ACAO visits Crevacuore Primary School
Last week club member Gianfranco Caroppo visited Crevacuore primary school in Biella province to speak to children about gliding. It was a lovely experience both for Gianfranco and the students, who listened intently to his talk illustrated with pictures of gliders and inflight action pictures. The children showed their enthusiasm for Gianfranco’s presentation by immediately […]
Ventus 3 visits ACAO
Friday and Saturday Schempp-Herth dropped in with the Ventus 3 prototype. Many interested pilots came to see the new machine in which several members flew. It seems a very interesting aircraft indeed.
X-Italy 2016: Day 7 – Final
The last stage of the “X-Italia 2016, on finished on Saturday, 21 May. (editor’s note “X” is pronounced “cross”) in conjunction with “Sailplane Grand-Prix” at Varese). “X-Italy 2016” is the year 0 (zero) for a new form of gliding competition, strongly supported by the Aero Club of Italy (AeCI) and organized by the flying club […]
X-Italy: big success for a new racing formula
Saturday 21 May saw the last stage of X-Italy 2016 for Italy (NB: “X” as in “Cross”) concurrently with the “Sailplane Grand Prix” in Varese. “X-Italy 2016” is the zero edition of a new type of soaring strongly supported by the Italian Aero Club (AeCI) and organised by the ACAO (VA) and Pavullo (MO) aero […]
X-Italy 2016: Day 6
First Task Pavullo nel Frignano – Alzate Brianza The final day of “X-Italy 2016”, we depart from Pavullo for Alzate Brianza, and another challenge crossing the Po Valley. Initially conditions were good, with 2,000m cloud-bases and the pilots achieved good average speeds over the first 50 km stretch. On arrival in the Po Valley […]
Qualificazioni Grand Prix volo a vela, una settimana di successi
VareseNews, 24 maggio 2016
Italian stage of the Sailplane Grand Prix finishes
The Sailplane Grand Prix qualifying stage has been held at the Adele Orsi gliding club with six out of seven soaring days (only the race on the fifth day being cancelled due to bad weather). A total of over 30,000km was flown at a mean speed of around 100km/h. A number of tasks measuring between […]
From Grand Prix to Open Day: The ACAO season opens
The 2016 ACAO event calendar was presented today in a news conference held at our base. Present among others was Varese mayor Attilio Fontana, Provincial president Gunnar Vincenzi, Italian Olympic Comittee provincial delegate Marco Caccianiga, Sabrina Guglielmetti on behalf of the Varese Chamber of Commerce and Gianni Orsi, son of our founders Adele and Giorgio […]
X-Italy 2016: DAY 5
Airfield “Il Gabbiano”, San Vincenzo (Livorno). The theme of the day seem trivial, it is simply to fly a task route of about 40 km over the water. We fly from “Il Gabbiano” to Piombino and on to the Island of Elba! What’s more, the day is “seasoned” with steady 25 kt wind from […]
X-Italy 2016: DAY 4
Last day in Pavullo nel Frignano (MO) – Day 4 The fourth day of “X-Italia” leaves no space for anything other than exhibition, entertainment, soaring flight and pure satisfaction. The day starts early, at 07:30 with the three gliders made ready for repeat performance of the display, but this time in the skies above […]
X-Italy 2016: Day 3
Pavullo Frignano Airport (Modena) – Day 3 The goal of the third day is our in flight exhibition for the “Giro d’Italia” (cycling event)”. The three gliders were ready at the launch-point by 10:00 and the pilots prepared for the rehearsal of our display at Sestola, the finish line of the tenth stage of […]
X-Italy 2016: Day 2
Pavullo Frignano Airport (Modena) – Day 2 The second day proved to be a challenge as the weather conditions were very poor; low level spread-out with a constant threat of rain. Not a day for a task, so it was declared a rest day! As things turned out, our day rest turned out to […]
SGP Varese 2016
After the success of the Grand Prix World Final in 2015, ACAO is ready to host the 2016 Italian Qualifying Sailplane Grand Prix, from May 15th to 21st. The unofficial training start on May, 12th, while the day of 14/5 will be dedicated to official training. More informations are available on sgp.aero website. This year […]
X-Italy 2016: Day 1
First task Calcinate del Pesce – Airfield Airport (Kong) -Airfield Cremona A good start to the race for our competitors and the SILENT 2 Electro. The three self-launching gliders departed from Calcinate (VA) at about 12:15, just prior to launch of the Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifier with Cremona airport as their first destination. The routing […]
X-Italy 2016, flight across Italy
What is it? “X-Italy 2016” is an entirely new type of gliding competition, being trialed for the first time in the gliding world, and conducted in Italy. There are several aspects of the competition to differentiate this with conventional gliding competitions. First and foremost, all the gliders are equipped with an electric motor and are […]
Alianti senza barriere
La Prealpina, 13 Maggio 2016
Riapre con una qualificazione mondiale la stagione del Volo a Vela
VareseNews, 12 maggio 2016
X-Italy 2016
FAI award to the CSVVA gliding Museum
VGC News, Spring 2016
Three new pilot licences in ACAO!
Saturday 30 April Italian Civil Aviation Authority Examiner Stefano Bianchetti carried out practical glider pilot flight tests at Calcinate for licence applicants. Passing with flying colours were new pilots Danial Albrecht, Andrea Cassano and Stefano Ceccon. Sincere congratulations and best wishes for their flying lives. Once again the school has achieved the highest level and […]
