Registration for the 19th FAI World Paragliding Championships in Castelo, Brazil, is open. The event will take place from August 30 to September 13, 2025. Associação Capixaba De Voo Livre—ACVL, on ...

Christophe Lamand and Lenny Marcaud, aged 19 and 20 respectively – set off on a multi-stage European flight which they hope will inspire other youngsters to take to the skies. Supported by ...

Few air sports have enjoyed such a rapid rise as drone racing. It made its debut at The World Games 2022 just over a decade after the first hobbyists began racing drones in Germany and it’s back on ...

The FAI Secretariat will be closed on Friday 18 and Monday 21 April 2025 for Easter. The office will reopen on Tuesday 22 ...

The FAI Ballooning Commission's 2025 Plenary and Subcommittee & Working Group took place from 12-15 March at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi, India, reports Japan's Hiromi Furukawa from the FAI ...

Not many people are fortunate enough to reach the age of 100 in good health. And among those, who can look back on 69 years of ballooning? Horst Haßold recently celebrated his 100th birthday ...

Over 80 participants joined the first FAI Anti-Doping webinar of 2025: “Sick or Injured: Make Sure You Fly Clean”, hosted by an expert panel who explained how illness or injury can increase the risk ...

FAI Member organisation, the Venezuelan Association of Aeronautical Sports (AVDA), has donated emergency medical equipment to a newly-established rescue group operating in Canaima National Park, a ...

IBD 2025-04 - Sporting Code Section 5, 3.2 Competition Records The 2025 version of the ISC Sporting Code, Section 5 has been in effect from March 1st, 2025. After publication, it was noted that item 3 ...

The FAI is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Frits Brink, FAI President from 2016 to 2018 and President of Honour, who died on 1 April 2025 at the age of 79. A passionate aviator with many ...

Chilean wingsuit pilot Sebastián ‘Ardilla’ Álvarez has completed a breathtaking flight, submitting preliminary claims for multiple FAI World and South American records. The attempt demonstrated this ...