1, 2, 3 for British Microlighting team!
Thursday, 10 December 2015 11:32
Glider Match Racing and General Aviation medal ceremony
Thursday, 10 December 2015 08:33
Polish glider pilot Sebastian Kawa claimed gold in the Glider Match Racing, after a thrilling final against Austrian Werner Amann. Tilo Holighaus of Germany took bronze. Exciting finish to Glider Match Racing
Wednesday, 09 December 2015 19:32
Both their Schempp-Hirth Discus 2C gliders were towed up over the Desert Dropzone and released from 1,200m side by side. Off the map: Norevik and Strømme win the Air Navigation Race
Wednesday, 09 December 2015 15:53
The pair were among 14 teams competing in this new race designed to test piloting skills, held at the Desert Dropzone. Spectators followed the pilots as they flew the course via live tracking online. Olympic ski jumper swaps skis for helicopter skids
Wednesday, 09 December 2015 09:28
But when former Olympic gold medal winner Morgenstern, flying here with his teammate Stefan Seer, crashed during a ski jump at the start of 2014, it looked like his career as a professional athlete was over. Paragliding Aerobatics champions crowned
Wednesday, 09 December 2015 07:59
A crowd of more than 200 people cheered on the new champions, as they stepped up to collect their medals alongside Horacio Llorens of Spain, who claimed the bronze. Gold for Prokofjevs in the combat aeromodelling
Wednesday, 09 December 2015 05:59
The father-and-son team fought off stiff competition from 15 other countries, flying their control-line model planes at 160km/h and slicing sections off rivals' tail streamers to score points. Seven steps to success: an acrobatic paragliding masterclass with FAI World Air Games winner Tim Alongi
Tuesday, 08 December 2015 13:27
Alongi also won the silver medal in the Sychronised Paragliding Aerobatics competition, along with his partner - and solo silver medallist - Eliot Nochez, also from France. When we caught up with Alongi afterwards at the Palm Dropzone in Dubai, he gave us his seven top tips for acro paragliding success. Aeromodelling victory for Australia
Tuesday, 08 December 2015 10:27
De Chastel, partnered by his wife Linda, who helped at take off and called out turn times through the race, said he was surprised to have made the final. He had planned to fly a steady race hoping for third place. VIP visit to the FAI World Air Games Dubai
Monday, 07 December 2015 16:16
He was shown round the Palm Dropzone by FAI President Dr John Grubströmm, World Air Games Director His Excellency Yousif Hassan Al Hammadi, and Deputy Director His Excellency Mohamed Yousuf Abdulrahmn. Build it, and it will fly
Monday, 07 December 2015 14:36
He's been beavering away with a colleague for days now, and expects to be ready to fly it after four days' work. More Articles...
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