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27 Jun
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06 Jul 2025
2025 Polish Nationals
Czestochowa,
POL
27 Jun
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06 Jul 2025
2025 Czestochowa Regional Competition
Czestochowa,
POL
27 Jun
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06 Jul 2025
18th Trofeo Pltrepo
Voghera Rivanazzo,
ITA
28 Jun
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05 Jul 2025
SM segelflyg 2025 i klasserna 18- och 20m
Boras,
SWE
28 Jun
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12 Jul 2025
2025 Safari Cup
Královéhradecký kraj,
CZE
29 Jun
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05 Jul 2025
56th Campeonato Nacional de Vuelo a Vela
Lillo (Toledo),
ESP

FAI World and continental championships (CAT.1)

05 Jul
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20 Jul 2025
7th FAI Junior European Gliding Championships
Prievidza,
SVK
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)

30 Jun
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06 Jul 2025
2025 Rakovník Cup
Rakovnik,
CZE
04 Jul
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12 Jul 2025
2025 Austrian Multiclass Nationals
Lesce - Bled,
SLO
05 Jul
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12 Jul 2025
2025 Austrian National Juniors Championship
Kapfenberg, Styria,
AUT
06 Jul
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12 Jul 2025
2025 Championnat de France classes 18 mètres et Libre
La Roche sur Yon,
FRA
11 Jul
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18 Jul 2025
70th Magyar Vitorlázórepülő Nemzeti Bajnokság
Bekescsaba,
HUN
12 Jul
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19 Jul 2025
2025 CMVVM
Vinon sur Verdon,
FRA
12 Jul
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20 Jul 2025
2025 T Cup
Touzim,
CZE
12 Jul
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20 Jul 2025
34th Državno prvenstvo Slovenije v jadralnem letenju in mednarodno odprto prvenstvo
Miklavž na Dravskem Polju,
SLO
13 Jul
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19 Jul 2025
2025 Planeur Académie Sud Est
Challes-les-Eaux,
FRA
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
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

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

More info about SGP