FAI Newsletter 15/04

FAI Championship results: results of recent championships / New World Record Claims for hang gliding, and gliding.

1. FAI Championship Results

FAI recently received the following Championships Results.

2004 FAI World Control Line Aeromodelling Championship
Sport : Aeromodelling, Control Line F2A, F2B, F2C, F2D
Date : 3 to 11 July 2004
Location : Muncie (USA)
Winners :
F2A Overall - Luis PARRAMON (ESP)
F2B Overall - William WERWAGE (USA)
F2B Junior - Robert GRUBER (USA)
F2C Overall - Pascal SURUGUE / Georges SURUGUE (FRA)
F2D Overall - Igor TRIFONOV (RUS)
Competition Webpage

7th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championship
Sport : Aerobatic
Date : 6 to 18 July 2004
Location : Moravska Trebova (CZE)
Winners : Overall - Jerzy MAKULA (POL)
Competition Webpage and Results

14th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
Sport : General Aviation
Date : 14 to 20 July 2004
Location : Herning (DEN)
Winners :
Overall : Jiri FILIP / Michal FILIP (CZE)
Team : Czech Republic
Full results / Competition Webpage


2. New World Record Claims

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

Class o - Hang Gliders / Claim number : 9631
Sub-class : O-5 (Hang Gliders with a rigid primary structure / movable control surface(s) without pilot surronding structures and fairings.)
General Category
Type of record : Speed over a triangular course of 100 km
Course/location : Mansfield, WA (USA)
Performance : 42 km/h
Pilot : Martin HENRY (CAN)
Date: 10.07.2004
Current record : 34.47 km/h (16.08.2000 - Davis STRAUB, USA)

Class D - Gliders / Claims number : 9635, 9636
Sub-class : DU - Ultralight Gliders
General Category
Course/location : Zapata, TX (USA)
Pilot : Leo BENETTI-LONGHINI (USA)
Glider : Silent II
Date : 09.07.2004
Current records : 508.10 km (21.04.1998 - William G. OSOBA Jr., USA)

#9635 : Straight Distance to a Goal / Performance : 548 km
#9636 : Free Distance / Performance : 620 km

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 :
- Hang Gliders World Records
- Gliders World Records