Australian Multiclass Nationals 2024 - Lake Keepit
Competitions
Australian Multiclass Nationals 2024 - Lake Keepit
Competitions
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 concluded after 11 racing days making for an excellent copmetition. The champions are: 15m Class1 Pol Lukasz Grabowski 8,7282 Pol Pawel…
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 Eindhoven gliding club, the Netherlands. Euroglide 2024 route is Venlo - Hodkovice – Lüneburg – Mainbullau - Zielona Góra - Venlo, a total…
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 competition. The eglide format is for electric gliders that are permitted to use up to 2kWh of power in an otherwise unpowered Grand Prix gliding…
Hahnweide
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…
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 development. The Integral E is being manufactured at Aura Aero’s factor yin Toulouse , France. Todate, it has been fitted with a petrol engine and…
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 the 2023 FAI Women's World Gliding Championships in Soria, Spain. This was her second World Champion title, which contributed to the overall…
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 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…
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 Standard Classes. Standard Class - Overall 1st: Lukás Kríž CZE 2nd: Jaromír Macoun CZE 3rd: Michaela Rendlova CZE Club Class - Overall 1st:…
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 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…
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 Lilienthal Gliding Medal 2022. Lilienthal Gliding Medal The Lilienthal Gliding Medal 2022, the most highly regarded soaring award in the…
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
Tilo Holighaus at E4Glide
Tilo Holighaus talks about e4glide with Sean Young during the contest at Saint Auban
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 Ducarouge 2 Mélanie Gadoulet 3 Alena Netusilova Standard Class1 Cornelia Schaich 2 Sabrina Vogt 3 Jana Veprekova Club Class1 Petra Piskata 2…
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 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 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 September. The frst race was won by current the championship holder, Matthew Scutter flying a 160.34 km racing task. He was followed by…
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 Szeged, Christophe Abadie from France held onto his lead, coming home in 7th place on the day, but taking the 18m World Gliding Championship…
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 competition. Michael Sommer and German teammate Felipe Levin crossed the line together to each win 1000 points in Open Class at WGC Hungary. They…
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 with srtong winds and difficult conditions. Day 10 at Szeged promissed to be an excellent soaring day with low winds and cumulus to over…
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 overdeveloped conditions. Current Open Class World Champion Michael Sommer from Germany said of the flying conditions, 'It's a bit windy but it…
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 over the years. His achievements as a competition glider pilot and four-time world champion are world renowned, and he has instructed hundreds…
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 under challenging weather conditions. World champions have been declared in all three classes. Congratulations to all the competitors who…
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 Jean-Denis Barrois France In 2o M Class the World champions are Sebastian Kawa and Christoph Matkowski from Poland followed by Steve Jones…
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 7,262 3 Tomasz Hornik Poland LS-8-15 7,000 Club Class1 Jake Brattle Great Britain ASW-20 8,453 2 Finn Sleigh Great Britain ASW-20 8,306 3…
Junior World Gliding Champions
After ten racing days JWGC Tabor concluded with champions declared in Standard and Club classes. New Junior World Gliding Champion, Standard Class, Simon Briel from Germany with Czechs Lukas Kriz in 2nd place and Jaromir Macoun in 3rd place. Finn Sleigh and Toby Freeland from…
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 Britain with silver and Italy receiving the bronze medal. France dominated the 18m Class with a consistent performances by top class pilots…
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 is allowed. Major advances have been made in the technology of electro mobility recently, not just for the automotive industry but also in…
20th European Gliding Championships Champions Declared
20th European Gliding Championships StalowaWola, Poland After a competition punctuated by much wet weather, five competition days were flown. New European Champions have been declared in Open, 18m and 20m Multi-seat Classes. In Open Class Petr Tichý took first place flying an…
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 the 20th EGC. In Club class Tom Arscott from Great Britain beat his teammate G Dale into to take the championship title. G came 2nd and Uwe…
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 of sailplanes equipped with an electric motor and the development of new systems and installations. The ease of use and reliability of…
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 Andrej Kolar from Naviter and Seeyou in conjunction with the local scorer. The results were calculated correctly according the FAI scoring…
