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Aero Club of Portugal (AeCP)
President
Luis Miguel Noronha Krug
Secretary General
Fernando Rosa
−− Number of FAI-sanctioned events organised
in 2013: 17
−− Year of foundation: 1909
−− Year of affiliation to FAI: 1913
−− Membership category: Active Member
−− Disciplines: Aerobatics, Amateur-Built and
Experimental Aircraft, Ballooning, Gliding, Hang
Gliding, Microlights, Motor Flying, Parachuting,
Paragliding, Paramotors, Rally Flying
General Information
Members
On Saturday 8 June 2013, 22 Executive Representatives
of 17 FAI Members and the FAI Executive Board gathered
in Hong Kong, China, for the 2013 FAI Active Members’
Presidents meeting. Held for the first time in Asia, this
meeting was part of the FAI’s desire to encourage and
facilitate the participation of its AsianMembers, to give
the opportunity to all its other Members to meet with
them, and to acknowledge the dynamism of this part of
the world in all air sports matters.
The 107th FAI General Conference approved the
new Membership of Libya (Active Member), Peru
(Active Member), Portugal (Federação Portuguesa de
Aeromodelismo - Associate Member, Aeromodelling),
Laos (Temporary Member).
All year long, theMemberswerebusywithmany activities,
including organising FAI-sanctioned events and sending
athletes tocompetitions. Onanational level, theMembers
organised a great number of events of all kinds and
collaborated with their authorities (civil aviation, sport,
tourism, transportation) to promote and facilitate air
sports activities, examples of which can be found below.
Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom
The FAI Member for UK collaboratedwith the Government
and the Civil Aviation Authority:
The Government launched a
“Red Tape Challenge”
to
reducebureaucracy and this has led to theUKCivil Aviation
Authority seeking to make changes to their oversight &
regulation of general aviation, which the Royal Aero Club
believes will be of long-term benefit to its members.
Therewas also a reviewunderway to determine the future
airspace strategy for U.K. General Aviation VFR pilots
and the Royal Aero Club has recently agreed to fund a
“Programme Manager”
to ensure that the benefit to be
gained from this review is maximised for their members.
Royal New Zealand Aero Club
The
NewZealand Air Safari
2013 was a ten-day grand tour
of NewZealand, stopping at many interesting and historic
airfields and covering some of NewZealand’smost scenic
landscapes.
29 crews entered, supported by the organisers filling
three more aircraft. Crews from Australia (3), Britain (1)
and America (2) as well as many New Zealanders flying
for foreign airlines came for the event.
The air safari combined competition legs interspersedwith
scenic legs. This format allowed time for crews to relax
and free-fly over some of NewZealand’smost spectacular
scenery, yet provide challenging competition legs in other
parts of the country. Each leg varied between 1.5 and
3 hours flight time with the longer flights generally being
the scenic legs.
The next safari is scheduled for 2016. More information
can be found at
Turkish Aeronautical Association
For Turkish aviation, the
Side Air Show
, was thought to be
themost comprehensive and popular event in the country
with more than 100,000 spectators, including several
statesmen.
The event started with performances by some of the
most famous aerobatic pilots and teams in the world,
such as Svetlana Kapanina from Russia, display teams
France Reva, Romanian Yakers (joined by Jurgis Kairys
from Lithuania) and Air Bandits. They were followed
by flight demonstrations by Turkish Aerobatic pilot
Ali Ismet Öztürk and Turkish Aeronautical Association’s
Parachuting, Paragliding, Hang Gliding, Microlight and
Paramotor teams. Moreover, a lot of air sports activities
were organised to attract the attention of the crowds,
including youngsters.
The Turkish Aeronautical Association wishes a warm
welcome to all those who are interested in attending the
next “Side Air Show”.
“A centennial institution, the Aero Club of Portugal is
a non-profit association whose history is intertwined
with that of our country. Throughout the years we have
developed many cultural and sports activities for the
promotion of aviation and our flight school founded in
1930 has become a reference after training almost two
thousand pilots. On the international side, Portugal
was the 18th country to become an Active Member in
the FAI and our close relationship remains until today.
Our objective for 2014 is to consolidate our role of
representative for Portugal in the world.”
AeCP President Luis Miguel Noronha Krug
100 years within FAI
In 2013, the Aero Club of Portugal celebrated its
centenarywithin FAI. Indeed, after becoming aMember
of the FAI at the Extraordinary Conference of FAI held
in Paris in 1913, it was recognised unanimously as a
full Member at the 9th FAI General Conference in The
Hague, Netherlands, a status that it retains to this day,
making it one of the oldest organisations within FAI.
The 100th anniversary of its Membership at FAI was
duly commemorated at the Cultural Centre of Belém
in Lisbon on 13 December 2013, in the presence of
Portuguese aviation personalities.
