FAI Sailplane Grand Prix (SGP) Series13 Announced - Finals at…
SGP
FAI Sailplane Grand Prix (SGP) Series13 Announced - Finals at Vitacura , Chile
WGC
Big Sky Texas - Australians at WGC Uvalde Texas
ABOVE: Adam Woolley cruising on course. Sean Young with contributions and photos from Adam Woolley, Matthew Scutter, Lumpy Patterson, Keith…
SGP
FAI Sailplane Grand Prix - Series 13 Bids for Final Invited
Bids for FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Final Series 13.The closing date for bids to host the final of the13th series is the 31st January 2025.…
WGC
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…
Competitions
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…
WGC
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…
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…
Competitions
E6 Glide at Varese Registrations Invited
E6 Glide at Varese8-14 September 2024 The Adele and Giorgio Orsi Aero Club is organizing the sixth edition of the prestigious eglide…
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…
Flights
Yves Gerster 1328km from St Auban, Corsica, Italy, Alps 24 March 2024
Yves leaving the coast of France. Over Corsica Reaching the coast of Italy Flying back to St Auban over the French Alps
Flights
Baptiste Innocent and Frank Chatelard 823km 92kph Fayence 19-March 2024
Baptiste Innocent and Frank Chatelard 823km 92kph Fayence 19-March 2024
Flights
Gordon-Boettger - Bruce Campbell 2098 km Minden 17 April 24
Gordon Boettger and Bruce Campbell flew 2098 km in wave from Minden 17 March 2024.See the full details at WeGlide
Flights
Gerd Spiegelberg, 709 km 98 kph La Cerdanya 18 March 2022
Gerd Spiegelberg, 709 km 98 kph La Cerdanya 18 March 2022
Flights
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…
Flights
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.…
Flights
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…
Competitions
IGC Delegates take a look at the Integral E Electric Tow-plane
Delegates to the IGC plenary meeting in Toulouse paid a visit to Aura Aero to take a look at the Integral E tow-plane that is in…
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…
Features
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…
Records
Minden - Gordon Boettger & Bruce Campbell 3,058km
On 19 June 2023 Gordon Boettger & Bruce Campbell flew a 3,058km from Minden-Tahoe Nevada USA. Using night vision goggles the pair launched…
Competitions
6th FAI Junior European Gliding Championship
After five racing days with mixed weather the Junior European championships in Amborg Denmark concluded with winners declared in Club and…
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
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…
Competitions
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
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
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…
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…
Features
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…
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
Fast Speeds on Day 11 WGC Hungary
Michael Sommer reigning World Champion in Open Class won the day but looks to be out of reach of a podium position at the end of the…
Competitions
Big Tasks Set for Day 10 WGC Hungary
Tilo Holighaus with the Australian 20m team, Allan Barnes and Harry Medlicott. The previous two days were affected by a low pressure system…
Competitions
Windy Start to 2nd Week at WGC Szeged
After a rest day, tasks were set for Day 7 of WGC Szeged. The weather was affected by a front passing to the north, bringing windy and…
Features
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…
Competitions
Ingo Renner Four Times World Gliding Champion Remembered
Ingo and Judy Renner at the Southern Riverina Gliding Club in February 2021. I had the honour and pleasure of meeting Ingo several time…
Features
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…
Features
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…
SGP
Sebastian Kawa Wins 10th FAI SGP World Championships after Electrifying Final Race
After five race days, the weather for the final race looked excellent, and the pilots are refreshed after a rest day yesterday. The…
Features
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…
SGP
Hall of Fame - World Champions
Sebastian Kawa 1st FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Saint Auban - France 20052nd FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Omarama - New Zealand 20073rd…
Competitions
36th World Gliding Championships Montluçon-Guéret - France 2021
The World Gliding Championships in Standard, 15M and Club Classes at Montluçon-Guéret has concluded. There were nine racing days all flown…
Competitions
WGC Hosin Concludes after 12 Exceptional Racing Days
The new World champion in 18m class is Wolfgang Janowitch from Austria, second place Mario Kiessling from Germany, third place wastaken by…
SGP
Race to the finish line on last day of SGP Finals
9th FAI Sailplane Grand Pxix World Champion Tilo Hiloghaus after landing on the final day of the competition. He sadi, 'I am exhausted but…
Competitions
11th FAI Junior World Gliding Championship 2019, Szeged, Hungary
The JWGC Hungary is now over and the winnerd declared Standard Class1 Simon Schröder Germany LS-8-15 7,4222 Simon Briel Germany Discus 2B…
Competitions
Junior World Gliding Champions
After ten racing days JWGC Tabor concluded with champions declared in Standard and Club classes. New Junior World Gliding Champion,…
Competitions
WWGC Lake Keepit Concludes With New Champions Declared
The closing ceremony of the WWGC Lake Keepit saw the French team receive the gold medal for their combined peformance followed by Great…
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
20th European Gliding Championships Champions Declared
20th European Gliding Championships StalowaWola, Poland After a competition punctuated by much wet weather, five competition days were…
Competitions
The European Gliding Championships Prievidza Slovakia
The European Gliding Championships Prievidza Slovakia After 12 Flying Days Champions in Standard, Club and 15 m classes were declared at…
Competitions
New contest concept for sailplanes with electric power
New contest concept for sailplanes with electric power The success of the FES electric MoP has encouraged significant growth in the number…
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…
