Links and adresses on high Montain Flying and Glacier Landing
| Meteo | |
| Snow and Avalanche Research | New snow accumulations 1 day 3 day |
| Snow heigt at 2000m | |
| Map of avalanche hazards | |
| Meteo SMI | Forecast for aviation waether go to Beruf and Aviatik ID: aviatik password: meteoswiss german only |
| Forecast charts Bolam 6.5km resol. | I recommend: wind forecast 700 hPa FL 100 / wind forecast 500 hPa FL 180 |
| Forecast charts Lilam 10Km resol. | I recommend: longrange wind forecast 500 hPa FL 180 |
| Switzerland | |
| Seeholzer Air | Jakob Seeholzer and his daughter Diana flys you with two Cessna 185 from Triengen airfield to the most spectacluar glaciers in the Swiss Alps. |
| Senic Air | Passenger Glacier Flights from Reichenbach airflield mainly to the glaciers in the Bernes and Valais Alps. PC 6 or Maule M7 |
| Flying Devil | Passenger Galcier Flights with Pilatus PC 6 up to 7 passengers at the time executed mainly from Saanen by Ueli Rösti. |
| Gletscherflugschule Flubag | Glacier Flight school Flubag where you learn all the basics about Glacier Landings and high Mountain Flying. With a expirenced flight instructor you may do your own landings on some glaciers even if you dont intend to become a licensed glacier pilote. Tel +41 41 930 18 66 |
| Rösti Ueli | He his the Ikon of Glacier Flying based in Saanen. He as well as his son Thomas are flying you and even biger groupes and materials with his Pilatus PC 6 to any Glacier in Switzerland. Tel +41 33 744 40 25 |
| Schär Paul | One of the only two Glacier Flying examiners in Switzerland . He is flying with his Piper Cub in good weather every day from the Jungfrau Joch in summer and from Männlichen above Wengen in winter time. Tel +41 31 819 55 11 |
| Air Club Yverdon | The Air Club Yverdon-les Bains is owning a Piper Super Cub on which you may be instructed to gain a Swiss glacier pilote licens. |
| FGZO | Sports Flight Groupe at Speck airflield doing Glacier Flights. |
| PAF-Fluggruppe LSZF | Some daring pilots of that groupe located at Birrfeld airfield are flying with HB-SEH from Saanen to many of our beautiful glaciers. They dedicated a part of there page to this exciting experience. |
| GVMG | Groupe de vol montagne et glacier à Sion. Our friends from the French part of Switzerland. Many beautiful pictures on that site. |
| Pictures by Nils Kramer | Nils documented a passenger flight to the glacier of Tsanfleuront. Very nice pictures! |
| Pictures by André Locher | Marvelous aerial views of the Swiss Alpes by André Locher. |
| USA | |
| Faa high mountain flying | By Denver Air Trafic Controll Center for the Faa coached site about air safety in mountain terrains. |
| mountainflying.com | Private site about Mountain Flying in the USA. |
| mountaincanyonflying | Mountain and Canyoning Flying in Idaho USA. |
| Doug Geeting Aviation | Glacier landings by Doug arround Denali National Park Alaska. |
| Talkeetna Air Taxi | Sight seeing fligths from Talkeetna to Mt. McKinley and Denali National Park |
| Alaska Sky Treking | Chuck Wirschem is flying skiplanes like Cessna 185s und Piper Super Cub from Anchorage Alaska. |
| In
memoriam of Bob Munro |
unbelievable but true! Bob Munro, founder of Kenmore Air Harbor executed glacier landings with his Beaver not on skies but on floats. |
| www.supercub.org | All about Super Cub the best bush and glacier plane ever. On Steve Johnson page you will find hundereds of excellent pictures and a wide discussion area. |
| Canada | |
| Yukon-Wings
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Yukon Wings Ltd. in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada offers glacier flying check-outs in the Coast Mountains of Yukon and British Columbia utilizing the Cessna 180 and 185. Please note that they also offer float check-outs in summer with a package that includes return airfare from Germany. |
| France | |
| AFPM | Association française des pilotes de montagne. Offical site for the French Glacier Pilotes Assocation. Many nice pictures. |
| Vol montagne | Large very informative private page of Jean-Pierre Ebrard, whom I have the privilege to know personally. Jean-Pierre is mountain flying and glacier landing instructor and the webmaster of the official AFPM page as well. Many nice pictures of French altiports, altisurfaces, glaciers and glacier pilotes. |
| Vol moteur en montagne Back on web |
Roger Etiennes intersting site on high Montain Flying in France with different pictures of the French altiportes and mountain airflields. |
| 130.00 La fréquence montagne | Very detailled site of the French PilotWeb about Mountain Flying in France. The mountain radio frequence in France is 130.00 while in Switzerland 130.350 |
| Michel Caplain | Private site with many pictures and many statements in favor of Glacier Landings. |
| Michel
Caplains picture
gallery |
Spectacular pictures of the awe-some French alps. Very much recommended. |
| In memoriam Henri Giraud | The aeronautical legend of France. Mountain flying and glacier landings were his life. He counted over 40 000 flight hours in his book. |
| Italy | |
| AIPAM | Assoziationi Italiana di piloti alta montagna. Offical site for the Italian mountain flyiers. |
| New Zealand | |
| Mount Cook Skiplanes Aeroaki Aero Company |
Both companys fly with Pilatus PC 6 and Cessna 185 to the glaciers of Mount Cook National Park and Westland National Park. |
| would you like to link my page, please use the pictures on the rigth. I truely would love it! |
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| please let me know more interesting sites on this subject |