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FAI World and continental championships (CAT.1)

06 Jun
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17 Jun 2023
4th FAI Pan-American Gliding Championship
Hutchinson, Kansas,
USA
01 Jul
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15 Jul 2023
12th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship
Garray,
ESP
29 Jul
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12 Aug 2023
21st FAI European Gliding Championships
Leszno,
POL
30 Jul
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12 Aug 2023
6th FAI Junior European Gliding Championships
Arnborg,
DEN
02 Dec
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16 Dec 2023
37th FAI World Gliding Championships
Narromine,
AUS

Other FAI-Sanctioned events (CAT.2)

07 Apr
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15 Apr 2023
2023 Pribina Cup
Nitra,
SVK
28 Apr
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01 May 2023
2023 RM Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen,
SUI
29 Apr
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06 May 2023
2023 Kitzbüheler Alpen Pokal
St. Johann,
AUT
06 May
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14 May 2023
2023 _Other
Birrfeld,
SUI
10 Jun
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17 Jun 2023
2023 AAC Alpe Adria Cup
Feldkirchen,
AUT
10 Jun
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17 Jun 2023
2023 AAC Alpe Adria Cup
Feldkirchen,
AUT
24 Jun
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01 Jul 2023
2023 Austrian Multiclass Nationals
Mariazell,
AUT
08 Jul
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15 Jul 2023
2023 Austrian Junior Nationals
Fürstenfeld,
AUT

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

More info about SGP