FAI President Greg Principato met with ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar and Pascal Luciani, Deputy Director for Air Navigation and Aviation Safety at the ICAO Air Navigation Bureau. The ...

“What a fantastic debut for this sport. The level of skill, teamwork, and sheer excitement we witnessed over these three days was remarkable. My warmest congratulations to all the teams, and ...

Flashing LED drones race through the air, the crowd cheers, and the referee’s whistle pierces the noise: welcome to Drone Soccer, the FAI’s first-ever team sport, a high-octane, high-tech version of ...

The inaugural FAI World Drone Soccer Championships kicks off in Shanghai, China on 15 November with futuristic and fast-paced matches set to bring the thrills of a team game to the world of air sports ...

Estimated Speed, Constant Speed, Bowling Landings, Snakes… The strategic skills of the pilots taking on these tasks at the 1st FAI World Paramotor Endurance Championships have been put to the test in ...

The 2024 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft took place in Strejnic, Romania, from 10 to 17 August 2024. FAI congratulates the winners and thanks the organisers of the Championships.

Thirty-one athletes from 19 nations are competing in the Drone Racing at The World Games 2025. Held this year in Chengdu, China this is the largest multi-sport competition outside of the Olympics. The ...

Upon his untimely death aged just 56, Felix Baumgarter from Austria has joined the long list of visionary pilots, astronauts, athletes and aviators who possessed the courage to push the limits of ...

Two years in the making, a replica Sopwith Triplane has become a highlight of the permanent exhibition at the Metoděj Vlach Aviation Museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. Vladimir Handlik and the ...

The 39th World Gliding Championships is now underway at Tabor Airfield Czechia with 115 pilots competing in three classes. Several past World Gliding Champions are testing their skills against young ...

Timo Hyvönen, main organiser of the 119th FAI General Conference in Finland, shares his enthusiasm for welcoming delegates to his country in October 2025. In this land where extraordinary landscapes ...

In October 2025, Michel Pallier will travel to the FAI Awards Ceremony in Finland to receive a FAI David Faulkner Bryant Diploma in recognition of his labour of love: a handbuilt construction of a ...