FAI Secretary General Badan to step down from his position - Search for his replacement underway
Friday, 06 September 2013 10:29
Main decisions taken at the 2013 CIACA Annual Meeting
Thursday, 25 April 2013 09:51
New 2012 FAI Annual Report just out !
Monday, 22 April 2013 13:16
It includes an overview of each air sport, lists of competition results, awards and records, photographs and a lot of other useful information. Icarus Cup 2013: First ever Human-Powered Aircraft Competition to be sanctioned by FAI
Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:19
Main decisions taken at the FAI Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft Commission 2012 Annual Meeting
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 09:34
CIACA President Alfons Hubmann presented what had happened in the past year. He gave a review of his presentation to the full audience of the FAI General Conference in October 2011 in Belgrade, showing the origin of amateur aircraft building from Daedalus and Icarus, Leonardo da Vinci, Father Gusmão, the Wright Brothers, Santos-Dumont and many more – all heroes and inventors in the evolution of aircraft. He reminded the CIACA Delegates that even today all those associations and aircraft builders connected with CIACA are still contributing worldwide to the development of new technologies and new power sources; therefore he proposed to support all these visions and creative efforts by creating CIACA task forces and working groups for “new technologies”, “new and sustainable power sources” and others. Furthermore, the newly acquired “Air Sports Commission” status brings with it the obligation to create a sporting code and call for competitions! FAI Secretary General Jean-Marc Badan, also present at the meeting, wished the "new" CIACA a successful start and explained the rights and duties of Air Sports Commissions. He also reminded CIACA's specific scope of activities as defined in the FAI By-Laws (3.6) : CIACA Experts and Solar Impulse
Friday, 01 June 2012 15:46
On 25 May 2012 Solar Impulse took off from Payerne, Switzerland, and landed in Madrid, Spain, after a 17 hour flight. The FAI Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft Commission (CIACA) Experts were present in Payerne Airport to make sure that the solar energy management was in accordance with the FAI rules. After several successful flights in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Solar Impulse has demonstrated that a solar-powered airplane can fly day and night using no fuel. The next challenge is to fly around the world and prove that progress is possible using clean forms of energy. All the CIACA Members around the world are constructing and building individual aircraft with the aim to develop new technologies and help to use new powers for a cleaner aviation in the future. Jean-Marc Badan appointed new FAI Secretary General
Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:11
Public Construction of an Amateur-Built Aircraft at the World Air Games 2009
Monday, 03 May 2010 20:14
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