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Sebastian Kawa, the Glossary

Sebastian Kawa (born 15 November 1972, Zabrze) is a Polish glider pilot, seventeen-time World Champion, FAI world leading glider competition pilot (as of 2023, number one in the world rankings of the FAI Gliding Commission) and the current World Champion in 15m Class and European gliding champion in 18m Class.^[1]

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Aconcagua

Aconcagua is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina.

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Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires

Adolfo Gonzales Chaves is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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Őcsény

Őcsény is a village in Tolna county, Hungary.

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Żywiec

Żywiec (Saybusch) is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019).

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Benalla

Benalla is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne.

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Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała (Bílsko-Bělá; Bielitz-Biala, Biylsko-Biołŏ; Byłc-Bejł) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of.

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Cadet (dinghy)

The Cadet is a class of sailing dinghy designed to be sailed by two children up to the age of 17.

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Cerdanya

Cerdanya (Cerdaña,; Cerdagne) or often La Cerdanya is a natural comarca and historical region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain.

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Diana Sailplanes Diana

The SZD-56 Diana is a 15 metre Class glider originally designed by Bogumił Bereś at PZL-Bielsko.

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family.

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Elverum

is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Ernest K. Gann

Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 – December 19, 1991) was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservationist.

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European Gliding Championships

The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years.

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European Gliding Championships 2013

17th European Gliding Championships took place in 2013 in Vinon-sur-Verdon, France (8 June – 21 June) and in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland (5 July – 20 July).

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Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych

The Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych (transl Small Car Factory), commonly known as FSM, was a Polish automobile factory born from an agreement between the FSO and Fiat in the 1970s for the construction of a new model, the Polski Fiat 126p, Polish version of Fiat 126.

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FAI Gliding Commission

The International Gliding Commission (IGC) is the international governing body for the sport of gliding.

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Fate Is the Hunter

Fate Is the Hunter is a 1961 memoir by aviation writer Ernest K. Gann.

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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

The (FAI; World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight.

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Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne.

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Grand Prix gliding

FAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championships are gliding competitions promoted by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) for gliders that are both more spectacular and more easily understood by the public than conventional gliding competitions.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya.

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Hosín

Hosín is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Ingo Renner

Ingo Renner OAM (1 June 1940 – 26 February 2022) was an Australian glider pilot.

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K2

K2, at above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at.

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Knowledge

Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill.

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Leszno

Leszno is a historic city in western Poland, seat of Leszno County within the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

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Lillo, Spain

Lillo is a small farming town in Spain, 94 km south of the capital Madrid.

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List of mountains in Nepal

Nepal contains most of the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world.

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Masherbrum

Masherbrum (ما شربرم; formerly known as K1) is a mountain located in the Ghanche District in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan.

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Medical University of Silesia

The Medical University of Silesia (Polish: Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny) is a university located in Katowice, Poland.

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Międzybrodzie Żywieckie

Międzybrodzie Żywieckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czernichów, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

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Montluçon – Guéret Airport

Montluçon – Guéret Airport (Aéroport de Montluçon - Guéret) is an airport in Lépaud, a commune in the Creuse department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France.

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Narromine

Narromine (/næroʊmaɪn/) is a rural Australian town located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Nitra

Nitra (also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra.

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Omarama

Omarama (Ōmarama) is a small town (population 291 as of the 2018 census) at the junction of State Highways 8 and 83, near the southern end of the Mackenzie Basin, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Optimist (dinghy)

The Optimist is a small, single-handed sailing dinghy intended for use by young people up to the age of 15.

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Ostrów Wielkopolski

Ostrów Wielkopolski (often abbreviated Ostrów Wlkp., formerly called simply Ostrów, Ostrowo, Latin: Ostrovia) is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kawa

, Sisteron, Skardu, Stalowa Wola, SZD-24 Foka, SZD-36 Cobra 15, SZD-51 Junior, Turin, Uvalde, Texas, Varese, Vinon-sur-Verdon, Vitacura, World Air Games, World Gliding Championships, Zabrze, 420 (dinghy), 470 (dinghy).

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See also

Polish aviation record holders

Polish glider pilots

References