FAI Newsletter 14/04

FAI Championship results: results of recent championships / FAI World Grand Prix: Presentation of the "2005 Haute Voltige Tour" / New World Record Claims for Rotorcraft, Aeroplanes, Model Aircraft and Parachuting.

1. FAI Championship Results

FAI recently received the following Championships Results.

3rd FAI Club Class World Gliding Championship
Sport : Gliding, Club Class
Date : 12 to 26 June 2004
Location : Elverum (NOR)
Winners : Overall - Sebastien KAWA (POL)
Full results

3rd FAI Junior World Parachuting Championship in Style & Accuracy
Sport : Parachuting, Style & Accuracy
Date : 22 to 28 June 2004
Location : Kaluga (RUS)
Winners :
Overall - Men (Junior) : Stefan WIESNER (GER)
Overall - Women (Junior) : Irina NIKULINA (RUS)
Freefall Style - Men (Junior) : Stefan WIESNER (GER)
Freefall Style - Women (Junior) : Irina NIKULINA (RUS)
Accuracy Landing - Men (Junior) : Sebastian LUTZ (GER)
Accuracy Landing - Women (Junior) : Agnieszka KOSK (POL)

14th FAI European Hang Gliding Championship
Sport : Hang Gliding, Class 1
Date : 21 June to 3 July 2004
Location : Millau (FRA)
Winners :
Overall : Manfred RUHMER (AUT)
Team : Austria
Full results

16th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
Sport : Ballooning
Date : 26 June to 3 July 2004
Location : Mildura (AUS)
Winners : Overall - Markus PIEPER (GER)
Full results / Competition Webpages

2. FAI World Grand Prix

Cancellation of the FAI World Grand Prix 2004 at Twin Ring Motegi. Presentation of the "2005 Haute Voltige Tour".

The President of Haute Voltige, Jean-Louis MONNET, recently announced that the Haute Voltige / FAI World Grand Prix, which had been held every year since 1998 at Twin Ring Motegi (JPN), would be cancelled in 2004 due to the unavailability of the runway, and as construction work would not be ready in time.

He further announced that his company would sponsor the "2005 Haute Voltige Tour" as a special celebration of the FAI Centenary. Mr Monnet reported that the 2005 Haute Voltige Tour would support aerobatic competitions at Al Ain (UAE / 24-28 January 2005, including the 21st FAI World Grand Prix), Burgos (ESP / 23 July 2005, freestyle programme of the 23rd World Aerobatic Championships), Lausanne (SUI / 3-4 September 2005, including the 22nd FAI World Grand Prix) and Twin Ring Motegi (JPN / November 2005, including the 23rd FAI World Grand Prix).)

Full report


3. New World Record Claims

Here is a selection of the World Record Claims received by FAI :

Class E - Rotorcraft / Claims number : 9599, 9600
Sub-classes : E-1 (Helicopters) and E-1c (Helicopters - Take-off weight 1000 to 1750 kg)
Group 2 : turbine, General Category
Type of records : Speed around the world, Eastbound
Course/location : Shoreham, Sussex (UK) - Shoreham, Sussex (UK)
Performance : 84.12 km/h
Pilot : Simon OLIPHANT-HOPE (UK)
Helicopter : HU50 / MD500E
Date: 21.06.2004
Current record : 65.97 km/h (22.07.1994 - Joe Ronald BOWER, USA)
Full report & Pictures

Class C - Aeroplanes / Claims number : 9605, 9606
Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes) and C-1d (Landplanes - Take-off weight 1750 to 3000 kg)
Group 4 : rocket engine
Type of record : Altitude, Aeroplane launched from a ship
Course/location : Mojave, CA (USA)
Performance : 86 106 m
Pilot : Michael W. MELVILL (USA)
Aircraft : Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
Date: 21.06.2004
Current records :
Sub-class C-1 : 82 190 m (17.07.1962 - Robert M. WHITE, USA)
Sub-class C-1d : new
Full report & Pictures

Class F - Model Aircraft / Claim number : 9616
Sub-class : F5-S (Aeroplane, electric motor with rechargeable sources of current)
Category : F5 - Radio Controlled
Type of record : N°174 - Distance to goal and return
Course/location : Tungamah, VIC (AUS)
Performance : 54.30 km
Pilot : Raymond COOPER (AUS)
Date: 04.07.2004
Current record : 6.21 km (27.05.2003 - Gary B. FOGEL, USA)

Class G - Parachuting / Claim number : 9619
Sub-class : G-1 (Individual jumps), Competition / Individual records
General Category
Type of record : G-1-B - Landing accuracy with 0.03 metre disc
Course/location : 2004 IPC Anton Malevsky Memorial World Cup, Stupino (RUS)
Performance : 19 consecutive landings on dead center
Pilot : Serguei VERTIPRAKHOV (RUS)
Date: 03.07.2004
Current record : 14 consecutive landings on dead center (27.08.1997 - Serguei VERTIPRAKHOV, Russia)

The details shown above are provisional. When all the evidence required has been received and checked, the exact figures will be established and the record ratified (if appropriate).

For further information on World Records, please consult the latest news, including all claims pending ratification, at :
- Aeroplanes World Records
- Model Aircraft World Records
- Parachuting World Records
- Rotorcraft World Records