05 Aug 2013
The 13th FAI World Paragliding Championship came to an end in Sopot, Bulgaria, on July 26th. The French are the big winners with the Overall and Team titles. Poland takes the Women title. Thanks to the organisers for their very good work and website . The following excerpts are taken from it. "...
11 Aug 2013
Until this summer, the IPPI Card was tolerated. Not any more. CIVL received reports of pilots being arrested by the police and charged a 300-400 euros fine for not having a proper licence. The Austrian federation is aware of the problem. At the time being, it is collecting data from several...
13 Aug 2013
Following problems with pilots having been fined by the police at landing after free-flying, FAI and CIVL have been in contact with the Austrian Aero-club. The Austrian Aero-club is working for solutions to what seems to be a local problem for some free-flyers. For official competitions there is no...
19 Aug 2013
Published today is the latest completely revised edition of ‘Practical Guidelines for Organising CIVL/FAI Category 1 Championships’ . It can be found at: http://www.fai.org/civl-documents under Event Organisers/Practical Guidelines... This comprehensive document covers the entire process of...
14 Sep 2013
On September 7th 2013, took part on the Clarence River, in Grafton, NSW, Australia, an enactment of the first fight of the modern day hang glider the 'Dickenson Wing'. The glider was designed by John Dickenson and flown by Rod Fuller 50 years earlier while the boat was piloted by Pat Crowe. The...
14 Sep 2013
The 7th FAI World Paragliding Accuracy Championship took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, from August 17th to 25th. 7 rounds were flown. The winners are: Individual - Overall 1st : Sheng Guangqiang (CHN) 2nd : Jaka Gorenc (SLO) 3rd : Tomas Lednik (CZE) All Overall results Individual -...
