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	Five years ago on this day: A Microlight and Paramotor World Record st....
	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...


	Two years ago: Father and son set African Record
	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...


	Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of t....
	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...


	PILOT PROFILE: 60 seconds with hang gliding champion Christian Ciech
	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...


	NASA’s top man Charles Bolden is still aiming for the stars
	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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	Look Up, the Drones are coming!
	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...


	Drones at the cutting edge
	The sun came out for the third and final day of the FAI International Drones Conference and Expo in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read more...


	The Game of Drones: Racing and Sports
	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...


	Drone Control? Rules and regulations for drones
	“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...


	Preparing for the Drone Invasion
	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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Latest FAI World Record Claims

28 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Single Round Score : 6,28 sec	YuTing Wang (CHN)
28 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Single Round Score : 5,65 sec	Ruilong Yu (CHN)
28 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Single Round Score : 6,28 sec	YuTing Wang (CHN)
28 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Single Round Score : 6,28 sec	YuTing Wang (CHN)
28 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Single Round Score : 6,65 sec	Yue Ying Lyu (CHN)
28 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Single Round Score : 6,65 sec	Yiyao Li (CHN)
27 October 2025	Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 977,00 km/h	Santiago J. Koritschoner (USA)
27 October 2025	Parachuting : Team Lowest Score after 8 rounds : 1,87 m
27 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Score after 10 rounds : 0,16 m	Zoe Stoll (GER)
27 October 2025	Parachuting : Lowest Score after 10 rounds : 0,06 m	Ruilong Yu (CHN)
27 October 2025	Parachuting : Consecutive landings on the dead centre disc : 2 x 0,00 + 0,02 m	Yuting Liao (CHN)
27 October 2025	Parachuting : Consecutive landings on the dead centre disc : 0,00 + 0,03 m	Timothy Stevens (AUS)
27 October 2025	Parachuting : Consecutive landings on the dead centre disc : 0,00 + 0,01 m	Andrew Mulholland (AUS)
26 October 2025	Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 824,00 km/h	Timothy Sobus (USA)
24 October 2025	Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 763,00 km/h	Christopher R. Yakabe (USA)

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F3F (RC Slope Soaring Gliders)

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: Putgarten / Rügen (Germany)

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: 31 Oct to 02 Nov 2025

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:https://f3f.de

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FAI Junior World Gliding Championships -

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: 17796

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: First Category Event

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: Continental Championship

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: Lake Keepit (Australia)

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: 06 Jan to 20 Jan 2029

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Kinokawa Sky Grand Prix 2025 -

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: 18000

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: Second Category Event

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class 1 Cross country

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: Kinokawa-shi,uchita (Japan)

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: 31 Oct to 03 Nov 2025

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:https://civlcomps.org/event/kinokawa-sky-grand-prix-2025

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Canoa Open 2025 -

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: 18011

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: Second Category Event

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class 1 Cross country
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: Canoa (Ecuador)

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: 30 Oct to 04 Nov 2025

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:https://civlcomps.org/event/canoa-open-2025

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14th Korca Open Air -

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: 18014

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Paragliding Accuracy

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: Korca (Albania)

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: 30 Oct to 02 Nov 2025

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: 06 Nov to 09 Nov 2025

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:https://civlcomps.org/event/14th-korca-open-air

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Upcoming Events

07 November 2025	Paragliding Accuracy Competition Turkish Championship Super Final -	anamur (Türkiye)
08 November 2025	2025 CZECup -	Kožlany (Czech Republic)
08 November 2025	2025 5th Murat Šarkinović Memorial -	Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
09 November 2025	2025 West Bohemian World Cup -	Kožlany (Czech Republic)
13 November 2025	47th CISM World Military Parachuting Championship -	Doha (Qatar)
14 November 2025	5º OPEN MONJOLO -	Baixo Guandú (Brazil)
15 November 2025	2025 FAI World Drone Soccer Championships -	Shanghai (China (People's Republic of))
15 November 2025	5th Stage of the 2025 Santa Catarina Championship - Tangará SC -	Morro Agudo, Tangará (Brazil)
15 November 2025	2nd II Etapa do Campeonato Gaúcho de Parapente -	Encantado (Brazil)
19 November 2025	KEJURNAS -INDONESIA PARAGLIDING ACCURACY CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 -	malang (Indonesia)
20 November 2025	3rd lll Etapa do Campeonato Sul Brasileiro de Parapente -	Encantado (Brazil)
21 November 2025	2025 Hang Gliding Class 5 East Japan Championship -	Ishioka City (Japan)
24 November 2025	2025 FAI F1D European Championships for Indoor Model Aircraft -	Slanic Prahova (Romania)
27 November 2025	2025 Intl. V&V Gran Canaria -	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Spain)
27 November 2025	2025 OPEN Tenerife XPO 2025 -	Adeje (Spain)

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Every year, over 30 world or continental championships are listed on the FAI Sporting Calendar, and many other sporting events such as Grand Prix, Cups and miscellaneous international competitions are organized in accordance with FAI Sporting Codes.
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The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2016

The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett will take place from 15 – 24 September 2016 in Gladbeck, Germany, the epicentre of global gasballooning activities which will therefore provide for sure perfect conditions.

France takes the gold at the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017

The winners of the 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017 said they were “overjoyed” to be awarded their FAI gold medals at a ceremony in Fribourg, Switzerland on Saturday 16 September 2017.

The 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Gas Ballon Race launched tonight

This evening 21 gas balloons from 13 countries launched from Gruyères airfield (Switzerland) that sits below the famous chateau for the 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Race. Over the next few days the teams will aim to fly as far as possible, measured in a straight line from the launch field to the landing site. Meteorological experts are forecasting that the balloons will follow a north-eastern route.

Follow the race live at: gordonbennett.aero/livetracking

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