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Other FAI-Sanctioned events (CAT.2)

07 Jul
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15 Jul 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Rotenburg
Rotenburg,
GER
07 Jul
-
15 Jul 2023
2023 International Issoudun
Issoudun,
FRA
08 Jul
-
15 Jul 2023
2023 Austrian Junior Nationals
Fürstenfeld,
AUT
08 Jul
-
16 Jul 2023
2023 T Cup
Touzim,
CZE
09 Jul
-
15 Jul 2023
2023 Championnat Régional PACA
Vinon sur Verdon,
FRA
09 Jul
-
15 Jul 2023
2023 Championnat Départemental Lot-et-Garonne
Marmande,
FRA
13 Jul
-
23 Jul 2023
2023 Polish Nationals
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
13 Jul
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23 Jul 2023
2023 preJWGC Ostrow Glide
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
13 Jul
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23 Jul 2023
2023 Ostrow Wlkp Glide - Polish Regional Championship
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
15 Jul
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22 Jul 2023
2023 Les 8 jours de Fontainebleau
Moret,
FRA
16 Jul
-
22 Jul 2023
2023 Championnat Inter-régional Junior Sud-Ouest
Condom,
FRA
16 Jul
-
22 Jul 2023
2023 Championnat Interrégional Junior Sud-Est
Challes-les-Eaux,
FRA
22 Jul
-
29 Jul 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Burg Feuerstein
Feuerstein,
GER
22 Jul
-
30 Jul 2023
2023 Highland Gliding Cup
Letnany Airport,
CZE
23 Jul
-
29 Jul 2023
2023 Championnat de France Classe Club
Buno,
FRA
28 Jul
-
05 Aug 2023
2023 Grudziadz Regional Championship
Grudziądz ,
POL
28 Jul
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04 Aug 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Landau
Landau,
GER
29 Jul
-
05 Aug 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Leverkusen
Leverkusen,
GER
29 Jul
-
05 Aug 2023
2023 Championnat Départemental Morbihan
ploërmel Loyat,
FRA
30 Jul
-
05 Aug 2023
2023 Championnat Interrégional Nouvelle-Aquitaine Centre-Val de Loire
Chauvigny,
FRA

Gliding

The FAI Gliding Commission (IGC) conducts FAI's gliding activities, in particular World Records and International Competitions with the exception of glider aerobatics.

Gliding involves engineless aircraft that move by use of raising air known as thermals, which are cause by the sun heating the ground which in turn heats the air above it; after locating a thermal, a glider pilot will circle within the area of rising air to gain height. Other types of rising air include ridge lift, mountain waves and convergences of different air masses.

International Championships are run all over the world. Pilots selected on the basis of their results in competitions at home can enter biennial FAI European Gliding Championships which alternate with World Championships. In an European Championships year, there are also separate World Championships for Junior pilots, up to their 26th birthday year and for female pilots. The separate female competitions were established not to discriminate but to encourage women to take their flying further as many fail to do due to the demands of family and other duties.

The FAI Sailplane Grand Prix sees the world's best glider pilots compete in the Final after qualifying from events around the world. Races have a simple regatta start and a first-over-the-line finish, and are designed to be exciting for spectators and raise gliding's profile in the media; GPS technology enable spectators to follow aircrafts' progress live on the internet.

 

FAI Sailplane Grand Prix

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