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Current events

02 Jun
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11 Jun 2023
2023 Trofeo Oltrepo
Voghera Rivanazzo,
ITA

FAI World and continental championships (CAT.1)

06 Jun
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17 Jun 2023
POSTPONED - 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
26 Aug
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02 Sep 2023
11th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship
Pavullo nel Frignano,
ITA
02 Dec
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16 Dec 2023
37th FAI World Gliding Championships
Narromine,
AUS

Other FAI-Sanctioned events (CAT.2)

04 Jun
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13 Jun 2023
2023 US Nationals
Cordele, GA,
USA
09 Jun
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17 Jun 2023
2023 Polish NAtionals
Grudziądz ,
POL
09 Jun
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17 Jun 2023
2023 Grudziadz Regional Championship
Grudziądz ,
POL
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
30 Jun
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08 Jul 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Stendal
Stendal,
GER
07 Jul
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15 Jul 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Rotenburg
Rotenburg,
GER
08 Jul
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15 Jul 2023
2023 Austrian Junior Nationals
Fürstenfeld,
AUT
13 Jul
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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
22 Jul
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29 Jul 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Burg Feuerstein
Feuerstein,
GER
28 Jul
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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
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05 Aug 2023
2023 Qualifikationsmeisterschaft Leverkusen
Leverkusen,
GER
02 Aug
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11 Aug 2023
2023 US Nationals
Waller,TX,
USA
12 Aug
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20 Aug 2023
2023 US Nationals
Dansville, NY ,
USA
15 Aug
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27 Aug 2023
2023 Polish Junior Nationals
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
15 Aug
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27 Aug 2023
2023 Ostrow Wlkp Glide - Polish Regional Championship
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL

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