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IPC, the International Parachuting Commission of FAI. FAI's parachuting activities, in particular World Records and International Competitions, are conducted under the direction of the IPC.
2nd World Parachuting Championship in Canopy Piloting
Please note that the web site for this World Championships is now available on : www.canopypiloting.co.za. Bulletin No. 1 will be issued shortly.
Information Notice 2/2008
Submitted by sd on Tue, 22/04/2008 - 18:11.Check out the latest information notice by clicking on the above "Information Notice" tab.
Artistic Judges' On Line Training
Submitted by sd on Mon, 14/04/2008 - 17:03.National Qualification for Artistic Judges. Florian Ebner has designed and put into place an on-line course. See box to left of this page.
The course is scheduled to start on 9th May and will run for 10 days and is limited to a maximum of 10 participants.
It is open to anyone interested in the Artistic Disciplines - competitors, judges or judges to be - so if you are interested apply NOW.
World Record - Largest Canopy Formation - 100 parachutists
Submitted by sd on Mon, 14/04/2008 - 16:54.
100 way record - Canopy Formation: Photo courtesy of Keith Macbeth
Now ratified by the FAI
At Lake Wales, Florida (USA) on 21.11.2007. Read a short history of the discipline of Canopy Formation leading to this latest World Record - a seemingly impossible dream for early CRW jumpers. Click on the Parachuting Disciplines - Canopy Formation - at the top right of this page.
World Parachuting Championships in Style and Accuracy 2008
The 30th FAI World Parachuting Championships and 4th FAI Junior World Parachuting Championships in Style & Accuracy will take place in Lučenec Bol'kovce, Slovak Republic on 26 July to 02 August 2008.
Information Bulletin no. 1 has been published and is available at:
http://www.fai.org/parachuting/system/files/lucenec-bulletin-1-sa.pdf
18th World Formation Skydiving Championships
La Salmagne, Maubeuge, France - 09/08/2008 - 14/08/2008
Bulletin 1 is now published and accessible for downloading:
ftp://www.fai.org/parachuting/championships/4555_b1.zip
Please be aware that accommodation needs to be arranged early if the non inclusive option is your choice.
7th & 5th World Parachuting Championships Artistic Events - Freestyle & Skysurf and Freefly
La Salmagne - Maubeuge (France) 9/08/2008 - 14/08/2008
1st Bulletin is now published and accessible for downloading from:
7th FAI World Cup and 4th European Para-Ski Championships, Austria March 5-9, 2008
Saturday 8th March 2008
The competition completed on the 7th March and the results are published. Congratulations to all the athletes and to the medal winners as follows:
Safety Bulletins - Information Sheet 1/2008
Submitted by sd on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 09:19.The first information notice of 2008 is now published. Go to the "Safety Bulletins" tag above to read it.
Competition Calendar
Submitted by sd on Sat, 09/02/2008 - 16:04.At the IPC meeting in January it was decided that this web site would post details of open competitions being run as International competitions even if they do not fall within the parameters of a Category 1 Event. We will have two categories of callendar and this will be developed during this year. Meanwhile, below are the details of the 6th Jeddah International Competition and also the World POPS Meet in Australia.
| PARACHUTING DISCIPLINES: |
| Artistic Events |
| Canopy Formation |
| Canopy Piloting |
| Formation Skydiving |
| Paraski |
| Style & Accuracy Landing |
CF Web Challenge - 2008 in partnership with
Who's who in IPCDiscover the people who work for the IPC. Today: John Smyth, Vice President IPC The 'FAI International Parachuting Certificates of Proficiency' programme was officially launched in August 2002 and the new certificates are available to FAI Members from the FAI headquarters in Lausanne. |
