The World Gliding Championships ( WGC ) is a gliding competition held roughly every two years by the FAI Gliding Commission . The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are always held in the summer in either the Southern Hemisphere or Northern Hemisphere .
10-573: Weihe may refer to: Aircraft [ edit ] DFS Weihe , glider Focke-Wulf Fw 58 , advanced trainer People with the surname [ edit ] Carl Ernst August Weihe (1779–1834), German botanist and physician Podge Weihe (1862–1914), Major League Baseball player Places [ edit ] Wei He , a tributary of the Yellow River in China Weihe, Heilongjiang (苇河),
20-531: A Weihe. Data from Sailplane Directory and Soaring Magazine General characteristics Performance Related lists World Gliding Championships Gliding had been a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics and was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940 . However, since the Second World War, gliding has not featured in
30-508: A dolly and landed on a fixed skid, while later versions has a fixed wheel and skid undercarriage. Originally fitted with DFS-style airbrakes , some were later modified for Schempp-Hirth style brakes instead. The aircraft incorporates a unique rigging system which was widely copied in later gliders. Initially the aircraft was produced by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) (English: German Research Institute for Soaring Flight ) and later by Jacobs-Schweyer . Post World War II it
40-747: A town in Shangzhi, Heilongjiang, China Weihe (Werra) , a river in central Germany Weihe Viaduct , bridge of the A4 motorway near Richelsdorf, Germany Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Weihe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weihe&oldid=884993360 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
50-585: Is a competition for glider pilots under the age of 26. From 1991 to 1997, international junior gliding competitions were held as European Junior Gliding Championships . World Glider Aerobatic Championships take place each year (every two years until 2011) since 1985 under the auspices of the FAI . They are administrated by the FAI Aerobatics Commission "Commission Internationale de Voltige Aerienne" (CIVA). The 2001 championships were part of
60-507: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages DFS Weihe The DFS Weihe (English: Harrier ) is a German single-seat, high-wing , 18 metre wingspan, high-performance glider that was designed by Hans Jacobs in 1937-38. Jacobs designed the Weihe to be the pre-eminent performance glider of its era and indeed it captured many championships and set many records, until its performance
70-613: The Olympics , and so the World Championships are the highest level in the sport. There are now contests for six classes of glider and so in recent years the Championships have been divided between two locations. The women's, junior, grand prix and aerobatic events are also held separately. Each of the following entries give the year and location of the contest followed by the winner of each class, nationality and
80-507: The glider used. A list of future events is available here Gliding Grand Prix , or Sailplane Grand Prix (SGP), is a newer type of gliding competition . It has simpler rules and a more spectacular appearance than conventional soaring competitions. The Women's World Gliding Championships (WWGC) is a women-only gliding competition. From 1979 to 1999 women's gliding competitions were held as International European Women's Gliding Championships . The Junior World Gliding Championships (JWGC)
90-646: Was produced by Focke-Wulf as well as in France , Spain , Sweden and Yugoslavia . Production of the Weihe totaled over 400 aircraft. The Weihe won the World Gliding Championships in 1948 and 1950. It was used to set many world and national records, including the world record for altitude gain in 1959 of 9,665 m (31,709 ft). Dick Johnson won the US National Soaring Championships in 1959, flying
100-424: Was surpassed at the end of the 1950s. Even today it is considered one of the "classic sailplane designs". The Weihe is of wooden construction with fabric covering on the wing trailing edges and the control surfaces. The spar is built from Baltic Pine , with a birch leading edge D-box, fuselage and the fixed portions of the tail surfaces. The airfoil is a modified Gö 549-M.2 section. Early versions took off from
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