Interview with Jarrett Martin, Recipient of the 2015 Breitling Youngster Award
6 September 1970: Maynard Hill, the Lindbergh of Model Planes, Boosts his “Catbird” to 8’205m
4 August 1985: Larry Tudor, the “Part Bird”, who Flew a Record of a 4’343 Meters Gain in Altitude with a Hang Glider
Today marks the 30th anniversary of an FAI Word Record made by an American pilot described as both “Part Bird” and “Skygod” and who is perhaps one of the finest Hang Glider pilot for tandem or solo flights: Larry Tudor. A fidgety Californian, he has been pushing the edges of how far hang gliders can go since the air sport's early days in the 1970s. During his long career, Tudor set a total of ten FAI World Records and the one we are commemorating today has not yet been broken. 8 July 2010: Borschberg Breaks the First Solar-Powered Aeroplane Records Onboard Solar Impulse
23 June 2005: The Paramotoring Journey of Alexander Bogdanov through Russia
21 May 2000: The Story of Lindsay Muir's Hot Air Balloon World Record
Balloon World Record not broken sinceWe are pleased to continue our series of world record celebrations with an exceptional woman in ballooning sports: British Lindsay Muir. She established a female category duration world record for balloons in class AX-10 (Hot-air balloons: 4.000 to 6.000 m³) for a flight of 19h 07min 55sec on 21 May 2000 with the balloon “Lindstrand LBL-210 A” (G-FVBF). Interview with Alexey Leonov, the First Man to Walk in Outer Space
18 March 1965: Leonov Successfully Made the First Spacewalk
3 March 2005 : Steve Fossett, the First Man to Fly Solo Around the World, Unrefuelled
Interview with Pierre Duval, President of the FAI Environmental Commission
Frenchman Pierre Duval, 50, is the new President of the FAI Environmental Commission (EnvC) since his election by the Delegates during the last annual meeting of the Commission in February 2013. He tells us about his position, his aims, his objectives and the challenges the EnvC is and will be facing. Tony Iberler, youngest pilot ever to participate in a world helicopter competition
In 2012, still aged 17, he was selected as a member of the German National Team participating in the 14th FAI World Helicopter Championship, Moscow. The youngest ever pilot to participate at that high level. He won second place in his class. Interview with John Dickenson, recipient of the FAI Gold Air Medal
The FAI Gold Air Medal is the one of the two most prestigious FAI Awards together with the Gold Space Medal. It is reserved for those who have contributed greatly to the development of aeronautics by their activities, work, achievements, initiative or devotion to the cause of Aviation. More Articles...
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Jarrett Martin, 24, was born in Seattle, USA (pictured left with balloonist Brian Jones). He currently works as a promoter at Skydive Dubai. He was awarded the 2015 Breitling Youngster Award at the
Let us look back 45 years on the 6 September 1970 and recall an FAI World Record in Gain in Altitude for Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling (Class F) that has not been broken since. On that day, the
Five years ago today, Swiss pilot André Borschberg landed the zero-fuel aircraft Solar Impulse HB-SIA after a 26h 10m 19s flight from and to Payerne, Switzerland. A normal duration for a jet, but an absolutely incredible performance for a plane using only the power of the sun!
With an outstanding pilot in paramotoring, we would like to carry on with the series of FAI World Record anniversaries: Ten years ago on 23 June 2005, the three Russian pilots Vladimir Makurin, Nikolay Karabchouk and Alexander Bogdanov each broke an FAI World Record with a project named “Troika Air”.
On 18 March 1965, FAI celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first space-walk. Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov achieved this feat during the Voshkod 2 mission. He stayed out in space for 12 min 9 sec, a performance that the
Today is a special day in the history of space exploration. It is the day, 50 years ago, that Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov became the first person to walk in space.
With whom else than Steve Fossett could we open our series of world record celebrations? From 1995 to 2007, the FAI ratified 93 of his performances, which makes him the holder of the largest number of world records. These figures are unequalled, and they are all the more impressive given that they are linked to achievements in four different air sports, namely Ballooning, Airships, Gliding and General Aviation.
Tony Iberler qualified as an Helicopter Pilot in Germany on his 17th birthday, one year before he can legally drive a car.
At the- Five years ago on this day: A Microlight and Paramotor World Record still standing
- Two years ago: Father and son set African Record
- Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year 2016 Award
- PILOT PROFILE: 60 seconds with hang gliding champion Christian Ciech
- NASA’s top man Charles Bolden is still aiming for the stars
- A life in aerobatics: Mikhail Mamistov
- 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
- Profile of a world champion: Ferenc Toth
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