Paris, 25th July 1996
For immediate release
WORLD AIR GAMES - PLANNING ADVANCES
Although the organization of the first World Air Games in 1997 - and of the trial competitions this year - is entrusted to the Turkish Aeronautical Association, the FAI continues to monitor the preparation for the events closely through its team of expert advisors.
Each expert is responsible, alone or assisted by helpers, for one discipline only. All have already visited Turkey, often several times, to meet their Turkish counterparts and to contribute to each stage of the planning process. With less than 2 months to run to the 1996 competitions, everything is ready in Turkey for the competitors and their supporting delegations. Once the 1996 trial competitions are over the Turkish Aeronautical Association will distribute entry forms for the 1997 Games to National Aero Clubs.
A team from the Turkish organising committee will be present in Monte Carlo from 14-17 October at Sportel, the International Television Programme Trade Fair, in order to promote the World Air Games. A world-wide publicity campaign and search for sponsors was launched earlier this year. The FAI World Air Games Co-ordinating Committee will take stock of the lessons to be learned from the 1996 trial competitions and report to the FAI General Conference which will take place at Bled, Slovenia from the 14 - 18 October.
Test competitions 1996
- Aeromodelling:
(Sept. 8-14; ANKARA GOLBASI)
- World Cup (seniors) classes F1A, F1B, F1C
- Open Turkish National Championship (same Classes) and Class F3C
(Sept. 15-22; ANKARA GOLBASI)
- Open Turkish National Championship Class F3B
- Spacemodelling World Cup Classes S6A, S7, S8E
- Open Turkish National Spacemodelling Championship Classes S1B, S3A, S4B, S5C
- Parachuting:
(Aug. 28 / 5 Sept. ; IZMIR - EFES)
- Open Turkish Championship in Style and Accuracy
- Open Turkish Championship in Formation Skydiving
- Paragliding and Hang Gliding:
(Sept. 7-19; DENIZLI - HONAZ MOUNTAIN)
- Pamukkale International Cup
- Microlight:
(Sept. 7-22; AYDIN)
- Open Turkish National Championship
- Gliding:
(Sept. 7-22; ESKISEHIR - INONU)
- Anadolu International Cup
- Air Rally Flying:
(Oct. 20-27; ANTALYA)
- Open Turkish National Championship
- Ballooning:
(Sept. 18-22; NEVSEHIR - KAPADOKYA)
- Kapadokya Cup
FAI World Grand Prix of Aerobatics
The first leg of the FAI World Grand Prix of Aerobatics will take place at Tajima in Japan from 23 to 28 October, by which time the results of the 1996 World Aerobatic Championships [Oklahoma City, USA, 18 - 30 August] will be known. The second leg will take place at Zhouhai in China [close to Macau] at the beginning of November [7-11], within the framework of the International Air Show which China is organising there in co-operation with the organisers of the Le Bourget Airshow.
The FAI Internet Site : http://www.fai.org.
Since coming on line in March 1996, the FAI Internet Web Site has received a steadily increasing number of 'hits'. During the week of 15 July, 7500 consultations were registered, bringing the total to 62000.
The menu includes general information about FAI, topical news, the general section and most specialised sections of the FAI Sporting Code, an increasing number of world records, and results of Championships. In addition, some air sport disciplines have their own pages with more detailed information.
Links are provided, where appropriate, to a range of other aviation web-sites. The FAI site is still under construction. Watch this space for developments.
LATEST RESULTS
- Parachuting
At the 6th World Parachuting Championship in canopy relative work held in Indonesia last June the French team beat twice the world 8-way formation speed record. Braking the previous record by 1"14 the first time, the team brought the new one to 27"39. This same team then established another world record obtaining 22 points in 4-way rotation. The French team beat its own world records which it had held since 1994.
- Aeromodelling
Although the results of the world championships underway at the time of writing at Perigueux, France [scale models F4b and F4c], and at Norrkoping, Sweden [control line F2a and F2d] are not yet known, one record is sure to have been broken - that of the number of competitors taking part - the biggest ever in both cases.
- European Championships
- The bad spring weather affected several FAI European Championships: "No contest" was declared for the Paragliding Championship in Norway and the Club Class Gliding Championship in Slovenia; only one contest day was achieved at the European Rally Championship in the Czech Republic.
- 8th European Gliding Championship, Rayskala, Finland, 1/15 June:
| Class |
Name |
Country |
Score |
| Standard |
1. Ziegler Erwin |
GER |
9353 |
| 2. Aboulin Laurent |
FRA |
9010 |
| 3. Brigliadori Leonardo |
ITA |
8997 |
| Open |
1. Centka Janusz |
POL |
10476 |
| 2. Back Holger |
GER |
10334 |
| 3. Andersen Jan |
DEN |
10249 |
| 15m |
1. Grund Michael |
GER |
9714 |
| 2. Dedera Milos |
CZE |
9606 |
| 3. Hoyeau Frederic |
FRA |
9561 |
- 3rd European Glider Aerobatic Championship Per, Hungary, 27 June / 6 July
| 1. Mamistov Michail (RUS) |
8996,0234 |
| 2. Makula Jerzy (POL) |
8879,6810 |
| 3. Michalowski Adam (POL) |
8875,3558 |
| 4. Rakhmanin Sergei (RUS) |
8824,8317 |
| 5. Krikaliov Sergei (RUS) |
8803,7148 |
Solar-powered flight
The FAI is closely following developments in solar-powered flight. Alvaro de Orleans-Borbon, FAI 1st Vice-President and a top-level international glider pilot, visited the Berblinger Solar Flight Competition in Ulm, Germany, on 7 July 1996, and had discussions with leading figures in the field about the creation of world record categories and competition rules for these eco-friendly aircraft of the future.
The winning aircraft at Ulm, Icare, built by the University of Stuttgart, met the requirement of taking off under (partially stored) solar power, climbing at 2 m/s to 500 m and sustaining flight at 50 % solar radiation intensity. The FAI hopes by its action to stimulate rapid development in this field.
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