Brits storm to double victory in Ascot Racecourse
Monday, 01 September 2014 12:37
European Paragliding Champions Crowned
Saturday, 23 August 2014 17:42
The 13th FAI European Paragliding Championship came to an end last August 16 with the crowning of Torsten Siegel (Germany), Seiko Fukuoka-Naville (France) and Switzerland (Our picture: the overall podium). The 13th European Paragliding Championship has started!
Friday, 08 August 2014 10:44
We are in Serbia, in the Kopaonik mountain range, near Raska. FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships
Monday, 04 August 2014 16:50
Arch wins in Gdynia, widens championship lead
Monday, 28 July 2014 10:22
FAI World Air Games 2015 to be Staged in Dubai
Friday, 06 June 2014 14:26
Lamb wins Asian scorcher in tropical Malaysia
Monday, 19 May 2014 10:02
Duel continues: Arch blasts Bonhomme in Rovinj
Monday, 14 April 2014 09:50
Air Race returns: Bonhomme beats old rival
Monday, 03 March 2014 09:50
Final list of venues for 6th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix series
Thursday, 16 January 2014 14:11
The list of qualifying events is now complete and can be found at http://www.sgp.aero/ All FAI Sailplance Grand Prix news can be followed on Twitter and Facebook. Asian Beach Games Test event for Paragliding Accuracy, Thailand, Phuket
Thursday, 16 January 2014 11:18
2013 was a very active year for paragliding accuracy in Asia. In addition to numerous FAI Cat 2 sanctioned events, towards the end of 2013 two significant test competitions were organized: the first for 2nd FAI Asian Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Malaysia and the second, for the air sports events within the Asian Beach Games. More Articles...
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Britain’s Paul Bonhomme and Nigel Lamb won first and second place at the Red Bull Air Race at the Ascot Racecourse on Sunday, sending a sell-out home crowd of 29,000 spectators into a frenzy with thrilling performances in challenging windy conditions. It was the 15th career victory for Bonhomme in his 55th race and also second win of the season worth 12 championship points that helped him cut the world championship lead of Hannes Arch from 13 to just two points. There are three races left in the eight-stop season. The Austrian finished a distant eighth on Sunday. Nicolas Ivanoff of France got his first podium since 2009 by taking third place with a time of 1:11.884.
From 22nd July to 2nd August, Torun (Poland) became an air arena for the world’s best aerobatic glider pilots. 68 of them from 14 countries competed over Pomerania Airfield in the 
Hannes Arch pulled a rabbit out of his hat with a thrilling victory in front of a giant crowd of 130,000 at the first-ever Red Bull Air Race held in Poland.
The FAI announced today that the 2015 edition of the FAI World Air Games has been awarded to the United Arab Emirates and will be held in Dubai. This multi-discipline event will be organised by the Emirates Aerosports Federation and will take place over a period of 12 days in December 2015. It is the only world competition that brings together the various different air sports.
Britain’s Nigel Lamb upset Austria’s Hannes Arch in an action-packed Red Bull Air Race World Championship battle in the sweltering tropical heat of Putrajaya, getting an emotional first career victory. Australia’s Matt Hall took third in the first-ever east Asia race in the world’s fastest motorsport series.
Austria’s Hannes Arch came from behind to beat defending champion Paul Bonhomme in a riveting final in the second stop of the eight-leg Red Bull Air Race World Championship on Sunday in Rovinj, Croatia. Arch was trailing Bonhomme at the midway point of the final round by 0.23 seconds but opened the throttle with a blistering second lap on the obstacle course set up on the Adriatic Sea to get his eighth career victory. Japan’s Yoshihide Muroya got the first podium of his career, taking third place on a challenging course in the bay off Rovinj that was made even more difficult when the winds coming from the south shifted to from the west.
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship returned from a three-year break with a spectacular three-way battle for the victory in the bright blue skies over Abu Dhabi with Britain’s Paul Bonhomme prevailing.
The period for acceptance of bids to hold a qualifying FAI Sailplane Grand Prix expired on the 31st of December 2013. The last qualifying event to be approved is in the Czech Republic at Frydland which will be held in May 2015 in the Club class.
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