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FAI to boost air sports promotion and events with new marketing and events company

The FAI has announced today the creation of FAI Air Sports Marketing and Events SA (FAME), a shareho...

The FAI takes off with Breitling

              The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale...

Winners of the 2012 FAI Young Artists Contest named

Budding artists once again shone at the FAI Young Artists Contest, a painting competition where youn...

Launch of the FAI On-line Helicopter Competition

The FAI has just launched the FAI On-line Helicopter Competition with the aim of giving the opportun...

50th Anniversary of spacemodelling in the FAI - Special Awards Ceremony

In celebration of the 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPACEMODELLING IN THE FAI, organisations and individuals t...

FAI to boost air sports promotion and events with new market....

FAI to boost air sports promotion and events with new market....

The FAI has announced today the creation of FAI Air Sports Marketing and Events SA (FAME), a shareholder company based in Switzerland, with the aim of promoting air sports and creating economic value ....

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FAI Head Office closed on Thursday 17 May 2012

FAI Head Office closed on Thursday 17 May 2012

The FAI Head Office will be closed on Thursday 17 May 2012 for a public holiday.  The office will reopen on Friday 18 May. 

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The FAI takes off with Breitling

The FAI takes off with Breitling

              The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the World Air Sports Federation, has unveiled today the signing of a long term partnershi....

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Horacio Llorens (ESP) Paragliding Aerobatics star

Horacio Llorens (ESP) Paragliding Aerobatics star

Winner of the solo Paragliding Aerobatics World Cup tour in 2008 and 2010, and either first or second in the FAI PG Aerobatics Ranking since 2008, Horacio Llorens is one of the stars of this young dis....

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Judy Leden multiple champion and record holder

Judy Leden multiple champion and record holder

If you added up the number of miles this world champion aviatrix has covered during her thirty-year career in hang gliding and paragliding, the total would stretch several times around the equator. Wi....

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Charles Cazaux 2011 World Paragliding XC Champion

Charles Cazaux 2011 World Paragliding XC Champion

Charles Cazaux (FRA), FAI World Paragliding (cross country) Champion 2011, and FAI World Record holder (speed over FAI triangle, 25km and 50km). Born in France in 1978, Charles started to fly at 15 y....

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Latest FAI World Record Claims

29 April 2012 Gliding : Free distance using up to 3 turn points : 1222.6 km Mathias Schunk (GER)
29 April 2012 Gliding : Distance using up to 3 turn points : 1114.3 km Mathias Schunk (GER)
24 April 2012 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km : 570 km/h Will Whiteside (USA)
23 April 2012 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a 15 km course : 614 km/h Will Whiteside (USA)
23 April 2012 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a 15 km course : 608 km/h Will Whiteside (USA)
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2012 FAI Young Artists Contest

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This year's theme is "Silent Flight". Give free rein to your imagination – you might earn one of the Gold, Silver or Bronze Medals!

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