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Mamistov strikes gold for a third time

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France takes the gold at the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017

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Matt Hall wins Qualifying in Germany

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Look Up, the Drones are coming!

Look Up, the Drones are coming!

Drones are here now and they are multiplying fast! The first FAI International Drones Conference was a big success as it heard about the brave new world of Drones and robots in the sky.

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Drones at the cutting edge

Drones at the cutting edge

The sun came out for the third and final day of the FAI International Drones Conference and Expo in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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The Game of Drones: Racing and Sports

The Game of Drones: Racing and Sports

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Drone Control? Rules and regulations for drones

Drone Control? Rules and regulations for drones

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Preparing for the Drone Invasion

Preparing for the Drone Invasion

The message from the first day at the first FAI International Drones Conference could not have been clearer: The drones are coming, and they are coming fast. Not only that, they are arriving en masse ....

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Five years ago on this day: A Microlight and Paramotor World Record st....

Five years ago on this day: A Microlight and Paramotor World Record st....

Today, five years ago on 17 February 2012, Indian pilot Parmjit Singh, used a special harness, the Aeros Discus 14 with a Radne Motor AB Raket 120, to fly a record distance in a straight line without....

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Two years ago: Father and son set African Record

Two years ago: Father and son set African Record

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Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded  FAI - Breitling Pilot of t....

Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of t....

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 PILOT PROFILE: 60 seconds with hang gliding champion Christian Ciech

PILOT PROFILE: 60 seconds with hang gliding champion Christian Ciech

Christian Ciech is one of the most successful pilots in competition hang gliding, and was FAI European and World Champion at the same time in 2016. We spoke to him…

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NASA’s top man Charles Bolden is still aiming for the stars

NASA’s top man Charles Bolden is still aiming for the stars

Charles Bolden, who has been awarded the prestigious FAI Gold Space Medal for 2016, knows about space. Not only has he been in orbit four times, but for the last seven years he has been at the head of....

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Championnat de France classes 18mètre et Libre -

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: 16515    

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: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

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18 meter Class
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Place

: Beynes (France)

Date(s)

: 26 May to 01 Jun 2024

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:http://www.soaringspot.com/cdf2024-beynes/results


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XL Open Internacional Sierra de Cádiz 2024 -

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: 16769    

Bid:

669

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: Second Category Event

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: Other

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class 1 Cross country
class 5 Cross country
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Place

: El Bosque y Algodonales, Cádiz (Spain)

Date(s)

: 24 Mar to 31 Mar 2024

Website

:https://civlcomps.org/event/xl-open-internacional-sierra-de-cadiz-2024


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Trofeo Montegrappa Parapendio 2024 -

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: 16784    

Bid:

277

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: Second Category Event

Type of event

: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

Cross Country

Place

: Romano d'Ezzelino (Italy)

Date(s)

: 27 Mar to 01 Apr 2024

Website

:https://airtribune.com/mgt2024/info


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Trofeo Montegrappa Deltaplano 2024 -

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: 16873    

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277

Event classification

: Second Category Event

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: Other

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

class 1 Cross country
class 5 Cross country
Sport Class Cross Country

Place

: Romano d'Ezzelino (Italy)

Date(s)

: 27 Mar to 01 Apr 2024

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:https://airtribune.com/mgthg2024/info


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07 April 2024 1st Dalby Big Air 2024 - Dalby Airport (Australia)
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Latest FAI World Record Claims

25 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 403,00 km/h Alan M. Marcum (USA)
23 March 2024 Parachuting : 2 formations : 21 skydivers
22 March 2024 Parachuting : - : 42 skydivers
10 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 779,8 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
09 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 595,9 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
09 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 577,6 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
08 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 507,4 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
07 March 2024 Parachuting : 2 formations : 32 skydivers
07 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 813,3 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
07 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 623,2 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
06 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 1 030,5 km/h Dominic Rivers (GBR)
05 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 770,8 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
05 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 565,8 km/h Rizwanul Islam (GBR)
04 March 2024 Powered Aeroplanes : Speed over a recognised course : 757,7 km/h Dominic Rivers (GBR)
03 March 2024 Microlights and paramotors : Distance in a closed circuit without landing : 516,95 km Daniel Jones (GBR)
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WAC Blog #12 - 25 August 2009

Programme Q is finished and Renaud Ecalle (FRA) is the winner. The protest period has not expired yet but so far, none have been filed. Francois Le Vot (FRA) is in second place with Alexander Krotov (RUS) in third. We will have full results on www.civa-results.com but our Scoring Director and his assistant are still assembling forms packages for the Judges for the Free Programme and this is their top priority. Results will be uploaded to the web when there is time. We have a warm-up pilot in the air at this moment (there are two) and then Programme 1 will begin with Gerald Cooper (GBR) will fly first in his CAP 232. We hope to fly as many pilots as we can before flying ceases this evening – the weather is quite nice now and we are flying without a break. Programme Q now takes on more importance at WAC, as it will most certainly count toward the final results, as we do not expect to get beyond Programme 1, the Free, before we run out of time. Provisions in the rules, which were introduced a few years ago, allow counting Q results if the contest is cut short but a Free can be flown. Flying will not take place at Silverstone on Wednesday and Thursday, but will resume on Friday, 28 August.

To satisfy everyone's curiousity, I have attached a PDF below to this blog so you can download Programme Q results as an interim measure until we get them up on the web.

 

2018 FAI Young Artists Contest

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This year's theme is "Flying in the future". Give free rein to your imagination – you might earn one of the Gold, Silver or Bronze Medals!

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111th FAI General Conference

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