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Other FAI-Sanctioned events (CAT.2)

04 Mar
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06 Mar 2022
2022 ARIZONA CUP
Tucson,
USA
30 Apr
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01 May 2022
2022 World Cup for Space Models KASPICHAN 2022
Kaspichan,
BUL
04 Jun
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05 Jun 2022
2022 MTSR Sowiniec Cup 2022
Pobiednik Wielky Airfield,
POL
24 Jun
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26 Jun 2022
2022 CanAm Cup
Muskegon, Michigan,
USA
24 Jun
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26 Jun 2022
2022 YANGEL CUP 2022
Dnipro,
UKR
01 Jul
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03 Jul 2022
2022 World Cup - International Spacemodelling Contest "Liepaja 2022"
Vainode Airfield,
LAT
15 Jul
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18 Jul 2022
2022 North Coast Cup
Springfield, MO,
USA
23 Jul
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24 Jul 2022
2022 Andritz Space Cup 2022
Kamenica nad Cirochou,
SVK
02 Sep
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04 Sep 2022
2022 Galactic Cup
Geneseo,
USA
17 Sep
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18 Sep 2022
2022 Dubnica May 2022
Malé Bielice airfield,
SVK
24 Sep
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25 Sep 2022
2022 2022 Tessin Olza World Cup Cesky Tesin
Milikov - Vrchpole,
CZE
01 Oct
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02 Oct 2022
2022 BULGARIA CUP
Valchtran,
BUL
13 Oct
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15 Oct 2022
2022 Firefly International Rocket Event (F.I.R.E.)
Bertram TX,
USA
14 Oct
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16 Oct 2022
2022 42nd Ljubljana Cup
Kamnik,
SLO

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