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Look Up, the Drones are coming! | |
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Drones are here now and they are multiplying fast! The first FAI International Drones Conference was a big success as it heard about the brave new world of Drones and robots in the sky. Read more... |
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Drones at the cutting edge | |
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The sun came out for the third and final day of the FAI International Drones Conference and Expo in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read more... |
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The Game of Drones: Racing and Sports | |
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People playing with models in the air is not new, but the scale of Drone Sports is like nothing the world has ever seen before, was the take-away message from the final session at the first FAI Intern.... Read more... |
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Drone Control? Rules and regulations for drones | |
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“Be aware, this is a paradigm shift. Airspace is a commodity that is suddenly open to everyone, and this is a major, major shift.” Read more... |
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Preparing for the Drone Invasion | |
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The message from the first day at the first FAI International Drones Conference could not have been clearer: The drones are coming, and they are coming fast. Not only that, they are arriving en masse .... Read more... |
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Five years ago on this day: A Microlight and Paramotor World Record st.... | |
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Today, five years ago on 17 February 2012, Indian pilot Parmjit Singh, used a special harness, the Aeros Discus 14 with a Radne Motor AB Raket 120, to fly a record distance in a straight line without.... Read more... |
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Two years ago: Father and son set African Record | |
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Two years ago on this day, Tijl Schmelzer and his father Bert were the very first to pass the 200 km/h barrier using thermals rather than mountain waves. Read more... |
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Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of t.... | |
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A Russian priest who circumnavigated the world in a balloon in record time has been presented the inaugural FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year Award at a ceremony in Switzerland yesterday, Thursday 17 .... Read more... |
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PILOT PROFILE: 60 seconds with hang gliding champion Christian Ciech | |
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Christian Ciech is one of the most successful pilots in competition hang gliding, and was FAI European and World Champion at the same time in 2016. We spoke to him… Read more... |
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NASA’s top man Charles Bolden is still aiming for the stars | |
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Charles Bolden, who has been awarded the prestigious FAI Gold Space Medal for 2016, knows about space. Not only has he been in orbit four times, but for the last seven years he has been at the head of.... Read more... |
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Current Events
CWC Gulgong 2019 - |
Event ID: 13961Bid:462Event classification: Second Category EventType of event: OtherDisciplines / Task Styles: class 1 Cross country
Place: Gulgong, NSW (Australia)
Date(s): 17 Nov to 23 Nov 2019Website:https://wow.asn.au/comps/?q=CWC18EntryEvent OrganiserFAI Member of the Hosting Country
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| 20 November 2019 | 10th FAI World Cup of Canopy Piloting - | Pretoria (South Africa) |
| 22 November 2019 | 4th CAMPEONATO NACIONAL DE PARAPENTE Y COPA VIENNATONE 2019 - | Bototillo, Guayaquil (Ecuador) |
| 23 November 2019 | 2019 F1N Indoor Open Belisce - | Belisce (Croatia) |
| 23 November 2019 | 1st 2019 Chilean Pre World Cup Santiago - | Chile,Santiago – Camino El Volcán 07820,Chile, Santiago – Camino (Chile) |
| 28 November 2019 | 1st Putaleng XC Open 2019 - | Tamduong,Lai Chau,Tamduong,Lai Chau,Tamduong,Lai Chau,Tamduong,L (Vietnam) |
| 01 December 2019 | 23rd OPen de Canarias de ala delta - | Lanzarote, Gran Canaria (Spain) |
| 02 December 2019 | 1st Open Nirgua 2019 - | Nirgua, Yaracuy State (Venezuela) |
| 05 December 2019 | 2019 Liga Nacional Tenerife - Paragliding Open - | Tenerife (Spain) |
| 06 December 2019 | 9th Copa Jerico Open FAI 2 2019 - | Jerico, Antioquia (Colombia) |
| 07 December 2019 | 2019 TIRT Drone Racing World Cup - | Taoyuan (Chinese Taipei) |
| 07 December 2019 | 1st FAI Asian-Oceanic Paragliding Championship Test Event - | Bright (Australia) |
| 11 December 2019 | 2019 FAI World Drone Racing Championship Grand Final - | Ningbo (China (People's Republic of)) |
| 14 December 2019 | 2019 Intl V&V Gran Canaria - | Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Spain) |
| 15 December 2019 | 2019 South Africa Open (2019 SAO) - | Porterville (South Africa) |
| 26 December 2019 | 2019 Negev Open - Israel Free Flight Competition - | Orim (Israel) |
