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16 Jul
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27 Jul 2025
2025 Polish Nationals
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
16 Jul
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27 Jul 2025
2025 Ostrow Wlkp Glide - Polish Regional Championship
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
18 Jul
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26 Jul 2025
2025 Trofeo Città di L'Aquila - Ferruccio Zecca
aeroporto dei parchi,
ITA
19 Jul
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26 Jul 2025
2025 Les 8 jours de Fontainebleau
Moret,
FRA
19 Jul
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26 Jul 2025
2025 Highland Gliding Cup
Havlickuv Brod,
CZE
20 Jul
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26 Jul 2025
2025 Championnat Interrégional Junior Nouvelle-Aquitaine Occitanie
Aire sur l'Adour,
FRA

FAI World and continental championships (CAT.1)

26 Jul
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09 Aug 2025
23rd FAI European Gliding Championships
Bekescsaba,
HUN
26 Jul
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09 Aug 2025
13th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship
Zbraslavice,
CZE
24 Aug
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30 Aug 2025
12th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship
Chateau-Arnoux-St-Auban,
FRA

Other FAI-Sanctioned events (CAT.2)

26 Jul
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03 Aug 2025
2025 Rana Cup
Raná u Loun,
CZE
27 Jul
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08 Aug 2025
2025 International Military Gliding Competition
Holzdorf,
GER
27 Jul
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02 Aug 2025
2025 Championnat de France Classe Club
Coulommiers,
FRA
27 Jul
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08 Aug 2025
2025 Czech Junior Championships
Strakonice,
CZE
27 Jul
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08 Aug 2025
2025 Czech Regional Championship
Strakonice,
CZE
27 Jul
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02 Aug 2025
2025 Championnat Régional Grand-Est
Joinville Mussey,
FRA
01 Aug
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10 Aug 2025
2025 Leszno Cup
Leszno,
POL
01 Aug
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10 Aug 2025
2025 Leszno Regional Competition
Leszno,
POL
01 Aug
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10 Aug 2025
2025 Bohemian Cup
Jičín,
CZE
02 Aug
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09 Aug 2025
2025 Cirrus Grandprix
Hodkovice,
CZE
02 Aug
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09 Aug 2025
2025 Championnat Inter-Régional Grand-Ouest
Fontenay-le-Comte,
FRA
02 Aug
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09 Aug 2025
2025 Austrian Multiclass Nationals
Niederöblarn,
AUT
02 Aug
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09 Aug 2025
2025 Planeur Académie Grand Ouest
Ploërmel Loyat,
FRA
03 Aug
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13 Aug 2025
2025 Coppa Internazionale del Mediterraneo
Rieti,
ITA
05 Aug
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15 Aug 2025
2025 Concours International de Bailleau
Bailleau Armenonville,
FRA
13 Aug
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24 Aug 2025
2025 Polish Junior Nationals
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
13 Aug
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24 Aug 2025
2025 Ostrow Wlkp Glide - Polish Regional Championship
Ostrow Wielkopolski,
POL
16 Aug
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24 Aug 2025
2025 Club and Gradient GP+M. Vlach Cup
Mlada Boleslav,
CZE
16 Aug
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23 Aug 2025
2025 Coppa Città di Rieti
Rieti,
ITA
17 Aug
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23 Aug 2025
2025 Championnat de France Juniors
Angers,
FRA

Gliding

The FAI Gliding Commission (IGC) conducts FAI's gliding activities, in particular World Records and International Competitions with the exception of glider aerobatics.

Gliding involves engineless aircraft that move by use of raising air known as thermals, which are cause by the sun heating the ground which in turn heats the air above it; after locating a thermal, a glider pilot will circle within the area of rising air to gain height. Other types of rising air include ridge lift, mountain waves and convergences of different air masses.

International Championships are run all over the world. Pilots selected on the basis of their results in competitions at home can enter biennial FAI European Gliding Championships which alternate with World Championships. In an European Championships year, there are also separate World Championships for Junior pilots, up to their 26th birthday year and for female pilots. The separate female competitions were established not to discriminate but to encourage women to take their flying further as many fail to do due to the demands of family and other duties.

The FAI Sailplane Grand Prix sees the world's best glider pilots compete in the Final after qualifying from events around the world. Races have a simple regatta start and a first-over-the-line finish, and are designed to be exciting for spectators and raise gliding's profile in the media; GPS technology enable spectators to follow aircrafts' progress live on the internet.

 

FAI Sailplane Grand Prix

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