It’s a family affair: Jerzy and Jan Makula
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40 Years Ago Today: Eldon Joersz became the fastest man in the world – a record that still stands today
Fedor Konyukhov Solo Around-The-World in a Balloon – Official World Record Claims received!
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Fedor Konyukhov completed the solo around the world tour and landed safely in Australia!
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12 June 1936: The FAI World Record of Louise Thaden
Click here to read more: FAI Dossier. Ten Years Ago: Mardna's 111km model seaplane world record
If you want to bag a distance world record in aeromodelling it can help if you get up early, when the wind is calm and the sky is clear. For Toomas Mardna exactly ten years ago on Friday 17 June 2006, 'early' meant a pre-dawn start. Together with co-pilot Juri Laidna the pair were aiming to set a world record out-and-return flight with a model Mardna had designed and built himself. Mardna was well-known in Estonia and the international aeromodelling scene. A member of the Estonian Aerosports Federation his FAI Sporting Licence number was EST0002 – he was in at the very beginning. 12 May 2011: First Human-Powered Rotorcraft Record Celebrates 5 Years Anniversary!
Olympic ski jumper swaps skis for helicopter skids
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. Seven steps to success: an acrobatic paragliding masterclass with FAI World Air Games winner Tim Alongi
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. More Articles...
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“I have four sons, Jan is the youngest. But you know, when he was very little he was afraid of flying, he would not even touch the glider.” Jerzy Makula is a legend in glider aerobatics, often called the ‘grandfather of the sport’. A commercial pilot he has been at the forefront of developing glider aerobatics for four decades, pushing the boundaries and coaching individual pilots and national teams. He has been Glider Aerobatics World Champion seven times.
Forty years ago on 28 July 1976 Major General Eldon W. Joersz flew into the FAI record books by 
On this day in history 
The FAI received the following records claims from the Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov, 64, who completed his circumnavigation on Saturday 23 July 2016 by landing near Bonnie Rock (AUS) in a Roziere combined hot-air and helium gas balloon:
On 23 July 2006, 10 years ago, French pro paraglider 
Russian veteran traveler Fedor Konyukhov, 64, landed safe and sound near the small town of Bonnie Rock on 23 July at 16.15 local time (08.15 UTC) after a 11 day 8 hours and 42 minutes flight in a Roziere combined (hybrid) hot-air and helium gas balloon challenging the 
On Tuesday, 12 July at 07:30 Local Time (00:30 UTC), Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov, 65, took off in a hot-air balloon in Northam, Western Australia, in a bid to beat the record time for a solo flight around the world. This has only been achieved once before by no other than the late American aviator legend Steve Fossett, who also took off from Northam Airfield in 2002 and is 
Today we would like to commemorate a female American pioneer and a major figure in aviation who was not only a highly successful Golden Age air racer and holder of various aviation records, but also one of the first female pilots to make aviation her business. On 12 July 1936, exactly 80 years ago, Mrs. Louise Thaden set a FAI World Record in Female Light Plane “Speed over 100km” by reaching a speed of 176,356 km/h (109.582 mp/h) in a 90-horsepower Porterfield at Endless Caverns, Virginia (USA).
Ten years ago Toomas Mardna set a world record for aeromodelling that still stands today: a 111km out-and-return flight with a piston-motor seaplane, flying along the banks of Lake Maardu in Estonia.
On 12 May 2011, biology student and female pilot 
Helicopter pilot Thomas Morgenstern has finished in bronze medal position in the FAI World Air Games Parallel Slalom and Fender competition here in Dubai. The final to decide the gold and silver medallists will take place tomorrow (December 10).
French paraglider Tim Alongi, 24, is the new FAI World Air Games Paragliding Aerobatics Champion.- Five years ago on this day: A Microlight and Paramotor World Record still standing
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- Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year 2016 Award
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- 11 August 1986: The FAI World Record of John Trevor Egginton
- 13 November 1926: The FAI World Record of Major Mario de Bernardi
- 12 November 1906: The first flight by Santos-Dumont
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