The 4th FAI Asian paragliding accuracy championship was opened on June 21st 2022. The competition has pilots from 9 Asian nations: Kazakhstan, South Korea, Mongolia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Iran, and  guest pilots from Serbia and the Czech Republic plus a team that flies under the FAI flag (pilots from Kyrgyzstan - a non-FAI member country). FAI is represented by Jury President Zeljko Ovuka (SRB), Jury members Jun Zhang (CNH) and Tuul Choqsomjav (MNG), and FAI Steward Riikka Vilkuna.

The first WADA Annual Symposium since 2019 was held in hybrid format in Lausanne between 11-12 June 2022 and was attended by around 600 delegates in person as well as over 200 online.

In 1922, to celebrate the centenary of the Independence of Brazil, Portuguese aviators Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho and Artur de Sacadura Cabral set out from Lisbon with two goals: to make the first crossing of the South Atlantic and to test out a new astronomical navigation instrument. Landing in Rio de Janeiro on 17 June 1922, they achieved them both and their successful flight, during which they used no other means of navigational support, made a major impact upon the future of aviation.

In a couple of weeks, the Test event of the 18th FAI World Paragliding Championships will take place in the Chamoux-sur-Gelon in France. We have spoken to Julien Wirtz a local pilot and n4 in World paragliding XC ranking* about the peculiarities of flying there.

The next PG Worlds will take place in Chamoux.  How long have you been flying in this area?