Gliding competition information

Some of the pilots in the sport of gliding take part in gliding competitions. These are usually racing competitions, but there are also aerobatic contests...

competitive pilots fly in races around pre-defined courses. These gliding competitions test pilots' abilities to make best use of local weather conditions...

The World Gliding Championships (WGC) is a gliding competition held roughly every two years by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly...

Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust; the term volplaning also refers to this mode of flight in animals. It is employed...

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most...

Competition classes in gliding, as in other sports, mainly exist to ensure fairness in competition. However the classes have not been targeted at fostering...

The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years. Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at...

The Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix 2009 was the sixth qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMoTQH-RpZw...

The FAI Australian Grand Prix 2008 was the fifth qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2008. v t e...

qualifying competition for the FAI Sailplane Grand Prix, a world gliding competition, has been held every second year since 2006. "Ulster Gliding Club Wavelength...

German Institute for Gliding (DFS). In 1932, flying his self-built glider Condor I, he won a first prize at the Rhön Glider Competition. Dittmar then became...

Gliding at the 1936 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. The sport of gliding had been developed in Germany in the 1920s but had spread widely by...

Champion, FAI world leading glider competition pilot (as of 2023, number one in the world rankings of the FAI Gliding Commission) and the current World...

FAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championships are gliding competitions promoted by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) for gliders that are both...

for gliding competitions, using a new PSU–90–125 airfoil, designed by Maughmer specifically for the winglet application. At the 1991 World Gliding Championships...

qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2009. Because the usage of handicaps is not allowed in the Grand Prix style of competitions, only...

the largest hang gliding company in the world and developed the sport of long distance hang gliding competition. The UP competition flight team won 7...

The Romanian Qualifying Grand Prix 2011 is the first qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2010–2011 that took place in Romania....

a German glider originally built in 1938 for the 1940 Olympics gliding competition MS Phocine, a ferry formerly named MS Merle A Crusader fort near...

qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011. Because the usage of handicaps is not allowed in the Grand Prix style of competitions, only...

The Torino Grand Prix was the first qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2008. It was a demonstration event for the World Air Games...

was a German glider designed by Georg Madelung for the 1921 Rhön gliding competition, which was held at the Wasserkuppe from 8 August to 25 August 1921...

17th European Gliding Championships took place in 2013 in Vinon-sur-Verdon, France (8 June – 21 June) and in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland (5 July – 20...

The University of Nottingham Gliding Club (UoN Gliding) is the gliding club of the University of Nottingham. The aim of the club is to provide affordable...

(Deutschlandhalle) 1938: winner of German national gliding competition Sylt-Breslau Silesia 1939: women's world record in gliding for point-to-point flight. 1943: While...