The 2016 Annual Meeting of the FAI Environmental Commission (EnvC) was held on 5 March 2016 in Moscow, Russia.
The meeting was hosted by the Russian Aeroclub at their unique historical building in Moscow, which was named after Valery Pavlovich Chkalov, a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Please find below the main decisions and discussions during the meeting:
The 2016 FAI Angelo D’Arrigo Diploma was awarded to the Italian company Alisport s.r.l. The diploma was first awarded in 2014 and aims at recognising and promoting major contributions in the field of environmental and sustainable development, in accordance with the development of a philosophy and a vision of sport aviation that increasingly wants to be respectful of the environment that surrounds it.
President: Mr. Pierre DUVAL (FRA)
1st Vice President: Mr. Sergey ANANOV (RUS)
Secretary: Mrs. Diana KING (GBR)
Mr. Bernald S. SMITH (USA), former President of the EnvC, was nominated President of Honour.
The next Annual Meeting of the FAI Environmental Commission will be held on 11 March 2017 in Lausanne.
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