FAI Sailplane Grand Prix - 12 Pilots Qualify for Series 12 Finals SGP FAI Sailplane Grand Prix - 12 Pilots Qualify for Series 12 Finals
WGC 18m, 20m Multiseat and Open Classes Uvalde The new 18m Class World Champion Stefan Langer ready to launch at WGC Uvalde The World Gliding Championships in Open, 18m and 20m Multi… WGC WGC 18m, 20m Multiseat and Open Classes Uvalde
European Gliding Championships - Tábor, Czech Republic 3 - 17 August Jacek Flis, winner Club Class in his LS3. The European Gliding Championships - Tábor in 15m, Standard and Club classes. The championships… Competitions European Gliding Championships - Tábor, Czech Republic 3 - 17 August
Junior World Gliding Championships 13.5m WGC Ostrow Poland Max Maslak Germany new Junior World Gliding Champion in Standard Class After 11 racing days the new Junoir World Gliding Champions in Club… WGC Junior World Gliding Championships 13.5m WGC Ostrow Poland
Features 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.
Series 12 FAI Sailplane Grand Prix France - Saint-Sulpice After three races with four cancelled due to bad weather, Adrien Henry won SGP France with 24 competition points. Christophe Abadie took…
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…
Competitions 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…
Series 12 Didier Hauss Declared Winner SGP Varese Italy The final two races of SGP Varese were cancelled due to bad weather. Didier Hauss was declared the winner after scoring 35 points in total.…
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…
Series 12 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…
Features 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…
Competitions Hahnweide The 56th Internationaler Hahnweide Wettbewerb concluded on 11 May after four racing days ans four days lost to bad weather. The contest was…
Series 12 Maximillian Seis Wins SGP Spain Santa Cilia After an exciting final race Max Seis cruised home to win the first qualifying round of SGP Series 12 at Santa Cilia. Fellow Frenchman…
Series 12 Series 12 Sailplane Grand Prix Dates Series 12 FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifying Contests The venues and dates for the 12th series of FAI Sailplane Grand Prix (SGP) national…
Gliders 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…
WGC Junior World Gliding Championships awarded to Elchingen, Germany August 2026 Aalen-Heidenheim/Elchingen airfield will host the JWGC in August 2026. Luftsportring Aalen was officially awarded the contract by the…
Competitions Alena Netušilová - IGC Champion Pilot of the Year 2023 Alena Netušilová has been named as FAI International Gliding Commission (IGC) Champion Pilot of the Year 2023 for winning the 18m class at…
Competitions 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…
SGP 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…
Features 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…
WGC Narromine New World Gliding Champions Declared at 37th WGC Narromine James Nugent, Australia, the new Club Class WGC Champion with Uwe Wahlig, Germany in Silver medal and Stefan Langer in Bronze Medal…
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…
WGC Narromine Weather Stirs up the Winners Table on 2nd Last Day The trough that produced the squall line that passed through the task area yesterday evening, was still visable to the east of Narromine in…
WGC Narromine Competitors Beat Storm Front Across the Line Race 8 at Narromine After two no fly days, the first due to extreme heat with wind and stable blue conditions, the second due to enveloping bushfire somke over…
WGC Narromine 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…
WGC Narromine Adam Woolley Wins 15m Class Race 6 for Australia Adam Woolley, Australia, landing after winning Race 6 in 15m Class. Crossing the finish line at a blistering 151.54 kph, flying 546.93km,…
WGC Narromine Race 5 at WGC Narromine – Low Blue But Not Windy Uys Lonker, 15m Class, South Africa, landing after winning Race 5. The weather forecast for the day predicted thermals up to 10,000 ft.…
WGC Narromine 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…
WGC Narromine Australian James Nugent Keeps Top Place in Club Class James Nugent, Australia, Club Class CLUB CLASS James Nugent, Australia, flew 412.98 km at 117.32 kph in an AAT task taking 3rd place for…
WGC Narromine Bruce Taylor Wins Standard Class Race 3 for Australia The forecast was for another blue day with a later start but better thermal heights than the day before. On track the prediction was…
WGC Narromine Netherlands Establish Early Lead in 15m Class at Narromine Sjaak Selen, Netherlands Standard Class is in 5th place after Race 2 but only 48 points behind the leader Makoto Ichikawa, Japan. The sky…
WGC Narromine New Trough Approaches as Gliders Launch on Final Practice Day Kim Toppari from Finland after landing in his ASW20b on the last practice day at WGC Narromine. New Trough Approaches as Gliders Launch on…
WGC Narromine 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…
WGC Narromine Dutch and Australians Take Top Places in 15m Class Race 1 Tobias Geiger Australia Ventus 2ax The forecast weather was blue skies with the possibility of cumulus to 8,000ft. Strong 4 - 5kt thermals…
WGC Narromine 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…
WGC Narromine 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…
WGC Narromine 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.…
WGC Narromine Winner Interviews WGC Narromine Club Class World Gliding Champion James Nugent Australia WGC Narromine Sliver Medal Standard Class Gregory Beecroft Australia…
WGC Narromine 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…
WGC Narromine Last Unofficial Practice day at WGC Narromine Last Unofficial Practice Day at WGC Narromine Tobi Geiger, Sebastian Kawa and Adam Woolley preparing to fly in 15m Class on the last…
SGP 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…
Competitions 12th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship - Champions Declared After eight racing days at Garray, Spain, the Women's World Gliding Champions have been decided in three classes . Club Class1 HG Louise…
Competitions Tilo Holighaus at E4Glide Tilo Holighaus talks about e4glide with Sean Young during the contest at Saint Auban
Competitions Women's World Gliding Championships - New Champions Declared at Husbands Bosworth After eight racing days WWGC Husbands Bosworth concluded with champions declared in 18M Standard and Club classes. 18 M Class1 Anne…
Features 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…
Competitions Giorgio Galetto Wins E4Glide at St Auban Giorgio Galetto after winning e4Glide By Sean Young On the first two days of e4glide, the weather provided good soaring conditions. Matthew…
Competitions e4glide Saint Auban September 2022 e4glide is the fourth eglide format competition is now underway at the Centre National de Vol à Voile (CNVV) in Saint Auban, France 11 - 17…
Competitions WGC Hungary - New Champions in 18M, Open and 20M Multi-Seat Classes New 18m World Gliding Champion Christope Abadie landing on the final day of WGC Szeged. 18M Class After an exciting final race at WGC…
Competitions E Glide Concept Contest Pavullo Markus Uhlig flew in the E-Glide Concept Contest in September. Here are his impressions of this new type of glider contest where engine use…
Competitions E Glide Concept Contest The 1st E-Glide Contest Pavullo Italy took place 31 August - 7 September 2019. The scoring was very successfully conducted remotely by…