2016 FAI Annual Report

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“Our team took over the CAB in March 2016 and
the year was one of accomplishing new goals.
These included becoming financially compliant,
redesigning our flag and logo, and establishing a
temporary affiliation with COBRA, the aeromodelling
confederation.
“In October we had the first Rio de Janeiro Paramotor
State Championship, where we awarded cash
prizes for the podium places. We are also planning
a Brazilian Multi Air Sport Event, the Jogos Aéreos
Brasileiros. We have cities interested in hosting these,
and if all goes well, we will aim to host the FAI World
Air Games in Brazil in 10 or 12 years.”
CAB Chairman Marina Kalousdian
Brazil is reorganising its air law and air space, and
2016 saw us contribute to that project. This included
presenting our case at a public hearing at the Federal
Senate. Air sports not only spoke, but contributed to
the most important air bill of the last 30 years.
CAB is working towards creating open Class G Air
Space, along the same lines as Europe and the USA.
CAB has been working with the civil aviation sector
and the Air Force in order to create open dialogue
and promote air sports. The goal is to identify all the
different flying areas in our huge country, and keep
these places open for air sports and pilots.
General Information
Members
Three different meetings took place in Heraklion, on the
Greek island of Crete in mid-June: Air Sport Commission
Presidents; Active Member Presidents; and Executive
Board meeting.
Organised by the Hellenic Aeronautical and Airsports
Federation, themeetings gave thosepresent anopportunity
to discuss current projects and topics. These included:
−− The FAI World Air Games 2015 in Dubai
and the next edition
−− Further development of the FAI Air Games concept
−− Participation in multi-sports events
−− A common FAI strategy on drone racing sports
−− An update on the implementation of the FAI Sports
and Branding Strategy
−− The 2016 and 2017 FAI General Conferences
and information from the FAI Head Office.
A ceremony on Friday evening saw the unveiling of a plaque
commemorating the world record flight of the human-
powered Daedalus plane in 1988. Kanellos Kanellopoulos,
theoriginal pilot, andDaedalus teamleaderDr JohnLangford
were present. The record featured a 34mwingspan plane
weighing just 32kg and the performance is one of the
longest standing records in FAI history.
NEWMEMBERS
The 110th FAI Annual General Conference was held in Bali,
Indonesia. TheConferenceapproved thenewmembershipof:
−− Armenian Federation of Aeromodelling
−− Asociación Uruguaya de Vuela a Vela
−− Iraqi Aero Federation
−− Parachute Association of Botswana
−− Trinidad & Tobago Paragliding Association
Further applications were pending at the time of the
General Conference.
MEMBERSHIP FACTS AND FIGURES
Member-countries are represented in the FAI by their
principal National Airsport Control organisation. Withmore
than 100members, the FAI brings together representatives
of all air sport disciplines at an international level. Members
include:
−− 88 Active Members: organisations that represent all
the disciplines practised in their respective country.
−− 13 Associate Members: which represent only one or
two discipline(s). There can be no more than three
associate members in a given country without their
forming a national organisation and becoming an
Active Member.
−− 4 Temporary Members: national organisations which
intend to become an Active or Associate Member of
FAI but are not yet in a position to fulfill all the rights
and duties of those members.
−− 2 International Affiliate Members: international
organisations sharing common goals with FAI.
−− 6 FAI recognised organisations with a regional scope.
The full list of Members can be found on
Comissão de Aerodesporto
Brasileira (CAB)
Chairman Marina Kalousdian
−− Founded: 1997
−− Membership category: Active Member
−− Disciplines: Aerobatics, Aeromodelling, Amateur
Built and Experimental Aircraft, Ballooning,
Gliding, Hang Gliding, Microlights, Parachuting,
Paragliding, Paramotors, Rotorcraft
−− Number of FAI-sanctioned events in 2016:
7 Category 2 competitions