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Hang gliding competitions
(photo : Malbos/CIVL)
This Subcommittee assists, encourages and helps prospective organisers in any way it can. When a bid has been approved by the CIVL Plenary, the Subcommittee support the organiser in order to make the event as good as possible.
It discusses the local regulations and ensure that they comply with Sporting Code Section 7.
This Subcommittee is chaired by Dennis Pagen (USA).
Contact Dennis Pagen
Dennis started flying hang gliders in 1974, microlights in 1978 and paragliders in 1989. He currently flies all three forms of personal aircraft and has competed in hang gliding from 1975 until the present. He was national champion in 1978. He set up much of the instruction programs in the US and wrote the instructors manual for both hang gliding and paragliding. He taught hang gliding in the 70s, but now makes his living solely from the writing of books relating to the flying sports. Dennis has served as meet director in national meets as well as CIVL jury or steward member at multiple World Meets.
Members:
The IPPI Card
CIVL proficiency badges
CIVL proficiency badges are standards of achievement, intended to provide a graduated scale of difficulty to measure and encourage the development of a pilot’s flying skill, particularly in cross-country flying.
And The World Could Fly
...tells the story of how piloting for the masses became a possibility and then a reality. Edited by Stéphane Malbos and Noel Whittall, this new book is produced by the international Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL) to celebrate the centenary of FAI. [ read more ]