Canopy Piloting, Accuracy Landing and Indoor AeroMusicals at the next World Games
Tuesday, 17 May 2011 17:55
For the first time in its history, the FAI will have three sports present at the World Games. Both Canopy Piloting (Parachuting) and Accuracy Landing (Paragliding) feature in the competition programme of the 2013 World Games that will take place in Cali, Colombia. Indoor AeroMusicals (Aeromodelling) is included in the programme as a demonstration sport. Celebrating 50 years of Manned Spaceflight - Part 5: HUMAN COST OF MANNED SPACEFLIGHT
Friday, 13 May 2011 23:41
The cost and risk of manned space flight has been high. The first confirmed in-flight fatality in the history of spaceflight occurred on April 24, 1967. Colonel Vladimir Komarov was killed when his Soyuz 1 spacecraft crashed during its return to Earth following parachute failure. The crew of Soyuz 11, Georgiy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov were killed on June 30, 1971, by exposure to the vacuum of space after undocking from the Salyut 1 space station. These are the only recorded fatalities in space (i.e. above the Karmann line). Celebrating 50 years of Manned Spaceflight - Part 4: SPACE STATIONS
Friday, 13 May 2011 23:38
Space stations have been envisaged since at least 1869 when Everett Hale wrote about a 'brick moon'. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Hermann Oberth also published articles about manned spaceflight and space stations. In 1951, Wernher von Braun published his design for a wheeled space station. Salyut and Skylab (1971-1986) Celebrating 50 years of Manned Spaceflight - Part 3: SPACE SHUTTLE
Friday, 13 May 2011 23:37
NASA's space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on April 12, 1981 (exactly 20 years to the day after Gagarin’s flight !) and continues to set high marks of achievement and endurance. Starting with Columbia and continuing with Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, the spacecraft has carried people into orbit repeatedly, launched, recovered and repaired satellites, conducted cutting-edge research and built the largest structure in space, the International Space Station. World Airship Ranking List (2010)
Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:03
The Commission Internationale d’Aérostation (CIA), part of FAI, has published the World Pilot Ranking List taking into account the results of the 2 world championships for hot air airships (Russia, France). Airship competitions determine the most performing pilots in a combination of speed races navigational perfection and precision flying. Organisers favours such events generally attracting crowds of 20000 to 30000 spectators. The Ranking List is led by 4 time world champion J.-A.Besnard from Switzerland. Join the FAI YouTube Channel
Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:30
Join us on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/airsportschannel, and start to follow the Air Sports Channel to watch FAI Competitions videos. Canopy Formations - 2011 Web Cup - Launch
Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:18
The new Canopy Formations Web competition is launched today. Follow this link to find out about the competition, the draw and how to enter. Let us make 2011 a record entry year! FAI President and FAI President of Honour cut the ribbon of the new FAI Headquarters
Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:20
The new FAI Headquarters were officially opened last Friday night as FAI President Dr. John Grubbström and FAI Honorary President Pierre Portmann cut the ribbon at the entrance of the new offices. Latest news on the FAI website
Wednesday, 04 May 2011 20:29
The FAI Sporting Licence Database and the Event Calendar are now working. *New* Please note that you have now the possibility to check the validity of FAI Sporting Licences without the need for any username / password: FAI President awarded with the Yuri Gagarin Medal
Friday, 29 April 2011 23:24
Paramotors at the programme of the 2012 Asian Beach Games
Friday, 29 April 2011 16:07
Latest news on the FAI website
Thursday, 28 April 2011 23:20
To restore all of the sections of the FAI website, we finally had to migrate all the data to a newer version of the software we are using to manage the content of our website. This migration is now completed and in addition to the central part of the FAI website which has been working for a few days (except for some links and images), most of the FAI documents can be now downloaded from the Document Center. Here is the tentative schedule for the restoration of the remaining sections of the website: 2011 championships and competitions calendar
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 00:20
Due to the current problems with the FAI website, please find below the details of the 2011 FAI calendar in PDF format. The FAI calendar will be available at its usual place as soon as possible. FAI President awarded with Yuri Gagari Medal
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 18:29
FAI President Dr. John Grubbström had the great honour to be awarded with the Juri Gagarin Medal at the CIAM meeting that recently took place in Lausanne, Switzerland. The medal was presented by Russian Representative Andre Pomorenko on behalf of the Russian Airsports Federation in commemoration of the close association of the Russian Airsports Federation and the FAI since Yuri Gagarin's "first man in space" flight on 12th April 1961 which was recognised by the FAI as a World Record. More Articles...
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FAI President Dr. John Grubbström has been honoured with the prestigious Yuri Gagarin Medal. It was presented by Andre Pomorenko of the Federation Aeronautical Sports of Russia at the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting.
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