What’s up in May 2013?

Guido Gerhmann passed away. Our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

The 2013 version of Section 7 for Hang gliding and Paragliding have been published and are available on the Document chapter of our website. Somehow the Paragliding Accuracy, Records and badges, Aerobatic S7 are still to be published.

Pilot selection for the coming Paragliding World championships in Sopot, Bulgaria, came to an end. 150 pilots from 39 countries should participate.

FAME, the FAI Sports Marketing and Events Company, FAME, the FAI Sports Marketing and Events Company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CIVL. Both will to create project teams, with financial backing, to facilitate the creation and presentation of hang gliding and aerobatic events.

Important and successful lobbying was done for FAI to improve its financial organization. Commissions will have a much better access to their accounts, now separate, hence will know at anytime where they stand. CIVL will test/spearhead the new organisation. 

Committee are exchanging extensively in our Basecamp working area…

• Paragliding: new CIVL-EN Competition Class (CECC) requirements; new end of speed section; lifting the suspension of the 2011 Competition Class; how to get a better WPRS…
• Hang gliding: revising the Airspace rules and penalties; revising the certified helmet rule…
• Accuracy: judges and their training…
• Aerobatic: new manoeuvres, altitude limitation, natural/unnatural tricks, scoring…
• Software: Beta testing, WPRS, build systems, PG ESS…
• Record and Badges: for aerobatic and accuracy…