SEAT members rely heavily on the internet for research, communication, buying & selling gear. Here are some of our favourites:

LSF Australia (League of Silent Flight Australia; a fraternity of glider pilots)

Jo Grini (Norwegian sailplane enthusiast and prolific blogger; mostly about exoitc composite models)

RCSD (Radio-Controlled Soaring Digest; published monthly, a free on-line publication with high-quality content)

Heathcoate Soaring League (Like-minded flyers in Sydney, Australia)

RCsoaringOZ (forum for Australian RC glider pilots)

Phoenix Flyers of Launceston (mostly powered aircraft, highly regarded scale & aerobatic modellers)

rcgroups.com (US hosted chat forum with high-level international participation)

Modelflight (Australian retailer with global reach of top-end gliders & equipment;)

Airstrike (Australia retailer of high-end gliders & accessories)

Falcon Gliders (Australian retailer of high-end slope/F3X gliders)

Sailplanes Aus (Australian retailer of high-end gliders)

SoaringUSA (retailers based in US with top-notch service & products)

Dave Jones R/C trading page (Australian buy and sell web site; top-end gliders featured)

North West Aeromodellers Inc. (powered & glider flyers par excellence)

Tower Hobbies (highly effective e-store, 1000s of items ships worldwide)

Southern Model Sailplane Association (Tas) Inc (our Southern Tasmanian colleagues)

espritmodel.com (glider & electric web-based retailer of exotica; Eastern Europe product)

ThePlanPage (free plans for the free flight practitioner)

MAAA (Model Aeronautical Association of Australia)

TMAA (Tasmanian Model Aeronautical Association)

Kontrol Freak (Tim Lennon makes the finest battery packs; get them here!)

Aircraft-World (based in Japan, purveyor of fine glider accessories; towhooks & control horns)

Vacuum Pump Info ( if you need to modify a fridge pump to generate vacuum for making moulded models)