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IGC (which stands for "International Gliding Commission") is responsible for FAI's gliding activities, in particular World Records and International Competitions with the exception of glider aerobatics [ more about IGC ]

  • Austrian Grand Prix

    The web site for the Austrian Grand Prix is now on line at http://gliding-grandprix.lokf.at

    Bulletin No. 1, which contains important information, can be downloaded from: http://ggp.lokf.at/download/Bulletin1.pdf



  • Minutes of Bureau Meeting 2008_2

    Minutes of the IGC Bureau meeting

    Wasserkuppe 6th and 7th October 2008

    Present:

    Bob Henderson, President (BH)
    Eric Mozer, 1st Vice-president (EM)
    Göran Ax, Vice-president (GA)
    Visa-Matti Leiniki, Vice-president (V-ML)
    Peter Platzer, Vice-president (PP)
    Brian Spreckley, Vice-president (BS)
    Roland Stuck, Vice-president (RS)
    Peter Eriksen, Secretary (PE)

    Welcome
    Mr Harald Jörges welcomed the IGC Bureau to Fligerschule Wasserkuppe, and gave a short presentation of the history of the site and the Gliding School.

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  • President's Letter to Delegates and Committee Chairmen 2008-5

    FAI General Conference and IGC Bureau Meeting

    Dear Delegates

    A very successful FAI General Conference was hosted by our Italian friends at Saint-Vincent in the Aosta Valley at the beginning of October. The FAI Office will distribute
    news from the Conference in due course.

    The Conference included an Air Sports Commission Presidents? meeting with the FAI Executive Board. A significant part of the agenda of that meeting was devoted to the World Air Games 2009 with the Organisers from Turin reporting to the meeting.

    I am delighted to inform you that Brian Spreckley has been asked to act as an FAI representative to work alongside Pierluigi Duranti to assist with the direction of the

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  • Draft of new Sporting Code Section 3

    To download the latest draft (September 2008) of Section 3 of the FAI Sporting Code, click the link below.



  • Change in Annex C of the FAI Sporting Code Section 3

    Paragraph 13.6 of Annex C has been deleted, because it no longer relects the correct interpretation of the Sporting Code. The new version can be downloaded here.



  • Qualifying Grand Prix Events 2008/9

    The table below lists the sites, dates and contact persons of the Qualifying Grand Prix events in 2008 and 2009. Links to the web sites will be added as they become available.

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  • New Version of Annex B

    The latest version of Annex B (REQUIREMENTS FOR EQUIPMENT USED FOR THE VALIDATION OF FLIGHT PERFORMANCES) to Section 3 of the FAI Sporting Code has been published. It is valid from 1 October 2007 and includes amendments 1 to 4. Follow this link to go directly to Annex B.




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