Useful Links
Weather
Queenstown webcam
Zoom in on the airport or the Remarks
Airways
Preflight planning weather etc, great for upper wind prediction (free
registration)
On-line weather stations and more
See actual conditions
DOC
Check out the good maps
NZ Met Service
Brian's weather links
BOM
Aussie weather maps (covers NZ)
Local Met expert David Crow's forecast
Usually updated about 11am
Victoria University
One of the best when its on-line!
MetFlight
The CAA's service for licenced pilots
Lake Wanaka Web cam
Looks like it points west...
WeatherZone in Oz
Predictions of what's west and heading this way...
Southland weather station
NOAA Hi Res satellite
Look out for wave clouds etc, search the archive too
Wunderground
This shows the Jetstream over Oz + NZ
NOAA "READY"
Enter your lat (-45) and long (170) to get the modelled sounding for stability,
inversions etc
Gliding
New Zealand Gliding Association
New Zealand Gliding Forum
Local discussion
Wikipedia for gliders, detailed info on many popular types
More gliding stuff
A Sailplane Directory
Archive of Dick Johnson flight reports
Very good facts on many common gliders
Gliding Magazine
Good site...worth a look
PIK-20 site
PW5 site
Links to everything Gliding
Gliderforum, good discussion
Some tips on learning to glide
The training syllabus for glider pilots
New students please read!
South Canterbury club (Wardells info)
Southern Soaring
Nelson Gliding club
General Aviation
CAA
Aircraft Wikipedia
Heaps to lookup here
Landings
...heaps of info here!
How things fly
...lots of theory
RAANZ
Microlight association
RNZAC
NZ Aeroclubs
Local District
Harriers
The local running/walking group
Misc