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FAI World and continental championships (CAT.1)

10 Jul
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24 Jul 2021
5th FAI Junior European Gliding Championships
Pociũnai, Kaunas,
LTU
07 Aug
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21 Aug 2021
36th FAI World Gliding Championships
Montluçon-Guéret,
FRA
04 Sep
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11 Sep 2021
2021 FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship
Chateau-Arnoux-St-Auban,
FRA

Other FAI-Sanctioned events (CAT.2)

02 Jan
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09 Jan 2021
2021 Australian State Competition (SA)
Waikerie,
AUS
07 Jan
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16 Jan 2021
2021 Australian Junior Nationals
Leeton,
AUS
13 Feb
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20 Feb 2021
2021 Australian 20m Two-Seater Nationals
Narromine,
AUS
04 Mar
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10 Mar 2021
2021 Australian State Competition (VIC)
Benalla,
AUS
13 Mar
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20 Mar 2021
2021 Australian MultiClass Nationals
Jondaryan,
AUS
02 May
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08 May 2021
2021 FAI Qualifying Sailplane Grand Prix
Rion des Landes,
FRA
13 May
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24 May 2021
2021 Championnat Régional Grand-Est
Nancy-Malzéville,
FRA
21 May
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30 May 2021
2021 Campionato Italiano di Promozione
Torino,
ITA
23 May
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29 May 2021
2021 Coupe du Ventoux - Challenge Hugo Girod
Carpentras,
FRA
23 May
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30 May 2021
2021 Trofeo Città di Torino - Campionato Italiano 20m biposto
Torino,
ITA
29 May
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05 Jun 2021
2021 Austrian Multiclass Nationals
St. Johann,
AUT
30 May
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05 Jun 2021
2021 Championnat de France Féminines
Bailleau,
FRA
30 May
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05 Jun 2021
2021 Championnat de France Standard 15 mètres Biplace 20m
Bailleau,
FRA
30 May
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05 Jun 2021
2021 Championnat Régional Nouvelle Aquitaine
Marmande,
FRA
11 Jun
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19 Jun 2021
2021 LII Campeonato Nacional de Vuelo a Vela
Garray,
ESP
12 Jun
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19 Jun 2021
2021 AAC Alpe Adria Cup
Feldkirchen,
AUT
20 Jun
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26 Jun 2021
2021 Championnat de France classes 18 mètres et Libre
Buno - Bonnevaux,
FRA
03 Jul
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10 Jul 2021
2021 Grimming-TAL
Niederöblarn,
AUT
04 Jul
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13 Jul 2021
2021 International Issoudun
Issoudun,
FRA
11 Jul
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17 Jul 2021
2021 Championnat de France Classe Club
Lille,
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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