Paramotor Slalom Champion: Alex Mateos

Alex Mateos won the 2nd FAI European Slalom Paramotor Championships in Spain in June. This was only the second time this competition has been held in this rapidly evolving discipline.

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Second FAI European Paramotor Slalom Championships kicks off in Spain

The second FAI European Paramotor Slalom Championships opened with a short ceremony on 11 June in Bornos, Andalusia, Spain where the competition is being held from 9-19 June 2016.

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Red Bull Air Race 2016: Yoshi Muroya wins in Japan

Japan's Yoshihide Muroya took a decisive victory in front of 50,000 fans at his home race in Chiba, Japan at the third leg of the Red Bull Air Race 2016 on 5 June 2016.

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Red Bull Air Race 2016: Japan’s favourite scores a home run

Yoshi Muroya from Japan has his home-country podium in sight after winning the second of two practice sessions at the Red Bull Air Race in Chiba on Friday 3 June.

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Red Bull Air Race 2016 heads for Chiba, Japan

Germany’s Matthias Dolderer has a firm grip on the leaderboard in the Red Bull Air Race as the third leg of the international competition comes to Chiba in Japan for the first weekend in June.

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Red Bull Air Race 2016: Germany's Dolderer wins in Austria

Germany’s Matthias Dolderer beat the elements, the obstacles and 13 of the world’s best pilots to become the first German ever to win a Red Bull Air Race event at the second stop of the 2016 season in Spielberg, Austria.

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Fribourg ready to welcome the famous Gordon Bennett Cup

61st Aeronautical Cup for Gas Balloons in 2017

The Canton of Fribourg will have the honour of organising the prestigious Aeronautical Cup for Gas Balloons, the ‘Gordon Bennett’ (FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship) in 2017. In Spain last weekend, the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) (which runs the FAI’s ballooning activities) confirmed the choice of Fribourg. It adopted the proposal made by the National Ballooning Commission (FSA) back in November 2015. This international competition, which brings together the world’s best balloonists, will take place near the airstrip in Epagny, just below the Château de Gruyères and amongst the foothills of the Alps. The event will run from 7 to 16 September 2017. For ‘four cornerstones of the Fribourg economy’ a dream will come true.

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The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2016

The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett will take place from 15 – 24 September 2016 in Gladbeck, Germany, the epicentre of global gasballooning activities which will therefore provide for sure perfect conditions.

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6 months until the 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gladbeck, Germany!

180 days to go until the 60th edition of the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship. This year the individual stories of the pilots full of adventure, skill, courage, survival and luck will continue in Gladbeck (GER) from 15 – 24 September 2016.

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FAI at the Red Bull Air Race

FAI President Dr. John Grubbström was in Abu Dhabi at the Red Bull Air Race on Saturday 12 March 2016 – and met up with the General Manager of the Red Bull Air Race Erich Wolf.

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