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03 Dec 2015
Fancy standing on a biplane wing as it soars through the air? A few lucky visitors to the FAI World Air Games got to do just that. The courageous individuals, who tried out wing walking for the first time while flying over the sand dunes around the Skydive Dubai Desert Dropzone, were in the capable...
25 Oct 2016
Christian Ciech is one of the most successful pilots in competition hang gliding, and was FAI European and World Champion at the same time in 2016. We spoke to him… Do you remember your first flight? Yes of course, I remember it very well because I was asking myself, 'How am I meant to fly straight...
05 Dec 2015
If you think that flying model aeroplanes is a gentile or leisurely pass time, then you've never seen the semi-contact sport of control-line combat aeromodelling. The planes dart back and forth, buzzing about faster than mosquitoes. They're controlled by pilots standing with their rival in a two-...
12 Feb 2019
The CIVL Plenary in Lausanne was a positive meeting. Paragliding accuracy committee could report on several very good competitions and developments during 2018. More than ten PGA committee members were present and some more attended the open meeting just before the Plenary itself. Development...
26 Aug 2018
26 August 2018 Today is arrival day, final registration, judges conference, and final preparation day before the official Opening Ceremony at 19.00 hrs this evening. Fortunately today's bad weather is forcast to clear for tomorrow and the rest of the week. The judges panel held their conference...
13 Mar 2013
The Hang Gliding Committee met at the 2013 Plenary in Lausanne last month to review recent Category 1 competitions, sanction upcoming Category 1 events and work through a few issues of interest to hang glider pilots. The 15th FAI Hang Gliding World Championships in Forbes finished up at the end of...
