

Dealers

Assorted Glider Gear

• Finsterwalder & Charly
• Just Fly
• Aviation Depot/Mojos Gear
• Wills Wing

* Waterproof Hang Gliding Bags

Glider Manufacturers

• Aeriane (Belgian) - Makers of Swift
• Aeros (Ukraine), US site
• AIR - Aeronatic Innovation Rühle (German) - Makers of Atos rigid wing
• Airborne (Australian)
• Airwave (British), stopped building hang gliders
• Avian (British)
• Bautek (German, no longer developing new wings, apparently now working together with Wills Wings)
• Drachenflugbau Guggenmos (German)
• Ellipse (French)
• Finsterwalder (German), US site - makers of ultra short pack gliders (Fex series)
• ICARO (Italian)
• Ikarus (German)
• Impuls Flugdrachen (German)
• La mouette (French), may no longer produce hang gliders - former makers of legendary Atlas
• Moyes (Australian)
• North Wing Design (US)
• Quasar (New Zealand)
• Seedwings (USA, started and still owned by Bob Trampeneau, maker of legendary "Sensor")
• Seedwings Europe (Seedwings Europe is no longer affiliated with the US company)
• Tecma (French)
• Ulteam (French)
• UP (USA)
• Wills Wing (USA)

Harnesses

• FlyAeros
• High Energy Sports
• Wills Wing
• Woody Valley
• Rotor

Helmets

• Charly Helmets
• Icaro Helmets

Parachutes

• High Energy Sports
• Metamorfosi (US distributor posts here as Saltoricco)
• Wills Wing

Variometers

• Bräuniger
• Flytec
• Digifly
• Aircotec

Online Communities

• HangGliding.org
• The Oz Report
• A source for manuals and HG make/model descriptions

Clubs, Associations

• Germany:
  • Deutscher Hängegleiter Verband (DHV) (national association)
  • Drachen- und Gleitschirmflieger Werdenfels e.V (Bayern)
• Switzerland:
  • Schweizerische Hängegleiter-Verband (SHV) (national association}
• United States of America:
  • Chelan Flyers (Lake Chelan, WA)
  • Cloudbase Country Club (Washington)
  • Crestline Soaring Society
  • Desert Air Riders (Central Oregon, they say "paragliding" but there are also hang glider pilots involved)
  • North Texas (North Texas Hang gliding and Paragliding Association)
  • Oregon Hang Gliding Assocation (Oregon)
  • Rocky Mountain Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association
  • Rogue Valley Hang gliding and Paragliding Association (Oregon)
  • West Coast Soaring Club (Paragliding and Hang Gliding in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley)

Used Gear, Classifieds

• Free picture classifieds on HangGliding.org (probably the largest classifieds listing)
• Free classifieds listing at OzReport
• DHV (German HG/PG ass.) classifieds
• Used gear at Oregon flight school
• Classifieds of Cloudbase Country Club, WA
• Aerosports.net used inventory
• TekFlight used gear
• Wallaby Ranch used gear listing
• Classifieds of San Bernadino's Crestline Soaring Society
• Used hang gliding gear link list
• West Coast Soaring Club classifieds