European Paragliding Champions Crowned
Saturday, 23 August 2014 17:42
The 13th FAI European Paragliding Championship came to an end last August 16 with the crowning of Torsten Siegel (Germany), Seiko Fukuoka-Naville (France) and Switzerland (Our picture: the overall podium). The 13th European Paragliding Championship has started!
Friday, 08 August 2014 10:44
We are in Serbia, in the Kopaonik mountain range, near Raska. Bids, proposals, awards…
Friday, 08 August 2014 10:12
The clock is ticking and it’s already time for NACs and federations to think about deadlines for Category 1 events bidding, proposals to the 2015 Plenary, including nominations for awards. All bids, proposals and award nominations must be send to CIVL President Agust Gudmundsson.
What’s up this summer of 2014…
Saturday, 02 August 2014 18:59
… beside this horrible European summer (according to a Swiss newspaper, the worst since 1965 – our picture)? FAI Gold Air Medal for Bill Moyes!
Thursday, 17 July 2014 08:55
“Bill Moyes developed the sport from a local phenomena to a worldwide thing of staggering proportion, and thousands and thousands of people are now flying because of what he’s been doing." So declared John Dickenson, inventor of the Modern Hang Glider and also a FAI Air Gold Medal recipient. The CIVL nomination continues… World Champions Crowned in Hang Gliding Class 1, 2, 5 & Sport
Thursday, 10 July 2014 10:05
The FAI World Multi-Class Hang Gliding Championships have come to an end in Annecy, France. All results, photos, videos, comments and more are to be found on the competition website. The podiums… World Hang Gliding Class 1 Women, 2, 5 & Sport on the go!
Thursday, 26 June 2014 16:45
It started in Doussard, France, on the shore of Annecy Lake, with preparation, registration, opening ceremony and the first tasks. On D Day+4 things are smokin'. Check it here on the organisers website. Results, comments, pictures, videos... Get the Bug for Air Sports with the new FAI Video
Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:05
The FAI has released a new video featuring all air sports activities under the umbrella of the Federation. The 3-minute film succinctly presents the FAI sports and includes footage of FAI international records from Charles Lindbergh to Felix Baumgartner. WPRS Server OK Again
Sunday, 22 June 2014 11:34
Thanks to a great effort by Andreas, the CIVL server with all its services is back online: WPRS, WXC, VALI. We experienced a double hard drive failure, fortunately slightly staged, which gave Andreas the chance of salvaging all the data off the second disk before that one died. The probability for such a double failure is extremely low, but as Mr. Murphy and Mr. Pratchett discovered, things with a million-to-one chance come true nine times out of ten. WPRS server problem
Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:55
The server for civlrankings.fai.org, our World Pilot Ranking System, Denis Cortella to control gliders at the coming Paragliding Euro
Monday, 16 June 2014 15:52
The last Plenary decided that glider controls would be carried out at the coming European and Pan-American championships. The CIVL Bureau has given full power to Denis Cortella to implement these controls at the Kopaonic (Serbia) Euro. More Articles...
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