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For Links to UK gliding clubs, please use the club directory.

Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)
www.fai.org Worldwide governing body for airsports.
start.fai.org/gliding-federations.asp Links to other gliding associations around the world
International Gliding Commission
www.fai.org/gliding Worldwide governing body for gliding (part of the FAI)
http://www.fai.org/gliding/sporting_code The FAI sporting code section 3 (gliding)
European Gliding Union
www.egu-info.org European body that deals with European gliding issues
Europe Air Sports
www.europe-airsports.fai.org Europe Air Sports is an association of the European National Aero Clubs, and is affiliated to the FAI - the World's Airsports Federation - with the objective to co-ordinate regulatory matters in Europe.
The Air League
www.airleague.co.uk The Mission of the Air League is to generate national understanding of the importance to the UK of aviation and aerospace, and to excite the interest of young people in these areas by helping them to become involved. 
The Royal Aero Club
www.royalaeroclub.org The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom is the national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom
Air Cadet Organisation
www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets

The Air Cadets isa UK-wide cadet force with more than 40,000 members aged between 13 and 20 years. Sponsored by the Royal Air Force, they offer hands-on experience of activities and courses that will challenge and develop your skills to help you succeed in whatever you want to do.

Vintage Gliding Club
www.vintagegliderclub.org A must for all owners and lovers of old gliders
Competition Enterprise  
www.comp-enterprise.co.uk

Maximise the Day with adventurous gliding! Anyone with any glider from vintage to supership is welcome at Enterprise, held every year at a variety of gliding sites around the UK.

 

 

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