2012 FAI Awards Ceremony

Coming from all around the world, contributors to aviation were celebrated at the annual FAI Awards Ceremony that took place last night in Antalya, Turkey, as part of the 106th FAI General Conference.

Ten awardees joined together in Antalya to be presented on stage with their prestigious FAI medals and diplomas by FAI President John Grubbström.

During the ceremony, the winner of the prize of the Prince Alvaro de Orleans Borbon Grant was revealed to be Todd Reichert for the "Atlas" human-powered helicoter project.

Two new awards were also announced by Breitling, the official partner of the FAI:

• the Breitling Youngster Award
• the Breitling Milestone Trophy

The attending recipients included: 

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Felix Baumgartner's preliminary World Records claim received

The FAI has just received the prelimary claim for Felix Baumgartner's World Records.

The following figures must be ratified before the FAI can officially approve the World Records.

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57th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett: FAI flag handed over to Organiser

During the closing ceremony of the 56th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Ebnat-Kappel (Switzerland), FAI President John Grubbström (right) handed over the FAI flag to Didier Sartelet, town mayor of Heillecourt and Vice President of the urban community of Greater Nancy (France), where the next edition of the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett will be held next year from 22 to 31 August 2013.

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2nd FAI Women's European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Frankenthal, Germany

A selection of pictures can be viewed on Flickr !

18th FAI European Aerobatic Championships in Dubnica, Slovakia

The pictures of winners and many other are available on Flickr

18th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Castellon, Spain

Have a look at the pictures of the competition !

2012 FAI World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in Santa Cilia, Spain

A. Lüthi won the Gold Medal (F4C) - see the picture of his Bücker Jungmeister and many others!

2012 FAI World Championships for Space Models in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia

Check out the pictures on Flickr !

Galetto awarded with the Lilienthal Gliding Medal

Giorgio Galetto from Italy was yesterday awarded with the Lilienthal Gliding Medal at the 2012 FAI Awards Ceremony.

When asked about his reaction to the award, Giorgio said:

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Alessandro Ploner (ITA) and Italy Kings of the Hang Gliding Euro

The 12th FAI Hang Gliding European Championship came to a close on  September 8th.  On the Individual podium: Alessandro Ploner (ITA), Dan Vyhnalik (CZE) and Primoz Gricar (SLO). On the Team podium: Italy, Slovenia and Spain. All results are on the organizer's website.