THE MAY 2012 ISSUE OF GLIDING INTERNATIONAL A wealth of news for soaring pilots from around the world. A 64 page issue. Stories include: 1. New sailplane now in production designed to introduce a new concept to the sport. Dynamic Story. An eight page feature article.
2. An objective report on the 2012 I.G.C. plenary session held this year in South Africa. You are going to be disappointed if you wanted a class change or a solution to the membership crisis. 3. Full story and photos on the home built/designed sailplane bungee launched with the aid of a bath full of concrete from a European castle roof. Wow to that one! 4. Another new sailplane comes on the market this northern summer. (And priced to compete) The manufacturers of this 15m new ship declare that its performance is better than the Diana II¹. Built to sustain 11+G¹s and -9G¹s. No other series built sailplane has even been built to sustain these forces. 5. New name in electronics - Sagetech. Details of the company that is producing and marketing a transponder that is the size of a credit card. Amazing. Now on the market. 6. Effective April 8, new pilot licensing rules in Europe come into effect. The EASA (European Aviation Safety Authority) have introduced rules exclusive to European countries. If nothing else they have just again proved that these idiots continue to be the odd-ball leaders in the world¹s civil aviation authorities. 7. Something different. We provide the history of the World Gliding Championship trophies where they came from, who donated them and who got their names on them first. 8. Gliding International reports on their choice of the World¹s top soaring pilot for 2012. 9. Australia¹s Soaring museum - its creation and history makes interesting reading. 10. There is now an affordable glass two seat trainer that former grounded Blanik owners can seriously consider. 11. Ritz de Luy writes about the 2012 summer season in southern hemisphere and the start of the Northern summer season with details on who won and who lost and why. 12. The EGU (European Gliding Union) met in Holland in February to review ways and means of arresting the membership decline. They obviously got tied of waiting for the IGC to do something about this very serious problem. 13. And how about this. A national soaring operation has laid down an artificial grass runway at a cost $3.8 million. The story has to question the mentality of those responsible for this absurd project. 14. We bring you a report on gliding in Ukraine. Interesting place for a soaring holiday. Their locally produced single seater AC21 is the cheapest low range single seater on the market. 15. A photographic look at soaring on the Wasserkuppe in 1930. They were making the same errors of judgement then that we do today. 16. Pipistrel hits the headlines again. They are building an $US8million new production factory in Italy. Construction has already started.. 17. We announce the new email gliding news service (igilding.net) that broadcasts headline news via email to all enthusiasts around the world. It is a free service to any interested pilot (past or present). 18. Research on lithium batteries. Increased performance will come from seaweed. Another research project in detail. 19. And life to an older story. Nine Blaniks launched together behind one tow plane. 20. And Gliding International is giving away 1000 copies of the fabulous DVD Gladiators of the Sky.² All details in the May issue. PLUS A MULTITUDE OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL STORIES THAT PROVIDE GREAT READING. NEW OR RENEWING SUBSCRIBERS GO TO OUR WEB SITE <www.glidinginternational.com>
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