ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The 25th World Gliding Championships are organised by the FFVV (French Gliding Federation) with the assistance of the following organisations. Their support has been critical in helping to make the event successful. The Organisers wish to extend sincere thanks to each and every one of these partners :

  • CONSEIL GENERAL DES ALPES DE HAUTES PROVENCE
  • REGION PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR
  • DISTRICT DE MOYENNE DURANCE
  • VILLE DE CHATEAU ARNOUX SAINT-AUBAN
  • DIRECTION GENERALE DE l'AVIATION CIVILE
  • MINISTERE DE LA JEUNESSE ET DES SPORTS
  • METEO-FRANCE (consult special Meteo-France Vol à Voile page )
  • ARMEE DE l'AIR
  • The following companies are official Sponsors of the Championships. The Organizers gratefully acknowledge their generous support :

  • ATOCHEM
  • RMC
  • ARTISANS BOULANGERS
  • CANON
  • TRANSELITE
  • SIROCCO
  • LA PROVENCE
  • KRONENBOURG
  • FRANREA
  • TEKELEK AIRTRONIC
  • DASSAULT ELECTRONIQUE
  • TOTAL
  • FRANCE TELECOM
  • ITINERIS
  • The Organisers appreciate the support offered by the following companies and Organisations :

    IRRIFRANCE à Sisteron - ALPHACAN, DABIFLOR à Dabisse - POMPIERS de Château-Arnoux -, ODYSYS-SUD TELECOM à Manosque - ESCOTA à Peyruis - DIRECTION DEPARTEMENTALE DE L'EQUIPEMENT, Subdivision de Château-Arnoux - COMMUNE des MEES - VILLE de GAP - COMMUNE de FORCALQUIER - Cafés MALONGO - Eaux MONCLAR - Société ABRAM à Manosque - Le Quilin, antiquités à Château-Arnoux - REFLETS DE PROVENCE à Oraison - Laboratoires ONAGRINE - Vins CHÂTEAU DE ROUSSET à Gréoux les Bains - S.A. DOUCET Confiseurs à Oraison

    SERPE-IESM proposed Emergency Location Transmitters at special conditions

    The following companies or individuals helped me to build this website ; the webmaster wish to extend sincere thanks to each and every one of these cyberpartners :

  • Bruno Ramseyer from Emerald Computer Products for Export to Europe offered a completly new AT Bus Flatbed Scanner 4800dpi full colour and other hardware (he is also the IGC delegate for Ireland)
  • Cécile Bon translated some of these pages into french in a effort to save our culture
  • David Robertson, whose TaskNav® is used to display flights (in addition of being used for automatic flight evaluation)
  • Günther Eichhorn provided instant mirror access to WGC results on SSA website
  • Jean Molveau, from Vol à Voile Magazine, granted publication on the web of Vol à Voile special WGC issue
  • John Leibacher, who made a great job creating and maintaining a Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange, converted Official Turn Points data into files various formats (including errata updates)
  • Hans Trautenberg created a map of flight area with TPs
  • and (last but not least), Philippe de Péchy contributed to the elaboration of the whole site and created a dedicated software to convert scoring data into results webpages ; visit his great "Vol à Voile" (Soaring) website.
  • The website also uses information from :

  • Beyond French Riviera site (area maps)
  • Flags of the world website (at http://flags.cesi.it/flags/) : flags of participating countries.
  • InfoMet, from Université de Barcelone and Fondation Catalane pour la Recherche (most weather information displays : for education and research use only)
  • METEO-FRANCE
  • French Soaring clubs of Graulhet , Chérence and Fédération Française de Vol à Voile : general information about gliding
  • Université de Strasbourg : NOAA satellite pictures

  • Votre banniere gratuite sur Cyb'AIR
    Member of Cyb'AIR Exchange

    Visit Philippe de Péchy's "Vol à Voile" (Soaring) server : infos, ad's, glider pictures, GPS turnpoints coordinates, competitions results and an unofficial ranking of all glider pilots in the world.

    Other sites of soaring interest :
  • World Gliding Championships 1997, Saint-Auban, France (championnats du monde de vol à voile)
  • L'aéro-club du Bas-Armagnac, Nogaro (Gers, France) Aeroclub of Bas-Armagnac
  • Classement Vuillemot - French Soaring Pilots Permanent Ranking
  • Classement International - Results and Ranking
  • Fédération française de vol à voile - French Soaring Association
  • Les cumulus vus par satellite (Université de Strasbourg) - See cumuluses via satellite
  • NOAA visible

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    réseau Ex-Echo

    Certification d'audience E-Stat Web page by Denis Flament (from Nogaro aeroclub)
    consulted times since 13-Jun-97
    updated : 13-Jun-97