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Annual Report–2012 1
President’s
Foreword
A great variety of thrilling competitions all around the
world, breath-taking record performances, a successful
participation in The World Games, new FAI-Breitling
awards, anewagreementwithRedBull Air Race, progress
in youth, environment and women in air sports… This is
only a sample of all thatwas achieved in 2013, but it shows
the huge diversity of our activities and how they involve a
myriad of people from varied backgrounds and cultures,
all bound together by the passion for air sports.
Without adoubt, thewordpassion canalsobeused to refer
to the last recipient of theFAI GoldAirMedal, AerobaticPilot
Mikhail Mamistov from Russia, and to all those who had
the chance to admire this exceptional multiple champion
manœuvrehis plane in the airwithextraordinary virtuosity.
Indeed, acompetition isacompletesuccessnot onlywhen it
unfolds according to rules, but also when spectators
participate by cheering the athletes on, as was the case at
TheWorldGames2013 inCali, Colombia, at theParachuting,
Paragliding andAeromodelling events. Howuplifting it was
to see our athletes encouraged by such enthusiastic and
large crowds! Howsatisfying itwas to seeall the thousands
of tickets for our events sold out even before the start of
the competitions!
Beyond the popularity of our events at The World Games,
we can see that our sports have a fantastic potential that
the FAI must explore. It is our role to provide the necessary
directionandfocus inharnessing theenergies. For instance,
there is a lot to do on the improvement of the competition
formats tomake themmoremediaandspectator friendly. In
that respect, the International ParachutingEvents&Tours
Association (IPETA) is progressing well and has been
workinghardsince2012 to launch the IPETACanopyPiloting
Tour in 2014. I look forward to following our parachutists
swooping over theponds of various cities around theworld.
ImayalsomentionGlidingwhichhasalsobeenveryactive in
developing the FAI SailplaneGrandPrix. These are only two
examples showing the way forward for our competitions.
As for FAME, the FAI Air Sports Marketing and Events SA,
the year hasbeenbusy coming toagreementwithseveral of
our Air Sport Commissions. However the level of activities
was not as high as expected and more effort must be
put into producing tangible results. FAME also managed
the activation of FAI’s contract with our Global Sponsor,
Swiss luxury watch brand Breitling, with ten competitions
receiving Breitling support and branding.
I was delighted to see the collaboration with Breitling
bloom on the occasion of the creation of two new
FAI-Breitling Awards: the Breitling Milestone Trophy, to
reward thosewhoaccomplishedasignificant achievement;
the Breitling Youngster Award, to honour talented youth.
I had the pleasure of presenting the recipients with
their awards at the last FAI General Conference, together
with Breitling representatives.
About the FAI
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale,
FAI –TheWorldAir Sports Federation, was founded
in 1905. It is a non-governmental and non-profit
making international organisation recognised
by the IOC with the basic aim of furthering
aeronautical andastronautical activitiesworldwide,
ratifying international records and coordinating the
organisation of international competitions. After
over a century of steady growth, FAI is now an
organisation of more than 100 member countries,
forming a strong network linking all those who
participate in air sports worldwide.
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