FAI Championship Results
FAI recently received the following Championships Results :

1st FAI Asian Paragliding Championship
Sport : Paragliding, Cross Country
Date : 15 to 23 May 2004
Location : Hadong, Gyeongnam Province (KOR)
Winners : Overall - Masataka KAWACHI (JPN) / Women - Young Sook CHOI (KOR)
Full results

2nd FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship
Sport : Hang Gliding, Class 5
Date : 5 to 18 June 2004
Location : Greifenburg & Berg (AUT)
Winner : Christian CIECH (ITA)
Full results

15th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championship
Sport : Hang Gliding, Class 2
Date : 5 to 18 June 2004
Location : Greifenburg & Berg (AUT)
Winner : Manfred RUHMER (AUT)
Full results

9th FAI Women's World Hang Gliding Championship
Sport : Hang Gliding, Class 1
Date : 5 to 18 June 2004
Location : Greifenburg & Berg (AUT)
Winner : Corinna SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN (GER)
Full results

16th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
94 Competitors representing 34 Nations will take part in the 16th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship, which will be held from 26 June to 3 July 2004 at Mildura, Australia.

We invite you to pay a visit to the interesting and informative Web pages published by the Organizers, and in particular to the following sections : Program / Competitors / Competition Tasks / Education Resources.

Zeppelin 75th Anniversary Flight
FAI learned with interest of the commemorative flight currently being undertaken by the new Zeppelin NT gas airship "Youkoso Japan". The airship departed from Friedrichshafen (GER) on 13 June and, after covering a total distance of more than 15'000 km, will land at its new homebase in Japan by mid-August.

This ferry flight is probably one of the most ambitious airship projects since World War II. In a message to the flight crew, FAI Secretary General Max BISHOP pointed out that this flight visiting formerly belligerent states in a spirit of friendship, could be seen as a powerful symbol for the reconciliation and willingness to work together of the peoples of the world.

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New World Record Claims
Here is a selection of the World Record Claims received by FAI :  

Class F - Model Aircraft / Claim number : 9531
Sub-class : F5-S (Aeroplane, electric motor, rechargeable sources of current)
Category : F5 - Radio Controlled Flight
Type of record : N°174 - Distance to goal and return
Course/location : Kiia (Estonia)
Performance : 20.02 km
Pilot : Jüri LAIDNA (Estonia)
Date: 03.06.2004
Current record : 6.21 km (27.05.2003 - Gary B. FOGEL, USA)

Class C - Aeroplanes / Claims number : 9560 and 9561
Sub-class : C-1 (Landplanes) and
Sub-class : C-1t (Landplanes - Take-off weight 300 000 kg and above)
Group 3 : Turbo-jet
Type of record : Speed over a recognised course
Course/location : Kyiv (UKR) - Prague (CZE)
Performance : 675 km/h
Pilot : A. MOISSEEV (UKR)
Crew : A. SPASIBO, V. HONCHAROV
Aircraft : Antonov An-225
Date: 16.06.2004
Current record : none

Class S - Space Models / Claim number : 9569
Sub-class : S9D (Maximum weight 200 g)
Category : S-9 (Gyrocopter duration)
Type of record : N°135 - Total impulse 10.01 to 20.00 N/sec
Course/location : 4th Sirmium Cup, Sremska Mitrovica (Serbia & Montenegro)
Performance : 3 min 14 s
Pilot : Radovan KRCEDINAC (Serbia and Montenegro)
Date: 19.06.2004
Current record : 1min 33s (29.09.2002 - Stuart LODGE, UK)

The details shown above are provisional. When all the evidence required has been received and checked, the exact figures will be established and the records ratified (if appropriate).

For further information on World Records,
please consult the latest news, including all claims pending ratification, at :
- Aeroplanes World Records
- Model Aircraft World Records
- Space Model World Records