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Pilot selection for the test events of the World Air Games, the most prestigious and extensive aerial contest in the world, is now underway. If you believe you are a contender and you meet the qualification criteria, then contact us straight away – especially if you have experience of Hang Gliding Speed Gliding and Hang Gliding Aerobatics. See below for details.

CIVL is responsible for selecting and inviting the pilots in four of the 26 individual discipline competitions: Hang gliding Aerobatics, Hang gliding Speed Gliding; Paragliding Aerobatics (solo & synchro) and Paragliding Accuracy. These four test events will take place from18 to 20th August, 2008, at Avigliana, Italy. Selection criteria are available on the FAI WAG website: http://www.worldairgames.org/2009 Full event details are on the organiser’s website (now in English as well as Italian): http://www.wag2009.com/eng/

The CIVL online database of pilots, competitions and results which includes pilots and nations ranking system has just been enhanced with the option of including photographs of pilots. Check out the Womens' Paragliding ranking

http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=329&ladder_id=3&ranking_date=2007-08-01&
or Paragliding Nations ranking
http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=328&ladder_id=3&ranking_date=2007-08-01&
to give you an idea of how it will look.

In July the sad news about the loss of Angelo Crapanzano reached us. The world will miss this very special and great man. Angelo meant much to the hang gliding world.

For the next edition of the World Air Games the FAI has decided to go for a new and more media concentrated and media friendly set up of the event.
The event for approximately 20 different air sport disciplines should be:
· organised at (or close to) one location
· one week duration
· focused on media and public friendly air sport disciplines
· attended by the top pilots of the air sports

Following the recent announcement that France has been awarded the FAI World Hang Gliding Championships in 2009, the Organiser Agreement was signed on 7 April on the Montagne de Chabre at a veritable Presidential Summit!