24 nations sign up for Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds

Laragne is going to be a popular venue for hang glider pilots this summer! Registration for the 2008 Chabre Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds is now complete, with 120 pilots signed up from 24 countries. An amazing 200+ pilots registered for this competition and it may well be the highest scoring comp of 2008!  .......MORE

Team Rego Opens

Team Registration for the Pre-Worlds opened on the 20th October with a rush of entries, well a couple, and even a few payments notably from the USA who registered first and paid first!....MORE

Organisers welcome Safety Director
The organisers of the 17th FAI World Hang Gliding Championship, 2009 are delighted to announce the appointment of Ali Gali as Safety Director. He takes up this crucial role immediately, and is already a key member of the competition committee working on the Pre-Worlds event in 2008.....MORE

Eyes right! Montagne de Chabre!
In celebration of the coming of the 17th FAI World Hang Gliding Championships to Laragne in 2009, and the pre-Worlds in 2008, the local council have designed and installed two roads-side display panels.....MORE

Presidential summit
Following the announcement that France has been awarded the FAI World Hang Gliding Championships in 2009, the Organiser Agreement was signed on 7 April on the Montagne de Chabre. It was a veritable Presidential Summit with the president of CIVL, Flip Koetsier, the president of the Féderation Française de Vol Libre (FFVL), Jean-Claude Benintende, together with the presidents of the organising clubs, David Owen (Chabre Vol Libre) and Réné-Pierre Gillain (Avolia).....MORE