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Imagine 150 top paragliding pilots competing in the blue sky of Haute Provence in the South of France. 15 days of full action through the Verdon Valley. That is what 12th FAI European Paragliding Championship is! It is organized by Aerogliss paragliding school on behalf of FAI supported by the Mayor office of St André les Alpes.
Expand page for more detailsFlying site
The flying site of St André les Alpes is called after its mountain Le Chalvet. It offers pilots various flying conditions and a number of XC routes. The classic direction is an ascend from St André to the North, for example to Briacon, to the valley of the Verdon or as far as Allos.
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Prize funds and scoring categories
- Overall
- Women
- Nations
Downloads
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.CompeGPS.wpt
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.GoogleEarth.kml
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.GPX.gpx
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.SeeYou.cup
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.FS.wpt
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.UTM.utm
Event info
Imagine 150 top paragliding pilots competing in the blue sky of Haute Provence in the South of France. 15 days of full action through the Verdon Valley. That is what 12th FAI European Paragliding Championship is! It is organized by Aerogliss paragliding school on behalf of FAI supported by the Mayor office of St André les Alpes. It is the main European Paragliding Event of 2012.
Link to video on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/35495345
Selection and entry fee
The be selected for the competition a pilot has to have either ranked in the top 400 in WPRS for Paragliding, or have scored a minimum of 45 WPRS points in a single FAI sanctioned paragliding competition including all rankings in the 24 calendar month period up to the June 2012 ranking
The deadline for receiving the Entry Form is 15 June 2012.
The deadline for Entry fee payment is 25 June.2012
Entry Fee
Pilots : 430 €
Team leaders: 215 €
Entry fees for the top 3 nations (France, Italy and Switzerland ) are to be paid to the following account
FAI bank account details:
Credit Suisse Private Banking
Rue du Lion d’Or 5-7 Case postale 2468 CH-
1002 Lausanne Switzerland
Account name
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Account Number (Euro): 0425-457968-32
IBAN Code: CH31 0483 5045 7968 3200 0
SWIFT/BIC Code: CRES CHZZ 10A
Please indicate the payment to be entry fee for PG Europeans and the paying NAC.
All other entry fees are to be paid to following bank account:
BANK DETAILS
Bank: Credit Agricole Provence Cote d’Azur
Account holder: Association Saint Andréenne de Vol Libre
IBAN FR76 1910 6008 3743 6117 7763 046 BIC AGRIFRPP891
Please indicate the payment to be entry fee for PG Europeans and for what NAC or pilots.
The entry fee includes:
• Transport to take-off for all registered pilots on all competition days
• Retrieve for all registered pilots on all competition days
• GPS download coordinates
• Competitor and glider identification (glider number)
• Colour map with turn points and restricted areas marked
• ID card & safety/contact information
• Lunch package, water
• Competition tee shirt
• Tickets to all competition events
• GPS control and task scoring
• Emergency rescue and first aid medical service
• Use of Live Tracker Devices
Prize fund and scoring categories
1st, 2d, 3d ranked in Women scoring category
1st, 2d, 3d ranked in Nations scoring category
General schedule
Pre-registration and training task
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Pre-registration and training task
Sunday, 2 September 2012
09:00-15:00 Official registration and paraglider inspection:
Sunday, 2 September 2012
17:00 Mandatory Safety meeting:
18:00 Team leader briefing at the HQ:
19:00 Opening ceremony:
Monday, 3 September 2012
First competition briefing
Monday, 3 September - Saturday, 15 September 2012
Contest flying days
Saturday, 15 September, 2012
Prize-giving, closing ceremony
Daily schedule
08:00 Deadline for protests of the previous day
08:30 Team leader briefing at the town hall
09:15 Transportation to take-off
10:30 Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
11:00 Pilots' briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
11:30 Take-off window opens
16:00 Scoring office opens at HQ
18:00 Safe landing report deadline - as soon as possible, if landing is after deadline, then maximum 30 minutes after landing.
21:00 Scoring office closes
21:30 Provisional results
22:30 Complaints resolution published
Accommodation and Activities
How to get here
2012 European Paragliding Championship
c/o Aerogliss
Base de loisirs des iscles
04170 Saint André les Alpes
France
GPS : 43°57.568 N et 006°30.643 E
tel : +33 (0)4 92 89 11 30
fax: +33 (0)4 92 89 02 36
contact: compet@aerogliss.com
Saint-André-les-Alpes,N202
Saint Andre les Alpes France
Downloads
Waypoint files
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.CompeGPS.wpt
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.GoogleEarth.kml
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.GPX.gpx
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.SeeYou.cup
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.FS.wpt
- 12th-fai-european-paragliding-championship.UTM.utm
Organizers
04170 Saint André les Alpes
France
GPS : 43°57.568 N et 006°30.643 E
Tel : +33 (0)4 92 89 11 30
Fax: +33 (0)4 92 89 02 36
Email: compet@aerogliss.com
http://aerogliss.com
06000 Nice : France
tél : +33 (0)4.97.03.82.88 Fax : +33 (0)4.97.03.82.83
email: ffvl@ffvl.fr
http://ffvl.fr
Meet Director
Air Marshal
Pre-flyers Control
Air Marshal
Pre-flyers Control
Web reports
Headquarters Coordinators
Weather Forecast
Transport and Retrieval
Web reports
Headquarters Coordinators
Weather Forecast
Transport and Retrieval
Contacts
Socials
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Europe's best wings!
Main paragliding event of 2012 year is successfully completed! We were lucky enough with weather. Competition was mostly safe. And we had great organizing team made one of the best paragliding event ever. We would like to thank all the organization members for the great job! Haute Provence region with its special South Alpes were very hospitable. And this event will long remain in the memory of the spectators and participants as well.
Tasks and results
Task 1
06 Sep, 2012
102.0 km — Race to goal
Task 2
07 Sep, 2012
77.4 km — Race to goal
Task 4
10 Sep, 2012
84.3 km — Race to goal
Task 5
11 Sep, 2012
68.8 km — Race to goal
Task 6
14 Sep, 2012
75.2 km — Race to goal
Task 7
15 Sep, 2012
73.7 km — Race to goal