THE WGC ARGENTINA 2012 IS OFFICIALY OPENED A crowd of people witnessed the different delegation of the countries that took part in the opening ceremony. Photo: Delegations Parade

01/05/2013 - A celebration that took part in the center of Adolfo Gonzalez Chaves served as the official opening. Otto Ballot club s president, Mr. Daniel Dekker, delivered a speech. He was followed by Favav s President, Mr. Eduardo Barrera, the town s Mayor, Dr. José Alberto Martinez and the under secretary of sports Mr Luis Vivona. All the delegations paraded around the square and enjoyed traditional Argentinian performances. Tomorrow competitions will start and, in the next few days, 3 new world gliding champions will lead each of the classes.

02/01/2013  TEAM CUP Results

01/19/2013  A GREAT YOUNG CHAMPION Interview to Sebastián Riera.

01/19/2013  A VERY HUMBLE CHAMPION Interview to Santiago Berca

01/19/2013  STANDARD CLASS CHAMPION Interview to Sebastian Kawa

01/19/2013  ARGENTINEAN TEAM CAPTAIN Interview to Carlos Calamante.

01/19/2013  GOLDENSWEIG AND GAUDE Interview to Damian Goldenzweig and Javier Gaude

01/19/2013  KAWA, BERCA y RIERA The WGC Argentina 2012 already has its three champions.

01/19/2013  THE WGC FINISHED. The world is waiting for the results.

01/19/2013  MY FINAL WRAP Report by Art Grant

01/19/2013  A BUSH FOR EACH COUNTRY 24 little bushes were planted today by the members of the WGC Argentina 2012.

01/19/2013  THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GETS TO THE END The final briefing of the glider pilots and the tasks, for the competence that decides everything.

01/19/2013  THE LAST AWAKING By: Pedro Galmes

01/18/2013  THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS SIZZLING With results that are still preliminary, we can give you some of the positions today.

01/18/2013  TASK CHANGED Club and Standard Class change to task B

01/18/2013  THE PENULTIMATE WGC BRIEFING An important day for the competence. Nothing has been said yet, but today could be very decisive.

01/18/2013  LIGHT BLUE, WHITE AND WITH AN ENORMOUS SUN This is what the sky is like this morning.

01/17/2013  MY WEDNESDAY WRAP Report by Art Grant

01/17/2013  THE DRIZZLE DID NOT RETIRE All the tasks were cancelled.

01/17/2013  THE COUNTDOWN 11th day began cover with some drizzle but with some hopes for flying.

01/17/2013  TYPICAL OF A COLD MIND A day to keep your mind cold and calm.

01/16/2013  160 BOTTLES OF BEER By Wolf D. Herold

01/16/2013  MY TUESDAY WRAP Report by Art Grant

01/16/2013  ALL TASKS WERE CANCELLED The cold front did not banish so it is not possible to fly

01/16/2013  11TH DAY BRIEFING Among prizes and clouds

01/16/2013  CLOUDS IN THE 11TH DAY The 11th day of the competition will be cloudy.

01/15/2013  WEATHER REPORT Weather report for the nigth

01/15/2013  THE COMPETITION IS BACK! By this time in the afternoon, many pilots have already arrived.

01/15/2013  THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM Tasks were hastened, if compared to previous days.

01/15/2013  A TIRING DAY AT DAWN A relevant task

01/14/2013  ALL THE TASKS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED The weather conditions did not improve and it was not possible to open neither the controls nor the takeoffs.

01/14/2013  MY WEEKEND WRAP Report by Art Grant

01/14/2013  THE FLIGHTS RETURN TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The pilots briefing for the 9th day task of the WGC was made.

01/14/2013  A STRANGE WEATHER The sea breeze is in the Otto Ballod

01/13/2013  WEATHER REPORT Weather report for the nigth

01/13/2013  DAY 8TH CANCELLED In the end the tasks for all clases were cancelled

01/13/2013  TECHNIQUE AND PROFICENCY WILL WIN TODAY S TASK This hard task will show who will be heading the championship.

01/13/2013  A VERY SPECIAL OBJECT David A. Cozzarin remembrances got into our hands.

01/13/2013  AFTER A REST DAY THE CONTEST CONTINUES The 8th day begins

01/12/2013  THE PERSPECTIVE OF A CANADIAN VISITOR A report by Art Grant

01/12/2013  THE SEVENTH DAY WEATHER Interview to Lucas Berengüa - WGC2012 Meteorological Department

01/12/2013  TODAY S TASK HAS BEEN CANCELLED Today s weather conditions will not allow the pilots to fly.

01/12/2013  DAY 7 - CANCELLED It will be no activities today

01/11/2013  SEBASTIAN KAWA BACK ON THE STAGE On the basis of the preliminary results..

01/11/2013  THE SIXTH DAY FINISHED It was a tough day.

01/11/2013  WEATHER REPORT Weather report for the nigth

01/11/2013  THE WINNER OF THE 5TH DAY, CLUB CLASS Interview to Branko Stojkovich- Serbian pilot

01/11/2013  PETR SVOBODA REFLECTS ABOUT YESTERDAY S TASK Interview to Petr Svoboda- World Class Pilot

01/11/2013  SIXTH DAY BRIEFING Today s briefing started at 11hs congratulating the winners of yesterday task.

01/11/2013  WINNER OF THE STANDARD CLASS, 5TH DAY Interview to Vittorio Pinni- Italian pilot

01/11/2013  SIXTH S DAY OF COMPETITION First Friday in the gliding competition.

01/10/2013  CONTEST DAY 5 A report by Wolf Herold

01/10/2013  FIFTH DAY OF FLYING IN GONZALES CHAVES 80 of the pilots have arrived at the airfield.

01/10/2013  WINNER OF THE STANDARD CLASS, 4TH DAY Interview to Mario Kiessling - German pilot

01/10/2013  WINNER OF THE WORLD CLASS, 4TH DAY Interview to Jedrzej Sklodowski- Polish pilot

01/10/2013  THE FIFTH DAY BRIEFING FINISHED. Yesterday winners were: World Class, Jedrzej Sklodowski; Club Class, Santiago Berca; Standard Class, Mario Kiessling.

01/10/2013  VARIED MENU FOR THURSDAY NIGHT International banquet.

01/10/2013  WINNER CLUB CLASS - DAY 4 Interview to Santiago Berca - Pilot of Argentine Team

01/10/2013  MARIO KIESSLING, YESTERDAY S WINNER. Mario Kiessling, the German pilot, won another victory in Standard Class.

01/09/2013  TODAY S RESULTS Daily report

01/09/2013  WEATHER REPORT Weather report for the nigth

01/09/2013  BRANCO STOJKOVIC The winner of the 2nd day on club class

01/09/2013  THE COMPETITION GETS TOUGHER task four is ready

01/09/2013  THE CHAMPION TRIES TO WIN ON FLATLAND Interview to Laurent Couture of the French team

01/08/2013  MOTHER AND TEAM CAPTAIN Interview to Manesté Schmidt, the South African Team Captain

01/08/2013  GERMANY- SERBIA- CZECH REPUBLIC These are the three nations that will be in the podium in today s briefing.

01/08/2013  WEATHER REPORT Weather report for the nigth

01/08/2013  FINAL FLIGHTS The gliders are returning to the airfield

01/08/2013  THE WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP LIVES ITS THIRD DAY The third day of competence and a new briefing for the pilots.

01/08/2013  LIAUGAUDAS WINNER OF THE 2ND DAY Interview to the standard class pilot Darius Liagaudas, Lithuanian Team

01/08/2013  WINNER WORLD CLASS - DAY 2 Interview to Eduardo Crego, pilot Argentine Team.

01/08/2013  THE NETHERLANDS IN WGC Interview to Bart Renckerns - Team Captain of The Netherlands

01/08/2013  THE NETHERLANDS, LITHUANIA AND ARGENTINA These are the three countries that will be on the podium today.

01/08/2013  OPERATIONS ARE ROLLING ALONG. By working hard and focused, positive results are achieved. Interview to Roberto Vogt and Ivan Orellana.

01/07/2013  SMILING FACES APPEARED ON THE SECOND DAY The pilots returned happily to the airfield because the weather conditions favoured the competitions.

01/07/2013  THE WORDS OF OUR BELGIUM FRIEND Interview to the Belgium pilot Bruno Peiraertz

01/07/2013  WEATHER REPORT Weather report for the nigth

01/07/2013  EXPERIENCE IN WORLD CLASS Interview to Eduardo Crego member of de Argentine Team

01/07/2013  CHANGE TO THE ALTERNATIVE TASK A change was made to the tasks assigned to World Class and Standard Class.

01/07/2013  THE FIRST WINNER OF WGC ARGENTINA 2012 The first prize was given to the only class that could have a valid task yesterday.

01/07/2013  THE SECOND SUNNY DAY The gliders go to the runway and wait for the new competition

01/06/2013  STRONG WIND The first day of tasks had an implacable rival

01/06/2013  WEATHER REPORT Weather report for the nigth

01/06/2013  FOLLOW YOUR TEAM IN THE TRACKING ONLINE The system to follow the pilots’ tasks is available

01/06/2013  FIRST COMPETITION The strong wind may cause some difficulties when the thermal goes up.

01/06/2013  THE COMPETENCE HAS STARTED During the Opening Ceremony, the flags were raised and they will be up during the whole championship.

01/06/2013  THE WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP TAKES THE RUNWAY. Once the official training days are over, today, Sunday 6th, the Championship starts formally.

01/05/2013  AUSTRALIA WANTS TO SHOW ITS SKILLS Interview to the Australian Team Captain

01/05/2013  SWEDEN TEAM Genesis II - Club class

01/05/2013  TEAM BRAZIL O mais grande do vuelo ...

01/05/2013  ENGLISH TEAM Expectations about the World Championship

01/05/2013  ITALIAN CHEESE Italian crew members talk about his team

01/05/2013  WEATHER REPORT Official report for today

01/05/2013  OPEN CEREMONY Today at 18:00hs sees the official start of the 2012 World Gliding Championship organized by the "Otto Ballod Gliding Club" in Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires.

01/04/2013  EXPECTING THE BEST FOR THE OPENING OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP The meteorological conditions prevented the performance of the tasks corresponding to the last training day.

01/04/2013  WEATHER REPORT Official report for today

01/04/2013  CLUB CLASS CANCELLED Cloudy weather not allowed club class to take off.

01/04/2013  CHECK LIST AND THEY RE OFF The gliders are on the runway and waiting for towing

01/04/2013  FINAL OFFICIAL TRAINING DAY Today is the final chance for the pilots to hone their techniques in the skies over Chavez.

01/03/2013  ONLY ONE CLASS LIFTS OFF Weather leaves World and Standard grounded.

01/03/2013  WINNERS – FIRST OFFICIAL PRACTICE Prizes for the first official practice were awarded in today s briefing.

01/03/2013  SECOND DAY OF OFFICIAL TRAINING BEGINS. World Championship coming to life as the start of competition looms.

01/01/2013  CHANGES ON THE CALENDAR JANUARY 1st 32nd WGC2012

12/30/2012  HARD DAYS Meteorology several complicated issues about basic services.

12/29/2012  RECENT METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The central and southern area of the Province of Buenos Aires has been affected in recent months by heavy rainfall

12/27/2012  NON OFFICIAL TRAINING DAY Schedule DECEMBER 28th

12/27/2012  NON OFFICIAL TRAINING DAY Schedule DECEMBER 27th

12/16/2012  AIRSPACE FILE AND AERONAUTICAL VFR CHART About see you vector map for Argentina

12/15/2012  FIRST CONTAINERS Imported gliders already in Argentina

12/15/2012  SIM CARDS Last days to order

12/14/2012  CREDIT CARDS About payments

12/13/2012  ARGENTINE LICENSE Important information

12/10/2012  BEFORE THE NON OFFICIAL TRAINING Contact information for early tows

12/06/2012  INFORMATION ABOUT BUS COMPANIES New information available

12/06/2012  INSURANCE Contacts available

12/05/2012  ACOMMODATION OR OFFICE AT THE AIRFIELD 10 trailers available. 34euros / day

11/16/2012  NEW INFORMATION AVAILABLE Local Procedures

10/19/2012  IMPORT More benefits

10/18/2012  NEWS ABOUT PARACHUTES Important information

09/25/2012  IMPORTS Final documents and costs available

09/15/2012  NEW OFFICIAL CUSTOM BROKER In order to provide better costs to the teams, FAVAV has introduced important changes to the process of gliders temporary imports.

09/10/2012  ENTRIES Final documents available

09/03/2012  GLIDERS IMPORT New information available. Departure and Arrival Dates.

07/10/2012  NEW JURY PRESIDENT Peter Ryder in Argentina 2012

07/08/2012  NEWS RELEASE FOR TEAM CAPTAINS Very important communication issued by the IGC bureau

06/25/2012  WELCOME TO ARGENTINA Words from the president of the Argentinian Gliding Federation, Eduardo Barrera