Continental Gliding Championship News

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) has accepted the bid
of the National Aeronautic Association and the Soaring Society of
America to hold a Continental Gliding Championships in the United
States in 2014.

The Championships will take place at the Chilhowee Gliderport in
eastern Tennessee in late August, 2014. The competition will be held
in a single class, the International Club Class.

While FAI Continental Gliding Championships have taken place in Europe
and South America, this will be the first Continental Championships to
which pilots from both North and South America will be invited.

The details of pilot entry requirements and Local Procedures will be
available in due course.

For further information, contact Sarah Arnold

FAI, founded in 1905, is the World Air Sports Federation. It is an
international organization with the basic aim of furthering
aeronautical and astronautical activities worldwide, ratifying world
and continental records and coordinating the organization of
international competitions. For further information about FAI, go to
http://www.fai.org.