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Simplifying the Sporting Code for Gliding: Parts 1 and 2 | |
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The Sporting Code Committee have updated Part 1 (minimum course distances) and have issued Part 2 (single OZ) of the Committees thoughts on Simplifying the Sporting Code. We appreciate the responses.... Read more... |
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New 2012 FAI Annual Report just out ! | |
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The FAI has released a new publication, the 2012 FAI Annual Report, designed to present the most notable achievements, developments, facts and challenges of the past year. It is meant to be a referenc.... Read more... |
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Simplifying the Sporting Code for Giding: Introduction | |
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At the 2013 IGC Plenary Meeting in Papendal the Sporting Code Committee put forward a discussion paper suggesting that it was time to make a radical revision of the Sporting Code for Gliding. This w.... Read more... |
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Agreements signed to promote aviation sports | |
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FAME, the marketing arm of FAI, the World Air Sports Federation has signed Memorandums of Understanding with the FAI Gliding Commission (IGC) and the FAI Hang-Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL).... Read more... |
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Sporting Code subcommittee requests feedback | |
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At the IGC Plenary meeting the Sporting Code committee put forward a discussion paper looking for suggestions to radically modernise and simplify the Sporting Code for gliding. Discussion paper Read more... |
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Current Events
| until 25 May 2013 | 2013 Vesivehmaa Open | Vesivehmaa (Finland) |
| until 25 May 2013 | 2013 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP | Rennes - Saint Sulpice (France) |
| until 26 May 2013 | 2013 Uppsala Masters - Swedish Nationals | Sundbro (Sweden) |
| until 25 May 2013 | 2013 Copa Pirineos | Santa Cilia - Los Pirineos (Spain) |
Upcoming Events
| 25 May 2013 | 2013 Austrian Multiclass Nationals | Nitra (Slovakia) |
| 25 May 2013 | 2013 Swiss Nationals | Amlikon Airfield (Switzerland) |
| 25 May 2013 | 2013 Belgian Nationals | Saint Hubert (Belgium) |
| 26 May 2013 | 2013 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP | Prievidza (Slovakia) |
| 07 June 2013 | 2013 Italian Nationals | Ferrara (Italy) |
| 08 June 2013 | 2013 Club Class Trophy | Räyskälä (Finland) |
| 08 June 2013 | 2013 Finnish Nationals | Räyskälä (Finland) |
| 08 June 2013 | 17th FAI European Gliding Championships | Vinon sur Verdon (France) |
| 22 June 2013 | 2013 Finnish Nationals | Teisko Airfield (Finland) |
| 29 June 2013 | 7th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship | Issoudun (France) |
Latest FAI World Record Claims
| 16 May 2013 | Gliding : Free distance using up to 3 turn points : 1555.4 km | Mathias Schunk (GER) |
| 14 March 2013 | Gliding : Speed over a triangular course of 100 km : 169.8 km/h | Uys Jonker (RSA) |
| 14 March 2013 | Gliding : Speed over a triangular course of 500 km : 169.8 km/h | Uys Jonker (RSA) |
| 20 December 2012 | Gliding : Free Distance : 1'403 km | Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) |
| 20 December 2012 | Gliding : Straight Distance to a Goal : 1'403 km | Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) |
| 25 November 2012 | Gliding : Free triangle distance : 1017.50 km | Allan John Barnes (AUS) |
| 25 November 2012 | Gliding : Free distance using up to 3 turn points : 1019.80 km | Allan John Barnes (AUS) |
