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1.
Main building
- Championship Director, rm 104
- Deputy Directors, rm 104
- Meteorology, rm 109
- Restaurant
- Hotel
- Canteen
- Reception
- Official Board
- Medical point, rm 8
- Competition Office, rm 138
- Registration, rm 138
- Stewards & Jury room, rm 137 |
| 2. Tower |
| 3. Briefing hangar |
| 4. Team huts - international
Camp |
| 5. Scoring office and
outlanding office |
| 6. Camping |
| 7. Tow Planes parking |
| 8. Cars Parking |
| 9. Water sources |
| 10. Gliders & Trailers
Parking |
| 11. Weighing Points |
| 12. Gate |
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| The Central Gliding School |
 The
story of the Central Gliding School begins in 1936, when
the School of Gliding of the Railway Workers Gliding Club
from Poznan was established in Rzadkow near Chodziez.
Operations continued, with a break during the war, until
1952. Then the School was moved to Leszno.
Right from the start the School was a place where many
sporting events took place. As early as in 1953, the first
Polish National Championships were organized here. Leszno
organised national and international events every year.
Twice (1958 and 1968) the World Gliding Championships
were held here. Twice (in 1973 and 1975) the FAI International
Women's Gliding Championships were here, too. In 1990
and 1998 the European Gliding Championships, in 1995 the
Junior European Gliding Championships, in 1999 the 11th
Women's European Gliding Championships and the 2nd World
Championships in the World Class took place in Leszno.
Both 1993 and 1994 saw the British Gliding Association
National Championships in here too.
In the course of its long history the Centre has helped
thousands of pilots not only from Poland, but from all
over the world, to improve and extend their skills. During
the training sessions here numerous events in other air
sports disciplines have also taken place, including the
World Aero-Modelling Championships, and the European Hot-Air
Ballooning Championships. |
| Characteristics of the Central Gliding
School |
| One of the most favourable
gliding sites in the world, the Centre covers an obstruction-free
area of 120 hectares at an elevation of 95m AMSL, some
3 km from the town of Leszno, offering very safe flying.
The area surrounding Leszno is lowland characterised by
an abundance of forestry and lakes to the west and south,
as well as intensely cultivated, rich agricultural land
to the east and north. The particular formation of the
terrain on the one hand gives rise to extremely good meteorological
gliding conditions, and on the other hand, should the
weather deteriorate, gives plentiful opportunities for
safe outlanding with straightforward retrieves. It often
happens that in the course of a 14-day contest, 12 days
will be favourable. During the gliding season, there can
often be days when the thermals last for up to 12 hours.
Thanks to this, it is quite possible to carry out long
cross-country flights, and even achieve 1000 km and more.
Since there are no airports in the vicinity with heavy
traffic, it is possible to fly in any direction from Leszno
without much hindrance. |
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