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Tijl Schmelzer Wins SGP Netherlands

After seven hard-fought racing days at SGP Netherlands at Terlet, Tijl Schmelzer from Belgium won the final race, putting him in the…
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Sailplane Grand Prix at Gawler

A small but enthusiastic group of pilots made their way to Gawler in January for the Australian Series 12, Sailplane Grand Prix. Ben…
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SGP Gawler Race 1 ... nearly

After a promising start to a 299km task, conditions at the top turnpoint of Hallett 130km north of Gawler did not turn out to be as…
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SGP Gawler Practice Day

Ben Terrell from Western Australia taking off in his Ventus 2cx. SGP Gawler is underway with the official Practice Day taking place on…
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Uvalde back up

ABOVE: Adam Woolley cruising on course. With contributions and photos from Adam Woolley, Matthew Scutter, Lumpy Patterson, Keith Gateley…
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International Gliding Records 2024

Several World Record glider flights have been submitted for ratification during 2024. This is now the height of the southern hemisphere…
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Ellie

Ellie and her band had been touring the US for years. Now they are booked to play a two week residency in a new state-of-the-art-theatre in…
Series 12

SGP Slovenia

Partick Puskeiler, Mario Kiessling and David Bauder on the winners podium at SGP Slovenia Race 6After a blisteringly fast 386.18km race…
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EuroGlide 2024 24 June - 5 July

Euroglide is athe gliding race over more than 2500 kilometres through several european countries. Euroglide is organised by the Venlo…
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Series 12

Björn Gintzel Wins SGP Germany

After three racing days Björn Gintzel won SGP Germany with two day wins giving him 20 points in total. Steffen Gottler took 2nd place with…
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Conrad Hartter Wins SGP Norway

Ronny Erikson won the final race at SGP Norway with Klaus Klambach taking 2nd place and Dirk Windmuller 3rd across the line after a 189.38…
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Hahnweide

The 56th Internationaler Hahnweide Wettbewerb concluded on 11 May after four racing days ans four days lost to bad weather. The contest was…
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Series 12 Sailplane Grand Prix Dates

Series 12 FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifying Contests and Finals For more information visit sgp.aero FAI/SGP 12th Series Final St Auban in…
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Ventus E Maiden Flight

Schempp-Hirth made the maiden flight of the Ventus E electro self launcher Sport fuselage on the Hahnweide airfield 25 April 2024 with…
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Lumpy Patterson - Potchefstroom JS5

Australian Lumpy Patterson from Tocumwal Soaring Centre has been flying the newest Jonker Sailplane, the JS5 at Potchefstroom, the home of…
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Send Your Flight Details

Have you had a goof flight that you want o share? Send us photos, IGC flies and some details and we will feature it in our Flights section.…
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Gordon Boettger Minden 12 March 2024

Gordon Boettger who flew an astonishing 3,058 km from MInden in 2023 achieved 1,095 km at 167 kph in wave from Minden on 12 March 2024. A…
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By Glider Pilots for Glider Pilots

Gliding News brings all the news about the sport of Gliding featuring international competitions, aeronautics and glider development for…
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Club Class Handicaps Updated

The handicaps for Club Class in international competitions were updated at the IGC pllenary meeting ain March. The handicaps were last…
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SGP Series

Click the links below to go to the websites of all previous SGPs 10th SeriesSGP Finals St Auban France 2020 SGP Bosnis and Herzegovina 2019…
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Hall of Fame - World Champions

Stefan Langer11th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Pavoulo Italy 2023 Sebastian Kawa 1st FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Saint Auban - France…
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Racing Format

World Sailplane Grand Prix Racing Series A fast demanding and highly competitive race between beautiful and highly developed sailplanes…
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What is Soaring flight?

(Photo: Steph Raddi) Mankind has always dreamt of flying like a bird especially those soaring birds you see lazily circling on a summer’s…
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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…
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WGC Narromine

WGC Narromine - Competitors

15 Metre Class Tobi Geiger Ventus 2ax Australia Adam Woolley Ventus 3t Australia Francois Delfosse JS3 Belgium Manu Litt JS3 BelgiumJan…
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James Nugent Wins Race 7 in Club Class

Janes Nugent, Australia, landing after winning Race 7 in ClubClass. By Sean Young, Editor Gliding News CLUB CLASS Today, the conditions…
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Classic Narromine Setup

Glider pilots all around the world spend their days sitting in their offices at home or at work checking the weather for the coming days to…
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Great Soaring With Strong Winds

Phillip Jonker On Task Standard Class , South Africa After a night of thunderstorms and high winds Narromine put on a strong day but with…
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Full Grid for Unofficial Practice Day

Most of the pilots taking part in WGC Narromine have now arrived at the competition. The first official practice day is Tuesday 28…
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WORLD OF GLIDING AT NARROMINE

James Nugent, the new World Gliding Champion, Club Class, in the LS3 he flew to victory at WGC Narromine. By Sean Young After years of…
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WGC Narromine Opening Ceremony

Teams from 21 countries paraded at Cale Oval Narromine. Australian Club Class team James Nugent and Daniel Summers. Adam Woolley,15m class.…
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Winner Interviews

WGC Narromine Club Class World Gliding Champion James Nugent Australia WGC Narromine Sliver Medal Standard Class Gregory Beecroft Australia…
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WORLD OF GLIDING AT NARROMINE

James Nugent, the new World Gliding Champion, Club Class, in the LS3 he flew to victory at WGC Narromine. By Sean Young, Editor Gliding…
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Series 12 FAI SGP Dates

Series 12 FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifying Contests The venues and dates for the 12th series of FAI Sailplane Grand Prix (SGP) national…
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Tilo Holighaus Wins Race 3

The day shaped up with excellent weather for a 310km task. The pilots achieved good climbs to well above 2000m. Yesterday, the first leg…
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Sebastian Kawa Wins Race 2

The soaring conditions were weak before the start so the task was changed to 168km Task B. The fleet were able to climb well above the…
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D4R1 Weather and Task

D4R1 Weather and Task Final Serie 11 https://www.youtube.com/embed/GMpJloKI6bc?list=PL9Js2pJV5xXiChSx5u1mf1JzLiQMmg9Vy\" frameborder=\"0\"…
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SGP Finals Opening Ceremony

SGP Finals Opening Ceremony Final Serie 11 The 11th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Finals Opening Ceremony took place at Pavullo today with…
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FAI Gliding Awards 2022

The 2022 FAI Gliding Awards were announced at the annual IGC Plenary meeting in Copenhagen February 2023 Jana Veprekova recipient of the…
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Luka Znidarsic

Luka Znidarsic the creator of the Friint Engine System, FES, talks to Sean Young about the development of FES on Day 6 E4Glide St Auban