Sailplane Grand Prix Newsletter 3 (23.08.2006)

Dear Colleagues,

With Three Qualifying Grand Prix events now completed, the pilots qualified to fly in the 2007 World Sailplane Grand Prix are:

  • Ben Flewett, New Zealand
  • Giorgio Galetto, Italy,
  • Herbert Weiss, Germany
  • Petr Krejcirik, Czech Republic
  • Vladimir Panafutin Russia,
  • Tim McAllister, USA.

My congratulations to these qualifiers.

Some statistics: if we include the current QGP at the Hahnweide, pilots from 16 nations have entered in these four events, including a number of female competitors, and a total of 60 pilots have now flown a Grand Prix in 2006.

The details of the remaining Qualifying Grand Prix events for 2006 are:

Country Site Class Dates
Australia Gawler TBA Dec 30, 06 - Jan 6, 07
South Africa Bloemfontein 15 Meter Dec 3 - Dec 9
France St. Auban 15 Meter Sept 3 - Sept 9
United Kingdom Cambridge 15 Meter Sept 4 - Sept 9


Country Contact
Australia Terry Cubley
South Africa Riaan Bezuidenhout
France Fontin Brigitte
United Kingdom Brian Spreckley



Bob Henderson President,
IGC August 23rd, 2006.

Check out dates and results of the events, list of qualified pilots, rules etc at http://www.fai.org/gliding/sgp