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Unique Unmanned Plane Sets Duration World Record

  The VA001 flew for 56 hours without refuelling – setting a new world record for flight durat...

40 years ago today: Bryan Allen achieves the first human-powered aircraft flight

23 August 1977: Today marks the first human-powered aircraft flight conducted in Shafter, California...

On this day: First anniversary of Solar Impulse 2’s historic three-day solar-powered flight across the Atlantic

On this day in history, 23 June: Solar Impulse 2 successfully completed the world’s first solar-powe...

On This Day in History: Female-Powered Flight Took Off

Thirty years ago, on 21 January 1987, American triathlete Lois McCallin set three women's world reco...

Electric-flight record heralds new era of aviation

Walter Extra, the famous aerobatics pilot behind the Extra series of aerobatic planes, has set a FAI...

Done! Solar Impulse 2 completes First Round-The-World Solar Flight and writes Aviation History!

They did it! After over 12 years of research and design, Swiss pioneers Dr. Bertrand Piccard (Initia...

Unique Unmanned Plane Sets Duration World Record

Unique Unmanned Plane Sets Duration World Record

  The VA001 flew for 56 hours without refuelling – setting a new world record for flight duration.

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CIACA goes ahead with smartflyerchallenge

CIACA goes ahead with smartflyerchallenge

The future is electric: Not only on the ground, in the air as well. Electric driven planes are already reality.To support the electrical mobility in....

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 Electric-flight record heralds new era of aviation

Electric-flight record heralds new era of aviation

Walter Extra, the famous aerobatics pilot behind the Extra series of aerobatic planes, has set a FAI world record in the new field of Electric-powered....

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Done!  Solar Impulse 2 completes  First Round-The-World Solar Flight and wr....

Done! Solar Impulse 2 completes First Round-The-World Solar Flight and wr....

They did it! After over 12 years of research and design, Swiss pioneers Dr. Bertrand Piccard (Initiator, Chairman and Pilot) and André Borschberg (Co....

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Solar Impulse 2 closes in on Circumnavigation with Cairo Arrival!

Solar Impulse 2 closes in on Circumnavigation with Cairo Arrival!

On its historical journey around the world, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) – the solar airplane of Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg ....

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12 May 2011: First Human-Powered Rotorcraft Record  Celebrates 5 Years Anni....

12 May 2011: First Human-Powered Rotorcraft Record Celebrates 5 Years Anni....

On 12 May 2011, biology student and female pilot Judith Wexler flew the human-powered helicopter “Gamera I” for 4.2 seconds in College Park, MD (U....

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8 July 2010: Borschberg Breaks  the First Solar-Powered Aeroplane Records O....

8 July 2010: Borschberg Breaks the First Solar-Powered Aeroplane Records O....

Five years ago today, Swiss pilot André Borschberg landed the zero-fuel aircraft Solar Impulse HB-SIA after a 26h 10m 19s flight from and to Payerne,....

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Electrically- and Solar-powered Aircraft

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Since a couple of years the FAI Homebuilt Aircraft Commission has been monitoring the developing movement of Electrically- and solar-powered aircraft.

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Browse the list of Amateur-built Aircraft Events.

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CIACA Awards

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FAI Amateur-built Aircraft awards are given to amateur aircraft builders who display exceptional skill and effort in the design or restoration of aircraft.

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