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FAI
Annual Report–2013
FAI
Annual Report–2013
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Air Sports
General Aviation
Commission
GAC
Aprocess thatwasstarteda fewyearsago, thecontinuous
improvement of FAI General Aviation Commission’s
events is now showing its positive effects. Combined
with efficient promotion, the newly createdAir Navigation
Race and the advanced category for Rally and Precision
Flying attracted and will attract more and more new
pilots to General Aviation.
Championships & Events
−− 9th FAI European Rally Flying Championship
in Dubnica nad Váhom (SVK)
−− 21st FAI World Precision Flying Championship
in Bautzen (GER)
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Both of these championships were considered great
successes by the Commission, the organising committee
and the participants alike:
The 9th FAI European Rally Flying Championship was
run for first time according to the new version of the FAI
Rules and Regulations for Air Rally which now include 2
competition classes –UnlimitedandAdvanced. Altogether
37 crews from 13 FAI member countries took part in both
the championships classes.
As for the 21st FAI World Precision Flying Championship,
47 competitors from 13 countries competed, and teams
from 7 countries were eligible for the Team Trophy.
Apart from these 2 events, the following General Aviation
event was held in 2013:
−− 2013 Raliul Aerian al Romaniei - Romanian Air Rally at
Banesti Airfield (ROU)
Rally Flying
The second class in Rally Flying, newly created by the
Commission, fulfilled its objective of enticing younger
and new crews to participate, with 19 crews competing in
the 21st FAI World Precision Flying Championship in the
advanced category; medals were awarded to countries
usually less present at the senior level of competition.
Air Navigation Race (ANR)
The Air Navigation Race, a new type of parallel slalom
competition designed to be just as exciting for the
competitorsas for thepublicandthemedia,was introduced
in 2012 by the Commission.
In 2013, the Commission worked to promote this new
race as widely as possible. It was presented during
the 21st FAI World Precision Flying Championship training
week in Bautzen, Germany. The competitors could join a 3
day-long ANR introduction and then practise ANR during
the rest of the week.
Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Commission took place in
Cordoba, Spain, on 2 November 2013.
“The new event
formats have spiced up
competitions”
