Future air sports competitions all around the world

According to Fédération Aéronautique Internationale calendar of events:

Hot Air Balloons and Air Airships

04 Mar to 05 Mar 2011	3rd Stuttgart Linde Open – 24 hours gas balloon race Stuttgart (Germany)
21 May to 29 May 2011	2011 FAI Women’s World Hot Air Balloon Championship Valmiera (Latvia)
09 Sep to 17 Sep 2011	55th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Gap-Tallard (France)
15 Sep to 23 Sep 2011	17th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship Lleida (Spain)
17 Aug to 25 Aug 2012	20th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship Battle Creek, Michigan (USA)

Aerobatics

28 Jul to 07 Aug 2011	14th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championship Torun (Poland)
28 Jul to 07 Aug 2011	2nd FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships Torun (Poland)
31 Aug to 11 Sep 2011	26th FAI World Aerobatic Championships Ravenna (Italy)

Hang Gliding

05 Dec to 11 Dec 2010	14th Open de Canarias de Ala Delta Lanzarote, Gran Canaria (Spain)
02 Jan to 06 Jan 2011	2011 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships Forbes (Australia)
08 Jan to 12 Jan 2011	2011 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships Forbes (Australia)
16 Jan to 22 Jan 2011	2011 Bogong Cup Assigned Area Task (AAT) Hang Gliding Competition Mt Beauty, VIC (Australia)
16 Jan to 22 Jan 2011	2011 Bogong Cup Grand Prix Hang Gliding Competition Mt Beauty, VIC (Australia)
12 Feb to 20 Feb 2011	2011 “Hombres Pájaro Colombia” Roldanillo (Colombia)
16 Feb to 27 Feb 2011	2011 Aeros Winter Race Ajdovscina (Slovenia)
10 Apr to 16 Apr 2011	2011 Dalby Big Air Dalby Airport (Australia)
10 May to 15 May 2011	2011 King Ludwig Open – Int. German Championship HG Tegelberg (Germany)
02 Jun to 05 Jun 2011	21st International Alpen Open Gnadenwald (Austria)
07 Jul to 10 Jul 2011	2011 Fiesch Open Swiss Hanggliding Championship Fiesch, Valais (Switzerland)
16 Jul to 30 Jul 2011	18th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship Monte Cucco (Italy)
19 Aug to 01 Sep 2012	18th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship Kayseri (Turkey)

Gliding

11 Dec to 19 Dec 2010	2010 Chilean Nationals Santiago (Chile)
12 Dec to 17 Dec 2010	7th Argentine World Class Nationals 2010 Adolfo Gonzalez Chávez (Argentina)
03 Jan to 14 Jan 2011	58th Argentine 58th Nationals 2011 Azul (Argentina)
22 Jan to 29 Jan 2011	2011 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP Santiago (Chile)
01 May to 07 May 2011	2011 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP Saint Auban (France)
09 May to 15 May 2011	2011 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP La Cerdenya (Spain)
15 May to 22 May 2011	2011 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP Ghimbav-Brasov (Romania)
22 May to 28 May 2011	2011 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP Nummela (Finland)
28 May to 05 Jun 2011	2011 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP Calcinate Del Pesce (Italy)
15 Jun to 27 Jun 2011	6th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championship Arboga (Sweden)
17 Jul to 30 Jul 2011	16th FAI European Gliding Championship Nitra (Slovakia)
23 Jul to 31 Jul 2011	4th FAI World GP Gliding Championship Wasserkuppe (Germany)
31 Jul to 14 Aug 2011	16th FAI European Gliding Championship Pociunai, Kaunas (Lithuania)
06 Aug to 20 Aug 2011	7th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships Musbach (Germany)
04 Aug to 19 Aug 2012	32nd FAI World Gliding Championship Uvalde, Texas (USA)
09 Dec to 21 Dec 2012	32nd FAI World Gliding Championship Adolfo Gonzalez Chávez (Argentina)
29 Jun to 13 Jul 2013	7th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championship Issoudun (France)
28 Jul to 10 Aug 2013	8th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships Leszno (Poland)

Parachutting

05 Jan to 17 Jan 2011	2nd Dubai International Parachuting Championship & Gulf Cup 2011 (DIPC & Gulf Cup 2011) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
28 Feb to 05 Mar 2011	13th FAI World Para-Ski Championships Gosau (Austria)
17 Jul to 24 Jul 2011	5th CISM Military World Games Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
01 Aug to 07 Aug 2011	7th FAI European Artistic Events Parachuting Championships Saarlouis (Germany)
01 Aug to 07 Aug 2011	8th FAI World Cup of Artistic Events Saarlouis (Germany)
01 Aug to 07 Aug 2011	10th FAI European Formation Skydiving Championship Saarlouis (Germany)
01 Aug to 07 Aug 2011	17th FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving Saarlouis (Germany)
18 Aug to 28 Aug 2011	6th FAI European Style & Accuracy Parachuting Championship Kikinda (Serbia)
18 Aug to 28 Aug 2011	3rd FAI Junior European Style and Accuracy Parachuting Championship Kikinda (Serbia)

Micolights

12 Jan to 23 Jan 2011	2011 Himalayan Paramotor Yatra Yatra (Nepal)
15 Oct to 22 Oct 2011	13th FAI World Microlight Championship Ein Yahav (Israel)
11 Aug to 18 Aug 2012	2012 FAI World Microlight Championship Location to be advised (Spain)

Aeromodelling

02 May to 09 May 2011	2011 FAI World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft Embalse (Argentina)
03 Jul to 10 Jul 2011	2011 FAI World Championship for Soaring Model Aircraft Arboga (Sweden)
10 Jul to 17 Jul 2011	2011 FAI Junior European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft Sentjernej, Novo mesto (Slovenia)
22 Jul to 30 Jul 2011	2011 FAI European Championships for Scale Model Aircraft Ploiesti (Romania)
23 Jul to 31 Jul 2011	2011 FAI European Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft Czestochowa (Poland)
24 Jul to 02 Aug 2011	2011 FAI World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft Muncie, Indiana (USA)
09 Aug to 14 Aug 2011	2011 FAI European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft Belgrade (Serbia)
10 Aug to 14 Aug 2011	2011 FAI World Championship for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft Bundaberg, QSD (Australia)
18 Aug to 27 Aug 2011	2011 FAI European Championship for Soaring Model Aircraft Bovec (Slovenia)
18 Aug to 28 Aug 2011	2011 FAI World Championship for Model Helicopters Cascina Bianca, Calcinatello (BS) (Italy)
20 Aug to 27 Aug 2011	2011 FAI European Championships for Space Models Buzau (Romania)
28 Aug to 03 Sep 2011	2011 FAI World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft Zlatibor (Serbia)
23 Sep to 29 Sep 2011	2011 FAI World Championship for Soaring Model Aircraft Lake Xueye, Laiwu (China (People’s Republic of))

This week news

–          8^th June – Airshow 100 celebrating 100 years of Irish aviation. Punchestown, Naas, Co Kildare, Eire.

–          8 – 13 June 2010 – ILA Berlin AirShow- Centenary show

–         9^th June Carolina Fest, Chester, USA – skydiving

–          12- 14 Queensland State Aerobatics Championships. Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield, Queensland, Australia.

–          10 to 13 June – 13th Schmittenpokal PG 2010, Zell am See, Austria, paragliding cross country

–          10 – 13 June – Portuguese Championship / 5° Open de Parapente de Mirandela, Mirandela, Portugal, paragliding cross country

–          10 – 13 June International Paragliding Swiss Championship Grindelwald, Switzerland

–          10-14 June Abierto “Copa Iyomá” / “Iyomá Cup Open”, Roldanillo, Colombia, class 1 cross country

–          11-13 June – Jempol International Paragliding Competition, Malaysia

–          11 to 13^th June Quebec Air Show

–          11 Jun to 24 Jun 2010 – gliding – Ukraine Open National Gliding Championship, open/standard class

–          12 Jun to 19 Jun 2010 – gliding event –  Arboba Open, Arboga Sweden,  open/standard/15 meter/ club class

–          13^th June – Aeromiting 2010, Godine, Croatia.

–          13 Jun to 18 Jun 2010 – gliding – Romanian Challenge Cup, Oradea, Romania, club class/handicapped

–           13-19 June Canadian National Hang Gliding Championships – Lumby, BC, Canada, class 1 cross country, open solo class

–          13 -19 June – South African National Championship: Barberton Open, Barberton, SA

Airman, from the book to the Hang Gliding movie!

A new project in movie’s industry is about to break some records. Disney / ImageMovers along with director  Robert Zemeckis (Polar Express,Beowulf)  and Gil Kenan will put on screens an adaptation of Airman Novel by Eoin Colfer. Hang Gliding story is the thing which makes us more excited about. Ann Peacock, who wrote the adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is penning an adaptation of the Eoin Colfer novel Airman. The novel was the bestseller historical adventure book  set in 19th century. The book was released in UK and Europe in 2008. The production is in developement and the buget looks good ($150 milion). The story is pretty amazing if we consider Colfer was inspired to write the book after a frightening skydiving experience. If interested about the adventure you might need to buy and read the book first:

Conor constructs a hang-glider and adopts the persona of the Airman, a flying French swordsman. By night, Conor makes flights to Little Saltee, terrorizing the guards (including Billtoe) and digging up his bags of smuggled diamonds. Conor’s goal is to use the diamonds to start a new life in the United States of America.

The adventure is very interesting and I am sure the movie will be a sucess, especially when we talk about this experienced directors and crew.