Welcome to the 30th International Hand Launch Glider Festival!

April 26 and 27, 2025, Poway, CA

The 30th anniversary IHLGF!

Yup – that’s right - this is the 30th International Hand Launch Glider Festival and we’re super proud! The contest series started in 1994 and some will do the math and say – but wait, that’s 32 years not 30!” – yes but given we had to cancel contests in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, here we are celebrating 30 years - 2 years later than we should have. But hey, it’s a party nonetheless.

2024 was an IHLGF for the record books with Poway Master Joe Wurts finishing first in the preliminaries but with current F3K World Champion Henri Sander, 2016 IHLGF champ Toby Herrera, and 2023 IHLGF champ Jon Finch taking the top spots after some pretty crazy flyoff rounds. Motorized DLG was introduced for the first time at IHLGF and worked well, and we offered trophies for Sportsman, Eagle, and Junior.

We’ve got some great stuff already in the works for 2025 to help celebrate 30 years of this 2-day F3K extravaganza in Poway, so mark your calendars early, make your plans to join us, and keep coming back to this website for additional updates.

Team TPG IHLGF Committee