Bulgarian Gliding Nationals 2022
Interesting conditions and fierce competition. This year Blagoevo airfield (LBBL) and Aeroclub Ludogorie were again the hosts of the Bulgarian Gliding National Championship that took place between 13-th and 18-th of August. The competition took place with interesting meteorological conditions … Прочети още…
Sporting achievements – first silver badges!
Renewed traditions In 2021 after a long break of sporting activities in Bulgaria, the possibility for local pilots to conduct badge flights was finally renewed. After the formation of the Bulgarian Gliding Comity and the translation of the FAI sporting … Прочети още…
Record conditions and 472 km in the Danube flatlands
High cloudbase and long convergence lines marked July The 2022 season continues to surprise us. The year started with relatively stable and wet conditions till mid April. This limited the XC potential in the first months of the year May … Прочети още…
Bulgarian National Gliding Championships 2021
After almost a 30 year break, Bulgaria is back on the competition scene. Between 11-th and 15-th of September this year Aeroclub Ludogorie provided the scene for the first Bulgarian National Gliding Championship after a big pause of gliding activity … Прочети още…
“To fly on long wings”
A presentation about gliding trough the eyes of a paraglider pilot. This Saturday 05.09.2020 we invite all our friends interested in gliding on a short presentation showing the path of the glider pilot trough the eyes of the paraglider and … Прочети още…
Records in Australia
While winter finally caught up with the Bulgarian latitudes, in the southern hemisphere the gliding season is at it’s peak. Ivelin Kalushkov again took advantage of the Australian conditions and managed to beat 2 more of the Bulgarian national records … Прочети още…
Learning Gliding in Bulgaria.
2019 was dynamic not only in a meteorological sense, but also in the development of the Bulgarian gliding scene. After the creation of the new gliding commission in the Bulgarian NAC in February and the first sporting flights in July … Прочети още…
After almost 20 years – again a Silver FAI Badge and 300 km FAI triangle in the Bulgarian skies.
Although the summer is moving away, the season this year presented amazing conditions for cross-country flying, especially in NE Bulgaria. The “wet” beginning of the season prolonged the low cloud base periods till late in the season. May and June … Прочети още…
SkySight covers Bulgaria
There are a lot of forecasting models and servers which we can use to forecast weather and conditions. Ever pilot usually have a preference in a specific model or a set of steps to acquire a relevant forecast. MeteoBlue, XC … Прочети още…
New Bulgarian National FAI triangle speed record!
Despite that Autumn is slowly creeping up in the Southern Hemisphere, conditions in Australia continue to surprise everyone. Allowing for record flights even late in the season. On 08.03.2019 Ivelin Kalushkov managed to beat another of the Bulgarian National Records … Прочети още…