The timing of the conference was crucial to future developments: on 1 January 2027 the new WADA Code enter s into force, thus requiring all WADA Signatories, including the FAI, to update their ...
On this day in 1932, pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart touched down in Londonderry, Northern Ireland after a 15-hour transatlantic flight that started in Newfoundland, off the coast of Canada.
The European Skydiving Symposium (ESS), Europe’s largest skydiving safety conference, is set to take place from 25-27 February, 2026 in Seville, Spain, at the Ilunion Alcora Hotel.What is ESS?ESS ...
By CIAM President Antonis PapadopoulosThe Bureau of the FAI Aeromodelling Commission (CIAM) met in Lausanne, Switzerland this past weekend to review the 2025 activity plan, assess current developments ...
20 years ago, on 14 May 2005, French pilot Didier Delsalle took a helicopter to the top of the world and gained the FAI record for highest take-off - from the peak of Everest at 8,848m. After Jean ...
On 12 April 2021 the FAI is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic orbit around the Earth, for which he achieved three FAI world records and made a lasting impact on human space ...
The 19th FAI World Paragliding Championships have successfully finished in Castelo, Brazil. 129 pilots from 52 nations participated in the event. The event took place from 31 August to 12 September ...
Imagine trekking through the skies on a thrilling treasure hunt where your team-mate, your wits, your map, and your compass are all you can rely on, to track down your targets... Beyond simple leisure ...
One hundred and ten years ago today, on 8 March 1910, Frenchwoman Elise Deroche, aka Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, became the first woman pilot in the world to earn an airplane pilot licence. The Aero ...
The Karman line is the 100km altitude used by FAI and many other organisations to mark the “boundary” of space. In the last few years there have been many scientific and technical discussions around ...
It is exactly 30 years since Kanellos Kanellopoulos, a Greek cyclist who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, functioned as human engine for the 1988 MIT Deadalus project, completing a ...
FAI is proud to announce that the first ever FAI World Drone Soccer Championships (WDSC) will take place in Shanghai, China, from 15 to 18 November 2025.