FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011 will be the fourth gliding

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...

Grand Prix

Grand Prix gliding

FAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championships are gliding competitions promoted by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale for gliders that are both more spectacular and more easily understood by the public than conventional gliding competitions....

. The qualifying races will take place during 2010-2011 worldwide flying season.

Qualifying races

Zar Bielsko-Biała -Economy and Industry:Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland. It was ranked 2nd best city for business in that country by Forbes. About 5% of people are unemployed . Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry...	Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...	Qualifing Grand Prix of Poland Poland Grand Prix Gliding 2010 The Qualifing Grand Prix of Poland was the first qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011. Because the usage of handicaps is not allowed in the Grand Prix style of competitions, only the planes with handicap index 101 from Club class are allowed...	club	30 April - 9 May 2010
St. Moritz St. Moritz St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Sailplane Grand Prix St. Moritz Swiss Soaring Grand Prix The Sailplane Grand Prix St. Moritz was the second qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011....	15 meters	21 - 28 August 2010
Nitra Nitra Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center...	Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...	Soaring Grand Prix of Slovakia Pribina Sailplane Grand Prix 2010 The Pribina Sailplane Grand Prix was the third qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011. The competition was flow in with 18 meters class gliders....	18 meters	11 - 18 September 2010
Santiago Vitacura Vitacura is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago...	Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	Santiago Qualifing Grand Prix Chile Grand Prix Gliding The Santiago Qualifing Grand Prix 2009 was the sixth qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2008.- External links :* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMoTQH-RpZw* http://www.fai.org/gliding/QSGP0809...	15 meters	22 - 29 January 2011
Boonah	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Soaring Grand Prix of Australia Australian Grand Prix Gliding 2010 The 2010 Australian Qualifying Grand Prix is the fourth qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011....	Standard	March 2011
Brasov Industria Aeronautica Româna Industria Aeronautică Română or Romanian Aeronautic Industry in English, is a Romanian aerospace manufacturer founded in 1925. Based in Ghimbav, near Braşov, Romania, the company employs around 1200 specialists including more than 170 engineers...	Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	Romanian Qualifing Grand Prix Romanian Grand Prix Gliding The Romanian Qualifing Grand Prix 2011 is the first qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2010-2011 that will take place in Romania.- External links :* http://www.fai.org/gliding/QSGP2010_2011* http://sgp2011.aeroclubulromaniei.ro...	Standard	1 - 8 May 2011
Saint-Auban Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France.-Population:Its inhabitants are referred to as Jarlandins.-Places of interest:...	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Sailplane Grand Prix of France Grand Prix de France The Grand Prix de France 2008 was the second qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2008....	15 meters	1 - 7 May 2011
La Cerdanya	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Sailplane Grand Prix of Spain	15 meters	9 - 15 May 2011
Nummela Vihti Vihti is a small municipality located in the Uusimaa region of province of Southern Finland, approximately northwest of the capital city Helsinki. Its seat is Nummela. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	Sailplane Grand Prix of Finland	Standard	22 - 28 May 2011
Calcinate del Pesce	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Sailplane Grand Prix of Italy	18 meters	28 May - 5 June 2011

External links

http://www.fai.org/gliding/QSGP2010_2011
http://www.qsgp2011.fi/ Finland 2011

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