14 Oct 2016
Many of us know Miguel Gutiérez, competition organizer extraordinaire. On proposal of the Mexican NAC, FAMEDA, the CIVL Plenary awarded Miguel its Hang Gliding and Paragliding Diploma. Before the opening of the FAI General Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Miguel was honored with his Diploma in front...
19 Oct 2016
In the wake of the CIVL Bureau Autumn Meeting (September 19 to 21) and FAI General Conference (October 10 to 15), a few info… World Air Games We are well on the road to the 2020 WAG. There are 2 contestants, one in the USA, one in South East Asia. Decision in the Spring 2017. Commissions are tasked...
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...
31 Dec 2016
The CIVL Competition Timeline allows you to visualize in a practical all sanctioned events but also some of our not yet sanctioned main competitions. It allows competition organizers to better planify their events around the ‘big’ competitions and pilots to better plan their season. Only CIVL...
18 Jan 2017
It’s been a busy year again at CIVL. I will not go through everything we did. It is detailed here and there in the 50+ annexes to the Agenda, and in particular: The Bureau decisions (annex 7) Reports on our championships and test events (annex 11) Reports from our Committees and Officers (Annexes...
