Folks,

Please find next some information about the XXXII Spanish Nationals Gliding Championships "La Mancha Glide".

· Where: Lillo (Toledo), Spain The venue of the WAG2001 Gliding contest.

· Contest area: La Mancha, the same contest area to be used on the World Air Games in 2001

· When: June 26th. Till July 9th.

· Organized by the Real Federación Aeronáutica Española and delegated onto the Real Aeroclub de Toledo (RACT).

· Classes: Open, 18M, 15M, Std. World and Club.

· For whom: Spanish pilots, but open to foreign pilots. World class and 18M will have priority.

Entries: International entries: Each NAC may enter 2 pilots and 2 reserves. Priority for international entries will be given in the World Class and in the 18M class. Entries must be received by April the 30th. Allocation of reserve places will be made on May 1st. International entries may be accepted in other classes where planes are available. Priority will be given to Spanish competitors in the Club, Standard, 15M and Open classes.

· Entry fee: 300 euros. Towing fee: 30 euros

· Rules: Annex A FAI Sporting code gliding section.

· Web site: http://www.sportec.es/www/fae/vela/xxxii.htm

· Mail entry forms to:evallejo@abonados.cplus.es

· Further information: Angel Casado

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Dear friends around the world,

On behalf of the Hellenic Aeronautical & Airsports Federation we hereby extend our official invitation to the 7th Women's World Hang Gliding Championship to be held in Hellas (Greece) between the 16th and 24th of June 2000.

BULLETIN No. 1, (version 2 dated March 2000) contains the official invitation to the Championship and includes the revisions made at the CIVL meeting in Sitges, Spain 24-27/2/00.

Please ensure that all the lady pilots in your country are informed of this event and give them all the support you can in order to ensure a large participation.

Awaiting your news.

On behalf of the Organizing committee

Lillian LeBlanc

Dear Friends,

We are very pleased to announce that Motorgliding and Gliding Magazine has gone on-line at:

http://www.glidingmagazine.com

This publication is free to all viewers. It is an outgrowth of the original magazine partnership between SSA and BGA. Unfortunately, after a year we had to end the printed copy but have chosen to continue the publication as an Internet magazine. The new publication is supported by the SSA.

We are glad to tell you that Gillian Bryce-Smith continues to serve as Editor of the new magazine. I am sure you all agree with me that she is definitely one of the best gliding editors in the world.

One section of the magazine promotes interest in gliding. In this section we will create a link to any IGC member country's home page. If you would like to have your country listed just send the URL to:

info@glidingmagazine.com.

The magazine offers viewers/readers many opportunitities to post their own stories and pictures. We hope you and others will take advantage of this publication.

Thank you all for your continued support of gliding throughout the world.

In recent years, the number of teams and subsequently pilots at Paragliding Category 1 Championships has increased considerably (from 125 pilots in 1993 to 230 in 1999). In some cases the large number of pilots coupled with the wide range of pilot skills has compromised safety. At the recent CIVL Plenary meeting, lengthy discussions were held in order to provide a solution to the problem. Firstly, to address the problem of overcrowding, it was voted that there should be a maximum number of 150 pilots at a Paragliding Category 1 Championship. This led to the issue of how to allocate those places, given that all FAI member countries have the right to send a team to a Category 1 Championships. After much discussion the solution aproved by CIVL delegates is that the World Pilot Ranking Scheme (WPRS) will be used to rank nations and a nations team size will depend of their WPRS ranking. This will come into effect from 1 Jan 2001.

Full details can be found on the CIVL wesbite at

All those with an interest in team size at Paragliding Category 1 Championships should familiarise themselves with the team size information. Any questions should be sent to Sarah Fenwick.

The issue of how to score teams is being addressed by the WPRS working group. Any constructive suggestions, should also be sent to Sarah Fenwick.

The First FAI International Symposium on Air Sports Medicine will take place in Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) during the 2nd World Air Games WAG 2001.

The purpose of this symposium will be:

1) to improve medical knowledge of the physiological, medical and environmental aspects of air sports

2) to communicate experiences and research on medical controversies related with to air sports

3) to contribute to the safety of air sports

Call for abstracts will be announced in April 2000.

More information is available on the web at:

http://www.fai.org/medical/wag_symposium.html