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FAI Individual Discipline Awards

The awards are to reward individuals for their contributions or achievements in the individual disciplines of airsports. FAI medals and diplomas aim at giving public recognition to those who have made outstanding contributions to aeronautics and astronautics, especially in the field of sporting aviation. They are awarded each year at the Opening Ceremony of the annual FAI General Conference.

Aerobatics

The Leon Biancotto Aerobatics Diploma

Aeromodelling

The Alphonse Penaud Aeromodelling Diploma
The Andrei Tupolev Aeromodelling Diploma
The Andrei Tupolev Aeromodelling Medal
The Antonov Aeromodelling Diploma
The FAI Aeromodelling Gold Medal
The Frank Ehling Diploma

Amateur-Built Aircraft

The Henri Mignet Diploma
The Phoenix Diploma
The Phoenix Group Diploma

Astronautics

The Korolev Diploma
The Odyssey Diploma
The V. M. Komarov Diploma
The Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal

Aviation and Space Education

The FAI Young Artists Diploma
The Nile Gold Medal

Ballooning

The Montgolfier Ballooning Diplomas
The Santos-Dumont Gold Airship Medal

General aviation

The Charles Lindbergh General Aviation Diploma

Gliding

The Lilienthal Gliding Medal
The Pelagia Majewska Gliding Medal
The Pirat Gehriger Diploma

Hang gliding

The FAI Hang Gliding and Paragliding Diploma
The Pepe Lopes Medal

Microlights

The Ann Welch Diploma
The Colibri Diploma

Rotorcraft

The FAI Gold Rotorcraft Medal

General Awards

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FAI medals and diplomas aim at giving public recognition to those who have made outstanding contributions to aeronautics and astronautics, especially in the field of sporting aviation. They are awarded each year at the Opening Ceremony of the annual FAI General Conference. Many of the recipients honoured have had their names closely associated with the history and developments of aeronautics and astronautics.

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Individual Awards

Rotorcraft Gold
The awards are to reward individuals for their contributions or achievements in the individual disciplines of airsports. FAI medals and diplomas aim at giving public recognition to those who have made outstanding contributions to aeronautics and astronautics, especially in the field of sporting aviation. They are awarded each year at the Opening Ceremony of the annual FAI General Conference.

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