FAI Gliding Commission Report to the 108th FAI General Conference Pattaya, 17-18 October 2014
Reported by : Eric Mozer, IGC President
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1. Important activities, projects or events since last FAI General Conference:
5th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Final - May 2014 - Sisteron FRANCE • Champion - Didier HAUSS (FRANCE)
33rd FAI World Gliding Championships - Standard, Club, 20 meter Multi-seat - Räyskälä, FINLAND • Standard Class Champion - Bert SCHMELZER (BELGIUM) • Club Class Champion - Eric BERNARD (FRANCE) • 20m Multi Class Champions - Steve JONES, Howard JONES (GREAT BRITAIN) • Team Cup - GREAT BRITAIN
33rd FAI World Gliding Championships - Open, 15 meter, 18 meter - Leszno, POLAND • Open Class Champion - Michael SOMMER (GERMANY) • 15 Meter Champion - Sebastian KAWA (POLAND) • 18 Meter Champion - Karol STARYSZAK (POLAND) • Team Cup - GREAT BRITAIN
IGC Plenary meeting - March - Varese, ITALY • minutes available at http://www.fai.org/igc-documents
Simplification of Sporting Code - Year 2
Memorandum of Understanding agreed to between IGC and OLC
Sailplane racing Web Portal launched (www.sgp.aero)
2. Positive and negative results:
• The Sailplane Grand Prix in Sisteron was very successful. • Both World Gliding Championships (Finland and Poland) experienced challenging weather that limited the number of competition days. Despite the weather, the competitions were conducted safely and with excellent camaraderie.
3. Main problem(s) encountered and solutions adopted :
NONE
4. Planned activities and projects for next year :
IGC Plenary Session - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND - 27-28 February, 2015
1st FAI Pan-American Gliding Championship Chilhowee, Benton (USA) 06 Apr to 17 Apr 2015
18th FAI European Gliding Championships Ocseny Airfield (Hungary) 12 Jul to 25 Jul 2015
1st FAI World 13.5m Class Gliding Championship Pociunai, Kaunas (Lithuania) 01 Aug to 15 Aug 2015
8th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship Arnborg (Denmark) 01 Aug to 14 Aug 2015
18th FAI European Gliding Championships Rieti (Italy) 02 Aug to 15 Aug 2015
6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship Calcinate Del Pesce (Italy) 05 Sep to 12 Sep 2015
9th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships Narromine (Australia) 01 Dec to 12 Dec 2015
2015 FAI World Air Games Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 01 Dec to 12 Dec 2015
5. Proposals (if any) to FAI Executive Board, FAI Head Office or for the next General Conference :
None
6. Free reporting:
None Date: 25 August, 2015
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