Topa Flyers
Hang Gliding in Ventura County, California
Year round cross-country flying is possible at a variety of sites
scattered throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. These
are described in an on line
site guide which can be interfaced through a clickable
area map.
Hang gliding instruction is available at
Fly Away
hang gliding school in Santa Barbara.
Additional information (heavy on PG) about Santa Barbara
flying can be found at
FlyAboveAll.
Phone number for windtalker on La Cumbre
Peak is (805) 963-4422.
RAP Forecast Soundings
- These are short term forecasts of the atmospheric profile you can expect
at various flying sites at the actual time you will be flying. They are based on the
RAP weather model from NOAA/NCEP. I provide
these forecasts for the following sites:
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Santa Barbara,
Pine Mtn,
Black Hawk,
Lone Pine,
Bishop,
Guadalajara
Or submit request for location not listed above. See map of station IDs.
Location may be Name, "lat,lon" or RAOB-WMO-ID. For instance,
"ABQ" or "34.97,-106.43" or "72365" will all return a sounding forecast for
Albequerque, NM. Forecasts for locations outside the
CONUS grid
are based on the GFS weather model. See the NOAA RAP sounding page.
Upper Air Soundings
- I've written some scripts which download the 12Z and 00Z rawinsonde data every day
and plot it up in a format more intelligible to most pilots than the
Stuve or Skew-T plots. Tell me if you have any sites you'd like me to add.
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Vandenberg,
San Diego,
Oakland,
Medford
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Tuscon,
Flagstaff,
Albequerque,
Boise,
Denver,
Grand Junction,
Salt Lake City,
Reno,
Riverton
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Topeka,
Grand Rapids,
Norman OK,
Dodge City KS,
Midland Regional TX,
Amarillo
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Sterling VA,
Blackburg VA,
Pittsburgh
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Wroclaw PL,
Legionowo PL
Or submit request for station not listed above. See map of station IDs.
Other Useful Stuff
Dr. Jack's BLIPMAPS:
Forecast
Univiewer
RASP
Help & Info
Windy.com
XCSkies
misc weather links.
Peruse and place ads for used hang gliding or paragliding
equipment. Database of hang glider models
will tell you what's what.
Contact Information
For more information about the Topa Flyers or local flying you can contact: