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Sebastian Kawa and Sebastian Kot Lampart Fly Over K2
Sebastian Kawa and Sebastian Kot Lampart were the first people to fly over the summit of K2 in a glider on 20 July 2024.
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Jim Payne - World Altitude Record Holder talks to Gliding News
Jim Payne is the World Altitude Record holder in a sailplane and Chief Pilot of the Perlan Project. Jim has beaten his own numerous records several times flying the Perlan 2. Jim was a US Air force pilot, test pilot and test pilot instructor. He was a consultant to NASA and…
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Gliding in the French Alps
Flying the 'Royal Way', a designated airspace route across des Ecrins National Park. By Sean Young One of the great things about gliding is the opportunity to fly in locations around the world with a variety of soaring conditions. Early on in my gliding career I had a few…
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The Apennine Way Sailplane Grand Prix Finals Pavullo Italy
Flying over the Apennines near Pavullo. By Sean Young The final competition of Series 11 Sailplane Grand Prix took place at the small town of Pavullo Nel Frignano, nestled in the Northern Apennine Mountains near the cities of Modena and Bologna, Italy. After a series of contest…
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NSW Coaching week - Flying With the Best
Flying with Allan Barnes in lead and follow. By Sean Young The NSW Coaching week was delayed from November to February due to the continuing ‘big wet’ in Eastern Australia. The new timing of the course turned out to be perfect. As the date approached, the weather pattern changed…
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Two-Up in Hungary - World Gliding Championships Szeged
Allan Barnes and Harry Medlicott landiing the Arcus at Szeged. By Allan Barnes and Sean Young Sean Young - Good Weather but Challenging Circumstances The World Gliding Championships in 20m multi-seat, 18m and Open Classes was held at Szeged in the south of Hungary near the…
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Gawler 2001: the introduction of Club Class WGC and Grand Prix
In the late 1990s, Australia submitted a bid to host the 2001 World Gliding Championships at Gawler in South Australia. The standards format was Open Class, 15m Class and Standard Class. We had excellent support from South Australia Major Events, who provided $250K towards the…
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Two-Up in Hungary - World Gliding Championships Szeged
Allan Barnes and Harry Medlicott landiing the Arcus at Szeged. By Allan Barnes and Sean Young Sean Young - Good Weather but Challenging Circumstances The World Gliding Championships in 20m multi-seat, 18m and Open Classes was held at Szeged in the south of Hungary near the…
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Attila Bertok's Narromine adventures
I was really looking forward to the 2021 flying season after my friend Tomas Suchanek and I bought our ASW20 last year. I am getting used to flying famous gliders. By Attila Bertok I still have my Standard Cirrus, Zulu Romeo, made famous by Ingo Renner. This particular ‘20 was…
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Fair Weather at Temora
At the beginning of January, Bathurst Soaring Club pilots packed up their gliders and drove the three hours south to the annual Temora camp. Many members of Canberra Gliding Club also made the journey, hoping to be in the right spot for the peak of the summer soaring season. By…
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Narromine Cup 23 Years Young
The first Narromine Cup was held in 1998 by Beryl Hartley and Chris Stephens as a way of introducing pilots to competition flying in a friendly, low pressure environment. It is not actually a competition and no tasks are set. Pilots decide their own tasks each day. As Beryl…
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Jonker Sailplanes Jonker JS2 Self-launcher
Many pilots have been patiently waiting for a high-performance, versatile, easy-to-fly self-launcher. Finally, JS is wrapping up the development of this cutting-edge sailplane - the JS2 Revenant. Attie Jonker and AP Kotze verifying the position of parts from the CAD models.…
