Links
This page offers a selection of links to other websites that are considered by the Northampton Microlight Club to be of interest to microlighters. All links open in new windows.
- Official and general interest
- Magazines
- Training and Experience
- Weather
- Historical interest
- Overseas
Official and general interest
British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA)
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
G-INFO - The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) register
NATS Aeronautical Information Service - NATS, AICs etc.
NATS Aeronautical Information Service - contingency for NATS bulletins should the NATS site become unserviceable.
Action for Airfields - Lobby group fighting for small airfields
Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting (CHIRP)
The National Private Pilots Licence (NPPL) Information Site
Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)
Red Arrows - flying displays and events
GPS/GLONASS - up-to-date information
The Microlight and Ultralight Aircraft Guide
Aerial Adventures - Paul Bass' website
Royal Aero Club - calendar of events
A Guide to Flying to France - a pilot's own adventure.
A Homebuilt Aircraft engine directory
Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society - at local airfield, Old Warden
Magazines
Training and Experience
BMAA - list of clubs and schools
Bedford Microlight Centre - school at Sandy, Bedfordshire offering training and air experience
Flylight Airsports - school at Sywell Aerodrome offering training and air experience
Nene Valley Microlights - school at Peterborough, Conington offering training and air experience
Microflights - school at Finmere Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire offering training and air experience
Weather
XCweather, winds (Snowdon Gliders)
Met office site, free weather information
Metcheck - site specifically designed for different sports
Great Doddington weather station
Historical
Harrington Airfield - local airfield used during WW2
Cranfield Airfield - history of Cranfield Airfield
Cranfield Airfield - more history
Overseas
Malta - aviation history and microlights
Warbirds Over Wanaka - spectacular New Zealand scenery