02 Moduls - OSTIV

20 Oct 2025 12:17 by Jannes Neumann

Help Improve Glider Safety

OSTIV is conducting an international study on pilot injuries from glider accidents. If you've been injured in a crash, your anonymous responses will help researchers design safer gliders. Complete a brief voluntary survey and contribute to enhancing pilot safety worldwide.

08 Oct 2025 08:53 by Jannes Neumann

XXXVII Congress - Call for papers

The XXXVII Congress of the International Scientific and Technical Organisation for Gliding (OSTIV) will be held from 18 - 22 May, 2026.

The Congress will be organized as a hybrid meeting, with online streaming, at the site of the 40th FAI World Gliding Championships for the 18m-, 20m-, and Open Classes, in Czestochowa, Poland.

06 Dec 2024 15:48 by Jannes Neumann

Fly-by-wire

Definiton of a Sailplane - Assessment of Advanced Technologies

The recent World Gliding Championships 2024 in Uvalde saw the Nixus sailplane used by one competitor in the Open Class. The Nixus employs fly-by-wire that uses stored energy from batteries in order to influence the flow of air around the wing by automatically moving the flaps. This has raised questions.

06 Dec 2024 15:43 by Jannes Neumann

to improve the passive safety for sailplane occupants

OSTIV Passive Safety Standard (OPSS)

This OSTIV Passive Safety Standard (OPSS) has been developed within the Sailplane Development Panel (SDP), which is part of the International Scientific and Technical Soaring Organisation (Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile, in short OSTIV).
The OPSS is not a mandatory airworthiness requirement for sailplanes. Its purpose is to serve as a guideline for improving the safety of the sailplane occupants for organisations and persons who develop sailplanes.
Therefore, the OPSS is published so that everyone can use the information and proposed minimum standards for improved occupant safety against the level of safety as defined in current airworthiness requirement for sailplanes, e.g. CS-22.

19 Aug 2024 17:00 by Jannes Neumann

Awards

OSTIV Plaque with Klemperer Award to Gerhard Waibel

for his lifetime achievements in sailplane design.