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Jenny Dillon’s mission to prove “Women Can Do It Too”
Aerobatic aviation is a developing sport in Argentina with public displays previously limited to air shows, but in 2019 the Argentine Aerobatics Association organised its first national competition. Just one of the pilots was female. Her name is Jenny Dillon: Argentina’s only female pilot with an aerobatic FAI Sporting Licence.
With an exceptional precision and passion for her sport, Jenny has forged an extraordinary career path which has helped her to become celebrated as one of her country’s very best aerobatic pilots.
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FAI agrees partnership with World Championship Air Race for new global series
World Championship Air Race (WCAR) has agreed an exclusive partnership with FAI to stage an international series of air race festivals when the Series makes its debut in the first quarter of 2022.
The 15-year sanction will see FAI provide sporting governance and contribute to the safety oversight for the new series through its aerobatics commission CIVA, while granting WCAR exclusive staging rights on a range of piloted air vehicle classifications flown on air-gate courses, enabling the United Kingdom head-quartered event series to redefine the future of air racing.
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‘Let's go!’ – FAI celebrates 60th anniversary of Gagarin’s space flight
Today 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 exploration.
Sixty years ago on 12 April 1961, at 09.07 Moscow time, the 27 year old Russian cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin launched from the (then) secret location named ‘Baikonur’ in Kazakhstan in the spherical capsule Vostok 1, carried into space by the Vostok 8K72K carrier rocket. The lift-off was immortalised through Gagarin’s famous utterance, “Poyekhali!”, meaning “Let's go!”
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2021 FAI CIA Hall of Fame inductees announced
The Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque Balloon Museum, the home of the FAI CIA Hall of Fame, is delighted to announce that Wilhelm Eimers of Germany and Jim Winker of the USA are this year’s inductees.
To be inducted into the FAI CIA Hall of Fame is a very high honour in ballooning and the Balloon Museum extends its congratulations to the honorees and their families.
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2021 Russian Winter Balloon race (long jump)
The Russian Winter Balloon race in Nizhny Novgorod serves to popularise record flights and inspire balloon pilots to challenge themselves, to strengthen their fortitude and to test their physical and mental capabilities.
With temperatures of -15 degrees the pilots faced a tough race, this year with a new task. As the planned race was shorter than usual (approx.200 km) the organisers suggested an additional - "key-grab" task. The coordinates of two targets in the air were given. Landmarks on the ground were objects on the embankment: a boat and the River Terminal spire. This new task and the challenges of the winter conditions made for a thrilling balloon event.
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Brazil in the air - Backstage at the 32nd Brazilian National Balloon Championship
Back in 2019, the Brazilian Ballooning Confederation successfully held the National Championship with less than 30 days to the General Briefing. Despite the short window which allowed only limited time for the teams and the pilots to get organised, the event was a success.
The Confederation was particularly proud that 25 percent of participants were in the junior category - a high figure which shows the growth of the sport.
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CIAM Flyer (1-2021) - Coaching in Aeromodelling
In recent years, sports coaching has become increasingly important. In competitive sport, a significant proportion of success - or failure - is accredited to coaching. As it's not just physical performance that is important in aeromodelling, but particularly precision and the ability to concentrate, coaching methods vary.
> CIAM Flyer (PDF)
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CIAM Flyer (2-2021) - The Stormbreaker Project
The 5th year Aeronautical Engineering students of the Philippine State College of Aeronautics had the project of designing, building, and flying an aircraft that could take off (and land) from both land and water.
> CIAM Flyer (PDF)
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FAI Guidance Protocol for Covid-19 affected events
FAI has issued a Guidance Protocol for the Organisers of FAI championship events with guidelines to be observed at all times. They have been formulated to ensure that competitors and other attendees to FAI sporting events during the period affected by the Covid-19 virus are offered comprehensive information regarding key Covid related topics, and that appropriate facilities are reported on the championship website and available at the event to resolve all related matters of importance.
These guidelines should be applied in conjunction with other available national and international advisory notices from Health and Government resources.
> FAI Guidance Protocol (PDF)
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FAI Events
The Coronavirus situation is causing widespread disruption in the organisation of air sports competitions.
TO ALL PARTICIPANTS
The FAI events calendar represents planned events only. Many of these are now subject to adjustments in terms of dates and venues and even full cancellations by the organisers. Therefore, FAI is urging all participants and officials in Category 1 (World and Continental Championships, and special events) and Category 2 events (regional events) to cross-check with the Event Organisers the exact dates of the event in which they intend to compete.
TO ALL ORGANISERS
FAI is kindly asking all organisers to contact their relevant FAI Air Sport Commissions if the dates or status of their competitions have changed, or if they would like to update their contact details.
> FAI Events Calendar
> COVID-19 information on the FAI website
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FAI Members Info
The FAI Members Info service is a regular bulletin designed to improve the communication between the FAI Executive Board and the FAI Secretariat with all FAI Members around the world.
Apart from the FAI Members, this bulletin is also sent to FAI stakeholders and to any member of the public who wishes to receive it.
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About FAI
FAI, the World Air Sports Federation, is the world governing body for air sports and for certifying world aviation and space records. It was founded in 1905 and is a non-governmental and non-profit-making organisation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
FAI activities include Aerobatics, Aeromodelling, Airships, Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft, Ballooning, Drones, Gliding, Hang Gliding, Helicopters, Manpowered Flying, Microlights, Paragliding, Paramotors, Power Flying, Skydiving and all other Aeronautic activities and Space records.
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