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21st FAI World Precision Flying Championship in Bautzen, Germany: entries from 59 pilots and 16 countries so far

Preparations are in full swing and a remarkably large number of preliminary entries has already be...

18th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Castellon, Spain

Have a look at the pictures of the competition !

Wieczorek wins the 20th World Precision Flying Championships

The 20th World Precision Flying Championships was held in Brits, South Africa from 23-29 October 201...

20th FAI World Precision Flying Championship in Brits, South Africa

All the videos of the event are available on the FAI General Aviation Youtube Channel !

New 2012 FAI Annual Report just out !

New 2012 FAI Annual Report just out !

The FAI has released a new publication, the 2012 FAI Annual Report, designed to present the most notable achievements, developments, facts and challenges of the past year. It is meant to be a referenc....

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Main decisions taken at the FAI General Aviation Commission 2012 Annua....

Main decisions taken at the FAI General Aviation Commission 2012 Annua....

The 2012 Annual Meeting of the FAI General Aviation Commission (GAC) was held on 2 and 3 November 2012 in Larnaca (Cyprus). Here are the main decisions that were taken during the meeting:

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1st Memorial flight Rally Hans Gutmann: A well-known and respected pil....

1st Memorial flight Rally Hans Gutmann: A well-known and respected pil....

In remembrance of Hans Gutmann, his friends of the Austrian and Luxembourg Aero-Club Karl Brandstetter and Jean Birgen have taken up the organisation of the 1st Memorial flight Rally Hans Gutmann. Dep....

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Main decisions taken at the FAI General Aviation Commission 2011 Annua....

Main decisions taken at the FAI General Aviation Commission 2011 Annua....

The 2011 Annual Meeting of the FAI General Aviation Commission (GAC) was held on 18 and 19 November 2011 in Salzburg (Austria). Amongst the subjects discussed during the meeting were:

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Wieczorek wins the 20th World Precision Flying Championships

Wieczorek wins the 20th World Precision Flying Championships

The 20th World Precision Flying Championships was held in Brits, South Africa from 23-29 October 2011. The winner of the event was Michal Wieczorek (Poland). He was followed by Boleslaw Radmoski (Pol....

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Upcoming Events

12 June 2013 2013 Raliul Aerian al Romaniei - Romanian Air Rally Banesti Airfield (Romania)
04 August 2013 9th FAI European Rally Flying Championship Dubnica nad VĂ¡hom (Slovakia)
07 September 2013 21st FAI World Precision Flying Championship Bautzen (Germany)
19 August 2014 19th FAI World Rally Flying Championship Torun (Poland)
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Latest FAI World Record Claims

22 May 2013 Powered Aeroplanes : Altitude : 12 800 m Douglas G. Matthews (USA)
22 May 2013 Powered Aeroplanes : Altitude in horizontal flight : 12 240 m Douglas G. Matthews (USA)
22 May 2013 Powered Aeroplanes : Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m : 18 min 18 sec Douglas G. Matthews (USA)
22 May 2013 Powered Aeroplanes : Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m : 31 min 19 sec Douglas G. Matthews (USA)
19 May 2013 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 825 km/h Santiago J. Koritschoner (USA)
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Circumnavigator Diploma

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The Circumnavigator Diploma serves to recognize the significant achievements of pilots of powered aerodynes making around the world flights.

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Approved equipment

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Find out more about the use of GNSS Flight Recorders.

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Air Navigation Race

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The Air Navigation Race exciting addition to the other competitive sporting disciplines regulated by the GAC.

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3h 54m 59s = World Record manpowered aircraft

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Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth

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There are 150 pilots in Paragliding Worlds