FAI ratifies two world records for ‘revolutionary’ Aerobatics e-plane
Tuesday, 04 April 2017 10:13
Five years ago on this day: A Microlight and Paramotor World Record still standing
Friday, 17 February 2017 06:55
Incredibly long balloon flight achieved by Fedor Konyukhov and Ivan Menyaylo
Thursday, 09 February 2017 17:00
On This Day in History: Female-Powered Flight Took Off
Saturday, 21 January 2017 06:52
Two years ago: Father and son set African Record
Friday, 06 January 2017 09:46
Aviation and Space: Diary-notifications and anniversaries for 2017
Friday, 30 December 2016 10:39
Throughout 2017 the FAI will mark some important anniversaries in aviation and space flight. Electric-flight record heralds new era of aviation
Wednesday, 07 December 2016 15:36
20 Years Ago: NASA’s Space Shuttle breaks a world record for the longest time in Space
Tuesday, 06 December 2016 12:28
Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year 2016 Award
Friday, 18 November 2016 14:06
13 November 1926: The FAI World Record of Major Mario de Bernardi
Sunday, 13 November 2016 07:58
One of the last records we would like to commemorate this year comes from an Italian pilot, famous in civil and military aviation: 12 November 1906: The first flight by Santos-Dumont
Saturday, 12 November 2016 07:55
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The FAI has ratified two new speed world records flown with a revolutionary electric-powered Aerobatics plane. Germany’s Walter Extra and Walter Kampsmann set one world record each, on 23 March 2017. Both pilots launched and flew the record from Schwarze Heide Airport near Dinslaken, Germany.
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 landing of 313.13 km from Bikaner to Sanderav in Rajasthan, India.
What a fantastic performance! Fedor Konyukhov and Ivan Menyaylo have just landed after spending more than 55 hours in the air.
Thirty years ago, on 21 January 1987, American triathlete Lois McCallin set three women's world records for human-powered flight – and they still stand today.
Two years ago on this day, Tijl Schmelzer and his father Bert were the very first to pass the 200 km/h barrier using thermals rather than mountain waves.
Walter Extra, the famous aerobatics pilot behind the Extra series of aerobatic planes, has set a 
Twenty years ago on 7 December 1996 the US Space Shuttle Columbia spent a record 17 days in space – the longest ever Shuttle mission.
A Russian priest who circumnavigated the world in a balloon in record time has been presented the inaugural FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year Award at a ceremony in Switzerland yesterday, Thursday 17 November 2016.
110 years ago, exactly today, the first officially observed flight in Europe that was longer than 25m was performed in Paris (FRA) by the Brazilian Aviation Pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, resident in France and famous for his experiments with small airships and balloons.
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