2007/2008 WGC
Official Sites
30th FAI World Gliding Championships
July 25 - Aug 16, 2008
Luesse Germany
Open, 18-M, 15M
http://www.daec.de/se/wgc.htm
http://www.wgc2008.org/
FAI 4th Women's WGC
2007 Bailleau,
France
Jly 25 - Aug 6, 2007
15-Meter, Standard, Club
http://www.cvve-bailleau.org/
FAI 5th Junior
WGC
2007 Rieti, Italy
Standard, Club
Jly 28-Aug 11, 2007
http://www.wgcrieti.it/
http://www.wgcrieti.it/spaghettiglide/
2004/2005/2006 WGC
Official Sites
29th FAI Multi-Class Championships
2006 Uppsala, Sweden
http://www.wgc2006.se/
http://www.segelflyget.se/indexeng.html
5th World Class WGC
4th Club Class WGC
2006 Vinon, France
http://www.wgc2006.fr/
2005
Pre-Worlds - Uppsala,
Sweden
http://www.wgc2006.se/
4th FAI Junior Class WGC
2005
August 8-20, Husbands, England
http://www.worldgliding2005.com/
3rd FAI Club Class WGC
2004
June 12-27, Elverum,
Norway
http://www.wgc2004.no
4th FAI Junior Class WGC
2004
Pre-Worlds - July 31-August 8, Husbands, England
http://www.worldgliding2005.com/
3rd FAI Feminine Class WGC
2004
Pre-Worlds Klix,
Germany
http://www.wwgc2005.com/
http://www.dsmf2004.de/
2002/2003 WGC Official Sites
28th FAI World Multi-Class Championships
Pre-Worlds - August 11-23,
2002, Poland, Official site
2nd
FAI Feminine Class World Championships
May 18-June 1, 2003, Czech Republic, Official site
3rd
FAI Junior Class World Championships
July 7-19, 2003, Slovak Republic, Official Site
4th
FAI World Class Championships
July 7-19, 2003, Slovak Republic, Official Site
28th FAI
World Multi-Class Championships
July 27 - August 9, 2003,
Poland, Official site
2nd FAI Club Class World Championships
August 10-25, 2002, Germany, Official site
3rd FAI
Club Class World Championships
June 13 – June 26, 2004, Norway, Official site
2001
WGC Championship Links
1st
FAI Club Class World Gliding Championships -
January
7-27, 2001
This is the official organizers
site in Gawler Australia.
World Air Games - FAI Site -
June 18- July 1, 2001
Over 5000 athletes and officials from
as many as 80 different countries will take part in the 2nd World Air
Games, to be held during the last ten days of June 2001 in Southern Spain. World Air Games, Lillo
(Toledo) Spain.
World
Air Games 2001 - Official Site - June 18- July 1, 2001
During the second fortnight of next June the 2nd World Air Games will
take place in Spain. World Air Games, Lillo
(Toledo) Spain.
Gyps Africanus - December 17-31, 2000
Ray Gimmey and Doug Jacobs have flown in the pre-worlds in Mafikeng (Mmabatho) Airfield, South Africa.
1st
FAI 18-Meter World Soaring Championships - June 18- July 1, 2001
Bill Bartell's and Mike Wilson's site for the latest news from Spain. World Air Games, Lillo
(Toledo) Spain.
Aero
Club de Toledo - June 18- July 1, 2001
Great coverage of the 1st FAI 18-M WGC and the 3rd World Class WGC
held at the World Air Games, Lillo
(Toledo) Spain.
1st World Women Soaring Championship - July 27-Aug 12, 2001
Excellent site with all the coverage and photos. Pociunai, Lithuania.
2nd
FAI Junior Class World
Championships -
August
5-19, 2001.
Official organizers site for the 2001 Junior WGC.
Issoudun France.
27th
FAI World Soaring Championship, South Africa
- December 18-31, 2001. The official in South Africa web site
here. Mafikeng (Mmabatho) Airfield, South Africa.
Aero
Club of South Africa
See this interesting site of all things aero in South
Africa
International
Competitive Soaring Links
The Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale (FAI), the world's air sports federation, was founded
in 1905. It is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization
with the basic aim of furthering aeronautical and astronautical activities
worldwide. The FAI is now an organization of some 90 member
countries.
FAI
Calendar of International Gliding Championships
Calendar of FAI Approved World Gliding Championships.
International Gliding Commission (IGC)
The International Gliding Commission (IGC)
of the FAI is the Air Sports Commission which is responsible for all air
sports activities involving gliders and motor gliders with the exception
of glider aerobatics.
Gliding
& Motorgliding International
Super source for international soaring news.
FAI News Magazine
An interesting online news source from the FAI covering international
airsport.
FAI / IGC Championship Archive
This little know site is the archive site for previous IGC World
Championships.
Team Related Sites
John Leibacher's Pages
-
http://soaring.aerobatics.ws/
This is the directory page for
finding team selection, turnpoint files compatable with your GPS
equipment, pilot rankings and much more... See more links under the
Team Selection page.
Soaring and Gliding Contest Results
Direct link to the SSA Contest page.
Sailplane Racing Association
Going racing? The SRA is the place to start. Lots of good information on
the rules and the direction of US competitive Soaring. A very helpful
contest guide has been widely distributed but never topped.
Excellent Soaring Link Page
Paul Remde has collected a huge variety of soaring related links. A must
visit and four stars.
US Soaring
Web Sites of Interest
World Class Soaring Association
Get all the facts on the PW-5 and the World Class
US Junior Team Web Site
Excellent site for the Junior Team hosted by John Campbell.
Women Soaring Pilots Association
This organization is a division of the
Soaring Society of America. The web site features articles and
information.
The US contest rules are available on
the SSA site if your a member
http://www.ssa.org/ under "Sailpalne Racing". Print them out, put them in a binder and read them three times.
If you’re flying in Sports Class take
a look at your glider’s handicap on the SRA site
http://sailplane-racing.org/rules.htm or the SSA site if your a
member http://www.ssa.org/
