Euroglide is athe gliding race over more than 2500 kilometres through several european countries. Euroglide is organised by the Venlo Eindhoven gliding club, the Netherlands. Euroglide 2024 route is Venlo - Hodkovice – Lüneburg – Mainbullau - Zielona Góra - Venlo, a total…
The 56th Internationaler Hahnweide Wettbewerb concluded on 11 May after four racing days ans four days lost to bad weather. The contest was held in 15m,18m, Open and 20m 2 Seat classes. The fastest flying day was 10 May when Julien Duboc, from France won 15m Class in his Ventus…
Alena Netušilová has been named as FAI International Gliding Commission (IGC) Champion Pilot of the Year 2023 for winning the 18m class at the 2023 FAI Women's World Gliding Championships in Soria, Spain. This was her second World Champion title, which contributed to the overall…
The handicaps for Club Class in international competitions were updated at the IGC pllenary meeting ain March. The handicaps were last adjusted in 2008. At that time it was decided to review them again at a later date. This change is a result of that review. In summary Handicaps…
After eight racing days at Garray, Spain, the Women's World Gliding Champions have been decided in three classes . Club Class1 HG Louise Rodriguez 6,4862 6L Michaela Krizova 6,4443 FOX Daniela Wilden 6,375 Standard Class1 JB Barbora Moravcova 8,7042 JPA Aude Untersee 8,6563 AX…
After eight racing days WWGC Husbands Bosworth concluded with champions declared in 18M Standard and Club classes. 18 M Class1 Anne Ducarouge 2 Mélanie Gadoulet 3 Alena Netusilova Standard Class1 Cornelia Schaich 2 Sabrina Vogt 3 Jana Veprekova Club Class1 Petra Piskata 2…
Giorgio Galetto after winning e4Glide By Sean Young On the first two days of e4glide, the weather provided good soaring conditions. Matthew Scutter, the winner of the two previous eGlide competitions came 1st on Day 1. It was a good start to defend his title. Giorgio Galetto…
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 September. The frst race was won by current the championship holder, Matthew Scutter flying a 160.34 km racing task. He was followed by…
New 18m World Gliding Champion Christope Abadie landing on the final day of WGC Szeged. 18M Class After an exciting final race at WGC Szeged, Christophe Abadie from France held onto his lead, coming home in 7th place on the day, but taking the 18m World Gliding Championship…
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 is allowed. Major advances have been made in the technology of electro mobility recently, not just for the automotive industry but also in…
The 1st E-Glide Contest Pavullo Italy took place 31 August - 7 September 2019. The scoring was very successfully conducted remotely by Andrej Kolar from Naviter and Seeyou in conjunction with the local scorer. The results were calculated correctly according the FAI scoring…