FAME, the marketing arm of FAI, the World Air Sports Federation has signed Memorandums of Understanding with the FAI Gliding Commission (IGC) and the FAI Hang-Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL).
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A GREAT pity!!! The weather gave up on Nitra , so Vladimir and his team could not do what they wished to do so badly; set a great competition to win the Pribina Cup. Next year all pilots surely will be back and it […]
Four DUTCH glider pilots topped the OLC list flying IN/FROM Holland on APRIL 1!!!!! NO,…..No April-fools-joke; Easter monday was a GOOD/SUPER day. April started cold , we are used to that now, but not too bad for soaring! I read several times that when this […]
At first thank you very much for your incredible Give-Away! I am very glad to be the proud winner of iGlide! I am a 19 year old student from Germany, living next to Dortmund in Sümmern where I am flying the Ka-8, ASK 13, L-33 and the LS-4. I have been flying since my 14th…
We moved in time ONE hour ahead this weekend ; SUMMERTIME, BUT summer is still far away. The 50thiest lustrum of the ZES , last Wednesday was one big feast of recognation. One thing was evident; we surely got […]
The pilots from AKAflieg Frankfurt have settled down for their Wave Research Camp in Spain, since March 18; at LACerdanya.
Research tells us that images are 10 times more important to us than words. We have created the Image Wall to let you browse the site through images. Scrolling down to reveal more and more images on the Cafe. If one strikes your fancy, click on it to go to the post where it is…
Soaring Café is now a little over two years old! And, in that time, the Café has received over 1 million visits world-wide and nearly 3 million page views. Our goal is to provide our readers an excellent online magazine with an appealing website experience so they can fully enjoy their time catching up on all…
I´m very happy to be the winner of the I-glide, yeahaaa! Here is a little info about me. I live in Augsburg near Munich in Germany and fly in Augsburg as well as my Hometown Hagen near Dortmund. I have been flying since my 14th birthday in 1986 and in 2003 I became a flight instructor…
Rand and I are very excited about the upcoming soaring season. We spent some time this weekend making some small changes to the Café and we thought we should tell you about them. But first, we want to thank you for all the emails and comments we receive letting us know how much you like…
