Barron Hilton Cup

The Barron Hilton Cup (BHC)[1] was a worldwide soaring contest, founded by Barron Hilton, the now retired chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hilton Hotels Corporation, and the late Prof. Dr. Helmut Reichmann. The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) was a partner in the event. The competition ran for 30 years, from 1980 through 2009.[2] The winners of each two-year competition period were invited to a weeklong soaring camp at Barron Hilton's Flying-M Ranch in Nevada USA.[3]

Since 1986, the BHC has been recognized by the International Gliding Commission as an Fédération Aéronautique Internationale first-category event. The purpose of the competition was to promote long-distance gliding and to strengthen gliding contacts between the participating nations.

The competition area was divided into five geographic regions of the world.

1. All of Europe and all of Asia except Japan
2. Eastern USA and Canada
3. Western USA, Central and South America
4. Australia and Africa
5. Japan and New Zealand

References

  1. ↑ The Barron Hilton Cup: Welcome
  2. ↑ http://forums.travel.com/soaring-sailplanes-forum/1172926-barron-hilton-cup.html
  3. ↑ The Barron Hilton Cup | FAI Gliding Commission - IGC Archived March 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.


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