Helicopter Club of Great Britain host the Queens Cup 2017
Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:05
UK hosts 1st leg of Helicopter World Cup
Friday, 09 June 2017 15:04
The UK held in the inaugural leg of the brand new FAI Category II event The Helicopter World Cup at Heli UK Expo at Wycombe Air Park, Marlow, on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd June 2017. Pooleys Dawn to Dusk Challenge 2016
Monday, 31 October 2016 14:40
Ten Years Ago Today: Steve Fossett set a gliding world record by flying to above 15,000m
Monday, 29 August 2016 09:26
Ten years ago today famous aviator Steve Fossett set a gliding world record that still stands today. Flying with former NASA test pilot Einar Enevoldson the pair hit an absolute altitude of 15,460m while flying in mountain wave above the Andes in Argentina.
11 August 1986: The FAI World Record of John Trevor Egginton
Thursday, 11 August 2016 10:45
22 September 1936: The FAI World Record of Maurice Claisse
Thursday, 22 September 2016 07:55
2015 FAI Annual Report released
Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:40
Winners of the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest Revealed
Tuesday, 26 April 2016 12:14
USA Tops the Final Medal Table of the FAI World Air Games
Monday, 25 January 2016 09:36
Flying high: final FAI World Air Games medals awarded
Saturday, 12 December 2015 14:40
All rise for Russian Rotorcraft champs
Friday, 11 December 2015 08:25
The new FAI World Air Games champions were joined on the podium by silver medallists Michal and Marcin Szamborski from Poland, and Austrians Thomas Morgenstern and Stefan Seer, there to claim bronze. More Articles...
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The Helicopter Club of Great Britain was awarded the honour of hosting The Queen's Cup Air Race 2017 by the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom.
One of the oldest pilots to hold an FAI Sporting Licence is Flt Lt Russell "Rusty" Waughman AFC, DFC, Legion D'Honneur of 101 (Special Duties) Squadron of the Royal Air Force. At 93 years of age, Rusty has just completed the unique aviation challenge of the Pooleys Dawn to Dusk Challenge 2016. He flew with UK CIG delegate David Monks in David's Robinson R22 helicopter, G-ZAPY.
11 August 1986: A modified factory demonstration Westland Lynx AH.1 Helicopter piloted by Chief Test Pilot John Trevor Egginton set an FAI Absolute Record for Speed for helicopters over a straight 15 and 25 km course of 400.87 km/h (249.089 mp/h) near Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels and Moors, Southwest England.
The Bréguet Dorand aircraft was an experimental helicopter which was built in the Gyroplane Laboratoire in France.
The 2015 FAI Annual Report provides an overview of all our activities with plenty of pictures. More compact than the previous editions, it includes the competitions, records, awards, our sponsor Breitling, our partner Red Bull Air Race, and much more!
The FAI international jury selected the winning paintings of the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest, a competition which every year honours the best paintings from youngsters in three age categories from 7 to 16 years old.
The United States has finished at the top of the medal table at the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015, with 7 gold medals, 4 silver and 6 bronze. USA led a tight battle with France which just missed the top by 1 gold medal and takes second place with 6 gold, 10 silver, and 2 bronze medals. Russia came third with 6 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze.
Twelve sets of medals were awarded at the Closing Ceremony of the FAI World Air Games in Dubai, as the sun set on the two-week event celebrating air sports from around the world.
“Russia! Russia!” rang out across the Skydive Dubai Palm Dropzone last night (December 11), as Russian helicopter pilots Alexander Zhuperin and Nikolay Burov stepped up for their Rotorcraft gold medals.-
Helicopter Club of Great Britain host the Queens Cup 2017
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UK hosts 1st leg of Helicopter World Cup
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Pooleys Dawn to Dusk Challenge 2016
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Ten Years Ago Today: Steve Fossett set a gliding world record by flying to above 15,000m
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11 August 1986: The FAI World Record of John Trevor Egginton
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22 September 1936: The FAI World Record of Maurice Claisse
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2015 FAI Annual Report released
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Winners of the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest Revealed
-
USA Tops the Final Medal Table of the FAI World Air Games
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Flying high: final FAI World Air Games medals awarded
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