One month to go until the 1st FAI International Drones Conference and Expo!
Wednesday, 02 August 2017 11:52
9 July 2012: Akihiro Danjo flew his model aircraft for almost 20 minutes
Sunday, 09 July 2017 09:09
Registration opens for the 1st FAI International Drones Conference and Expo promoting Innovation, Safety and Sports
Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:40
Bidding opens for the 1st FAI World Drone Racing Championships
Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:22
CIAM Flyer (02-2017) - Small-Scale Lindbergh 2003, Maynard Hill’s transatlantic flight
Tuesday, 09 May 2017 10:37
In 2002, after a gruelling 4-year marathon of hard work, retired Johns Hopkins University metallurgist Maynard Luther Hill began the attempts at crossing the Atlantic with his model aeroplane. On 9th August 2003 "TAM 5" took off in Newfoundland and, 38 hours, 52 minutes and 19 seconds later, reached Ireland near Mannin Beach. Hat-trick: World's best indoor radio-controlled aerobatic pilot wins FAI World Championships for a record third time
Sunday, 26 February 2017 10:34
Women with wings: Meet Drone Pilot GaYeon Mo
Thursday, 16 February 2017 15:47
CIAM Flyer (1-2017): Formula 1 was Yesterday Today is all about Drone Racing
Friday, 10 February 2017 12:12
Taking flight! It’s lift off for the FAI Drone Racing World Cup 2017
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:45
Taking flight! It’s lift off for the FAI Drone Racing World Cup 2017
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 14:45
CIAM Flyer (6-2016) - Short Climb, Long Glide
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In one month the 1st FAI International Drones Conference and Expo will open its door at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).
Five years ago today, on 9 July 2012, Japanese pilot Akihiro Danjo flew his model aircraft with extensible motor for 19 min 40 sec, thus breaking the World Record in Duration. His remarkable record still stands today.
FAI has issued an invitation to attend the 
FAI has issued a call for bids for the first FAI World Drone Racing Championships, to be held in late 2017 or early 2018.
Gernot Bruckmann (left), a professional radio-controlled aeromodel pilot from Austria, won gold at the 2017 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in France, when it finished at the weekend. The win came after a close-fought week-long competition that was held at the Rotonde Gymnasium in Strasbourg between 19-25 February 2017.
Meet 17-year-old Korean drone pilot GaYeon Mo, whose years of Taekwondo and Wushu training showed her she could take on the boys and win!
This is fast developing into the latest craze. Flying small radiocontrolled multicopters via video goggles for a first-person view is becoming increasingly popular.
Stand by drone racing fans: the 
Stand by drone racing fans: the FAI Drone Racing World Cup 2017 is coming - and it looks set to be better and more exciting than ever before. A total of 15 events have already been confirmed for the 2017 edition of the FAI Drone Racing World Cup.
In recent years, electric flying has seen the totally unspectacular emergence of a new electric glider class (F5J). It is characterised by its large (maximum span of 4 m) but very lightweight RC glider models (800 to 1500 g) equipped with relatively small electric motors (approx. 500 W).-
One month to go until the 1st FAI International Drones Conference and Expo!
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9 July 2012: Akihiro Danjo flew his model aircraft for almost 20 minutes
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Registration opens for the 1st FAI International Drones Conference and Expo promoting Innovation, Safety and Sports
-
Bidding opens for the 1st FAI World Drone Racing Championships
-
CIAM Flyer (02-2017) - Small-Scale Lindbergh 2003, Maynard Hill’s transatlantic flight
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Hat-trick: World's best indoor radio-controlled aerobatic pilot wins FAI World Championships for a record third time
-
Women with wings: Meet Drone Pilot GaYeon Mo
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CIAM Flyer (1-2017): Formula 1 was Yesterday Today is all about Drone Racing
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Taking flight! It’s lift off for the FAI Drone Racing World Cup 2017
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Taking flight! It’s lift off for the FAI Drone Racing World Cup 2017
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