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Champions
17 Sep 2025

How 2025 became "a dream come true" for IGC Champion Pilot of the Year Jeroen Jennen

Commissions
05 Sep 2025

The 12th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Final: A Week of Drama, Tactics, and Triumph in the Skies of St-Auban

Commissions
02 Sep 2025

Sailplane Grand Prix Final St Auban won by Maximilian Seis

Commissions
27 Aug 2025

Series 12 Sailplane Grand Prix Final St Auban Underway

Events
23 Jun 2025

New World Champions Declared at 39th FAI World Gliding Championships in Tábor

Events
10 Jun 2025

39th World Gliding Championships is now underway at Tabor Airfield Czechia

Commissions
06 Jun 2025

Stanislaw Biela and Gintas Zube Clinch Top 2 Places at SGP Poland to Qualify for Series 12 SGP Final

Events
21 May 2025

Sailplane Grand Prix Netherlands won by Belgian Tijl Schmelzer

Champions
14 Mar 2025

Sophie Curio to head to Czechia for the FAI Women’s World Gliding Championships 2025

Champions
13 Mar 2025

Stefan Langer awarded FAI Gliding Commission Champion Pilot of the Year 2024

Events
16 Dec 2024

FAI Sailplane Grand Prix - 12 pilots qualify for Series 12 Finals

Awards
20 Nov 2024

Gliding pilot Sebastian Kawa awarded with FAI Gold Air Medal

Events
19 Aug 2024

Winners: 22nd FAI European Gliding Championships

Events
07 Aug 2024

The FAI World Gliding Championships returns to Uvalde, Texas

Champions
26 Feb 2024

Alena Netušilová - IGC Champion Pilot of the Year 2023

Environment
06 Dec 2023

Weather forecast in gliding: interview with legendary met man Hermann Trimmel

Events
29 Nov 2023

Pilots gather in Narromine, Australia for the 37th FAI World Gliding Championships

Events
04 Sep 2023

Stefan Langer crowned Champion of the 11th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship

Events
04 Sep 2023

Virtual Gliding has a new real-life champion: Arne Martin Güettler

Events
28 Aug 2023

How to watch the exciting racing in the 2nd FAI Virtual Sailplane Grand Prix

Events
27 Jun 2023

Towplanes at the ready for the 12th FAI Women's World Gliding Championships

Events
29 Mar 2023

Virtual Gliding gathers pace with FAI approved events in 2023

Events
21 Feb 2023

Looking forward to the 2023 gliding competition season

Champions
25 Nov 2022

Nurturing team spirit: meet the French Gliding Team Trainer

Awards
21 Nov 2022

Conny Schaich crowned IGC Champion Pilot of the Year 2022

Events
07 Oct 2022

Organising a world championship with a difference

Events
30 Aug 2022

Three new champions: results of 2022 FAI Women's World Gliding Championship

Women with wings
24 Aug 2022

“Always something new to learn”: meet Elena Fergnani, glider pilot

Events
23 Aug 2022

4th FAI Pan-American Gliding Championships 2022 cancelled

Events
22 Aug 2022

Fun and action at the 11th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championships open days

Events
24 May 2022

FAI Women’s World Gliding Championship preparations are racing ahead

Records & Achievements
02 May 2022

Baptiste Innocent glides above sea to set new records

Awards
15 Mar 2022

Simon Schröder awarded IGC Champion Pilot of the Year 2021

Events
19 Nov 2021

Series 11 of FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Announced

Events
17 Sep 2021

Drama up to the final kilometre: 10th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Finals 2021

Events
28 Jul 2021

Young pilots compete at the 5th FAI European Junior Gliding Championships

Records & Achievements
20 Apr 2021

“Without female aviators, air sport would be poorer.” Gisela Weinreich, FAI Lilienthal Medal winner

Awards
09 Sep 2020

Mélanie Gadoulet, IGC Champion Pilot of the Year 2019

Commissions
22 Jun 2020

Open Glider Network, IGC and the future: the view from Angel Casado

Records & Achievements
13 May 2020

Unified tracking platform for gliders OGN wins the General Aviation Safety Award

Events
23 Mar 2020

News of 2020 FAI/SGP National event changes due to Covid-19

Events
03 Jan 2020

10th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championship in Australia

Events
07 Oct 2019

France chosen for the Final of the 10th Sailplane Grand Prix Series

Records & Achievements
02 Sep 2019

1st anniversary of the highest altitude reached by a glider

Events
05 Aug 2019

Behind the scenes at the 3rd FAI Pan-American Gliding Championship in Canada

Events
31 May 2019

9th World FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Final

Awards
18 Jan 2019

80 Years of Tradition and a New Award - Prestigious Awards from the FAI Gliding Commission (IGC)

Events
10 Dec 2018

New contest concept for sailplanes with electric power

FAI
06 Dec 2018

Announcing Flytool, the digital Safetybox

Records & Achievements
06 Sep 2018

Flying ever higher: Perlan Project reaches new heights

Records & Achievements
29 Aug 2018

Airbus Perlan Mission II soars to the highest altitude ever reached on a glider

Events
28 Jul 2018

35th FAI World Gliding Championships, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland

Events
12 Jan 2018

Preparations full on in Chile

Events
04 Jan 2018

FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Final

Events
30 Dec 2017

E Concept Rules for Electric Gliders

Events
06 Nov 2017

Bids for 37th FAI World Gliding Championships

Events
01 Jul 2017

Announcing FAI Sailplane Grand Prix 9th Series in 2018

Events
08 Dec 2011

Venues for the 2012/2013 FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifying events

Events
06 Jan 2012

Dates from the competition diary in London’s Olympic Year 2012

Events
20 Jun 2012

2012 Provence Glide

Events
27 Jun 2012

World Gliding Championships Return to the United States!

Events
22 Nov 2012

European soaring through Polish skies

Events
14 Jan 2013

Kiessling and reigning champions are playing their game well at the 32nd FAI World Gliding Championships

Events
21 Jan 2013

We Celebrate our three new heroes!

Events
09 Apr 2013

5th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix series

Events
23 Jun 2013

2013 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP in Zar, Poland - Last Chance to qualify

Events
19 Jul 2013

7th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship in Issoudun, France

Events
28 Jul 2015

Competitors for 6th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Final

Events
28 May 2015

Handover of FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Flame Marks Starts to Global Event Promotion

Events
20 Nov 2015

Daily Schedule of FAI World Air Games Activities

Events
10 Dec 2015

Exciting finish to Glider Match Racing

Events
10 Dec 2015

Glider Match Racing and General Aviation medal ceremony

Events
23 Apr 2012

The first two gliding international competitions in Europe !

Events
12 Nov 2013

6th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix series

Events
16 Jan 2014

Final list of venues for 6th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix series

Events
26 Jun 2014

2014 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP in Varese - Race report

Events
09 Sep 2014

Spanish FAI Sailplane Grand Prix, Contest Preview

Events
25 Oct 2014

Call for bids for the 7th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Series

Events
06 Jan 2015

FAI Sailplane Grand Prix News release

Events
03 Jan 2015

Chile Sailplane Grand Prix News

Events
27 Aug 2015

The First World Championship in the 13.5 Metre Class

Events
02 Sep 2015

6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship: Tight Battle to Start on Saturday in Italy

Events
10 Sep 2015

6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship – Race in full swing!

Events
12 Sep 2015

6th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Championship in Varese, Italy - Follow the Dramatic Last Hours Live!

Events
15 Sep 2015

Two French Pilots M. Seis and C. Ruch and Polish pilot S. Kawa on the Podium of the 6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship

Events
13 Sep 2015

Young Talent Maximilian Seis from France Winner of the 6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship

Events
29 Dec 2015

First sailplane flight over Dubai

Events
12 Apr 2016

Preview of the FAI Sailplane Grand Prix in Spain

Events
01 Jul 2016

FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Schedule for 8th Series

Records & Achievements
04 Aug 2016

125 Years of Flight Testing

Events
31 Oct 2016

World FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Final

Events
11 Nov 2016

The success of the Sailplane Grand Prix

Events
04 Dec 2015

An unforgettable start to the FAI World Air Games

Events
12 Dec 2015

Flying high: final FAI World Air Games medals awarded

Events
04 Dec 2014

Executive Board and Liaison Officers in Dubai to Discuss the FAI World Air Games

Records & Achievements
29 Aug 2016

Ten Years Ago Today: Steve Fossett set a gliding world record by flying to above 15,000m

Events
06 Nov 2016

7th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Final kicked off in Potchefstroom (RSA)!

Events
11 Nov 2016

German Holger Karow wins 7th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Finale in South Africa!

Events
05 Jan 2017

Australia welcomes the world to the FAI World Gliding Championships 2017

Records & Achievements
06 Jan 2017

Two years ago: Father and son set African Record

Events
09 Jan 2017

34th FAI World Gliding Championships 2017 are declared open

Events
23 Jan 2017

The 34th FAI World Gliding Championships in Australia ends on a high

FAI
17 Jan 2014

FAI names Susanne Schödel as new Secretary General

Events
05 Jun 2014

FAI World Air Games 2015 to be Staged in Dubai

FAI
24 Jun 2014

Get the Bug for Air Sports with the new FAI Video

Events
09 Mar 2015

FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Roll Out New Logo

Events
09 Mar 2015

Sports and Disciplines Selected for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Revealed

Events
04 May 2015

A Series of Fruitful Meetings Ahead of the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015

Events
13 May 2015

FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Flame Handover Ceremony and Airshow to Take Place on 28 May in Lausanne

Events
15 Jul 2015

Event Website for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Now Up and Running

Events
21 Dec 2015

FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015

Commissions
28 Apr 2016

2015 FAI Annual Report released

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