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29 Apr
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30 Apr 2017
2017 F3J Bulgaria Cup
Dupnitsa,
BUL
29 Apr
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30 Apr 2017
25th IKR Pokal
Bitterfeld,
GER
29 Apr
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30 Apr 2017
25th IKR Pokal
Bitterfeld,
GER
29 Apr
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30 Apr 2017
21st EME Coupe internationale du Sud Ouest 2017
Sainte-Eulalie,
FRA
29 Apr
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30 Apr 2017
2017 Lyon FPV World Cup
Lyon,
FRA
01 May
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02 May 2017
2017 Southern Cross Cup
West Wyalong, NSW,
AUS
04 May
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05 May 2017
2017 Dave Anderson Memorial Cup
Narrandera, NSW,
AUS
04 May
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08 May 2017
2017 Elbrus Cup
Nalchik,
RUS
05 May
-
07 May 2017
2017 EUROTOUR Wilga cup
Lviv,
UKR
05 May
-
07 May 2017
2017 EUROTOUR Wilga cup
Lviv,
UKR
05 May
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07 May 2017
5th Trofeo Citta di Velletri
Velletri,
ITA
06 May 2017
2017 Stonehenge Cup
Andover,
GBR
06 May
-
07 Jun 2017
2017 Trofeo VST F5B-F5F
Rivalta Torinese,
ITA
06 May
-
07 May 2017
2017 EUROTOUR Vest Pokal
Herten,
GER
06 May
-
07 May 2017
2017 Montauban Air Cup
Montauban,
FRA
07 May 2017
2017 Equinox cup
Andover,
GBR
07 May
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10 May 2017
2017 AFFS Championships
Narrandera, NSW,
AUS
08 May
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09 May 2017
2017 EUROTOUR Wilga cup
Lviv,
UKR
12 May
-
14 May 2017
2017 Spring Cup
Mechelinki,
POL
12 May
-
14 May 2017
2017 Phoenix cup
Smolensk,
RUS

Aeromodelling

The FAI Aeromodelling Commission (CIAM) conducts FAI's aeromodelling and spacemodelling activities, in particular World Records and International Competitions.

Aeromodelling, although it did not yet bear that name, predates “full-size” aviation. The greatest pioneers of human flight, from Cayley, Lilienthal, the Wrights and Levavasseur to Blériot, Ferber, Farman and Messerschmitt, initially used model aircraft to test the solutions they were in the process of designing. This just goes to show how long the history of aeromodelling is. Model aircraft contests were organised as early as 1905, designed as entertaining and accessible sideshows inspired by a gradual emergence of powered aeroplanes.

Aeromodelling swiftly gained popularity from the 1930s onwards. Radio control was not yet highly developed – and was not to be so until the 1950s – so it was almost exclusively free flying and control-line aircraft that were used.

Shortly before the Second World War, the first international competitions were organised in England and Germany.

1955 saw the début of aerobatics in competition. The first world championships were held five years later. Model spacecraft were invented in the early 1960s in the United States and the first world championships were held in 1972.

Aeromodelling today is above all the most significant FAI discipline in terms of numbers of flyers: it has been estimated that there are more than a million enthusiasts all over the world. There are now a great many aeromodelling categories, be it for aeroplanes (extensible engines, piston engine, jet engine, electric and even solarpowered engines), seaplanes, gliders, helicopters and space models.

FAI Aeromodelling Commission

CIAM World Cups