At the 2013 IGC Plenary Meeting in Papendal the Sporting Code Committee put forward a discussion paper suggesting that it was time to make a radical revision of the Sporting Code for Gliding. This was accepted and the Committee has now begun the work…
Last Sunday turned out to be a real off- day. The weather was not good here neither for soaring or to sit in the sun, as that sun only arrived here after 4. I just expected TOO much, I guess and,… believed the meteo-forecast!! An unlucky day for one of the Eindhoven gliderpilots as well ,as […]
The Alps have given and are still giving pilots great pleasure ! The always active German Sport Soldiers have their training camp in Lienz [Austria] since Wednesday. Marco Barth , not long ago flying from the airport of Chaves, is one of “the soldiers” and he flew already on Wednesday 643 km. in the ASH […]
After the coldest April-6-night in history ,here in Holland, 11…. MINUS, SPRING finally arrived. The cold dry Eastern wind gave great pleasure before already to glider pilots , even those who, like here in Holland or Belgium, are used to flat-land-conditions only, now the nice warm sun on Sunday, was a pleasure for everybody. Ready to […]
I’ve gotten that question a few times this winter and I have no good excuse. I guess I’ve just been busy. I have been working on gliders just not Cherokee II stuff so haven’t had a need to post anything. We are restoring a 2-22E in the garage, Matt is working on his SH-1 fuselage,…
Von 24. – 27. April 2013, Mittwoch bis Samstag, lädt die Allgemeine Luftfahrt zum jährlichen Branchentreff nach Friedrichshafen an den Bodensee. Mehr als 600 internationale Aussteller nehmen diesen Termin war und präsentieren auf über 80.000 m² ihre aktuellen Produkte und Neuheiten. Zu sehen das ganze Spektrum der Branche: mehr als 200 Fluggeräte, vom Segelflugzeug, Ultraleicht,…
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 […]
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 […]
