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The talented young drone ace fought off stiff competition to climb to the top of the podium in Xiangshan Ningbo, China, alongside Australia’s Thomas Bitmatta, 20, in second place and French pilot Killian Rousseau, 15, in third. Kang also scooped the Junior title and led his national team to victory in the Team category, in which last year’s winners Australia finished in silver medal position just ahead of host nation China. In the Women’s classification, the winner was once again Wanraya “Mil...

Congratulations to the French Aerobatic team on wheeling and tumbling their way to victory in both the team event and three of the other four programmes at the FAI World Aerobatic Championships, which took place from 22 to 31 August. French pilot, Louis Vanel won the Mixed and Men’s events, with star female pilot Aude Lemordant – also on the French team – taking first place in the Women’s competition. In the Freestyle programme, Robert Holland (USA) once again climbed to the top of the podi...

Joachim Oberhauser from South Tyrol (ITA) is new FAI Paragliding World Champion! The 43 year old came out on top after 10 days of intense competition flying in the Overall Category (=Women+Men). He finished ahead of 149 other pilots from 48 different countries to win the title of FAI Paragliding World Champion and a prestigious gold medal of the World Air Sports Federation FAI. Gleb Sukhotskiy (RUS) took the 2nd place. Honorin Hamard (FRA) came in 3rd. The 21 year old Meryl Delferriere f...

Grace, style and spectacular manoeuvres: The elite of Indoor Skydiving fascinated during the Easter Holidays their audience at the FAI 3rd World Indoor Skydiving Championship: In the Weembi Free Fall Simulator in Lille (FRA) more than 100 teams from more than 30 countries showed from 17th to 20th of April their matchless skills! They competed in several different categories : 4 Way Formation Skydiving (Open, Female, Junior), 4 way Vertical Formation Skydiving (Open only), D2 W (Open only), S...

The 15-year-old pilot beat 127 other drone racers from 34 countries to win the title and the prestigious FAI gold medal in a final race that was watched by tens of thousands of drone fans around the world. “It feels absolutely amazing,” he said afterwards. “I dreamed of this, and it is incredible that it has come true. I couldn’t be happier.” Browning, who went home with a prestigious FAI gold medal and a $24,000 US winner’s cheque, added: “I am a very competitive person and I aim high. “The...

The 15-year-old pilot beat 127 other drone racers from 34 countries to win the title and the prestigious FAI gold medal in a final race that was watched by tens of thousands of drone fans around the world. “It feels absolutely amazing,” he said afterwards. “I dreamed of this, and it is incredible that it has come true. I couldn’t be happier.” Browning, who went home with a prestigious FAI gold medal and a $24,000 US winner’s cheque, added: “I am a very competitive person and I aim high. “The...

The elite of Indoor Skydiving showed stunning performances in the fascinating wind tunnel of Gravity Indoor Skydiving in Bahrain. 240 competitors from more than 25 countries showed their matchless skills at the 3rd FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving 2018 from 25 to 28 October and excited the crowd! They competed in different categories : 4 Way Formation Skydiving (Open, Female, Junior), 4 way Vertical Formation Skydiving (Open only), D2 W (Open only), Solo Freestyle (Open, Junior). In the Form...

Sonchaux, Switzerland, 27 August 2018 – Despite fierce competition from his fellow paragliding aerobatics competitors, Spain’s Horacio Llorens, 35, impressed the judges with spectacular stunts this weekend and gained the top spot on the podium of the Acro World Tour Finals. The event took place on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the Sonchaux Acroshow. Adding this result to the others throughout the series Llorens also tops the overall rankings of the Acro World Tour 2018. T...

Around 150 paragliders entered the air and finally crowned their new European Champions after about two weeks of paragliding action: Theo Warden from Great Britain is the winner of the European Paragliding Championship (EPC) in the overall category (=men & women). He is followed by the German Torsten Siegel on rank 2 and Biagio Alberto Vitale from Italy who came in third.France dominated the women category with the new European Champion Seiko Fukuoka Naville (FRA) and her countrywomen Meryl D...

It was a week full of airsports with breathtaking and spectacular parachuting action at the airfield in Szymanów which is situated near Wroclaw, Poland. Over 5000 spectators witnessed daily 66 of the world`s best canopy piloting athletes who competed from 2nd until 8th for the 7th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships and the premiere of the FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships in Freesyle. Canopy Piloting – also known as Swooping – is a fairly new sport, but often assessed the most spe...

Mikhail Mamistov from Russia won 29th FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2017! He reached the 1st place followed by his competitors from France: Francois Rallet (FRA) was ranked 2nd and Olivier Masurel (FRA) took the 3rd place. The Russian reached the title for the third time in his career. All in all the 36 best aerobatic pilots participated in the championships from 9th to 17th September in South Africa and came together for the FAI World Aerobatic Championships in the Unlimited Category....

The history of the Gordon Bennett Aeronautical Cup Is full of incredible flights, legendary stories and prestigious records. The rules are easy. The team with the furthest distance wins. The championship was created in 1906 by the adventurer James Gordon Bennett Jr, an American press baron and sponsor of motor racing and air sports. The Gordon Bennett Cup is one of the most prestigious event in the world of ballooning. This year the 61th edition was held in Fribourg (SUI). This year 21 gas...

The 2nd FAI World Paragliding Aerobatic Championships came to a successful close today at Lake Annecy in south west France. An impressive seven solo and seven synchro runs were flown over 7 days from 26 August to 3 September, giving the 34 pilots from 16 nations an excellent opportunity to demonstrate their aerobatics skills in a highly competitive environment.

The competition in Hungary was the 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships to be held, and attracted 20 of the world’s best glider aerobatic pilots. The FAI World Glider Aerobatics Championships takes place every year. This year it was at Matko Airport in Hungary, 80km south east of capital Budapest. It took place from 20-30 July and was organised by the Hungarian Aeronautical Association and the Hungarian Aerobatic Club. The clip was recorded using action cameras inside the cockpits...

The competition in Hungary was the 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships to be held, and attracted 20 of the world’s best glider aerobatic pilots. The FAI World Glider Aerobatics Championships takes place every year. This year it was at Matko Airport in Hungary, 80km south east of capital Budapest. It took place from 20-30 July and was organised by the Hungarian Aeronautical Association and the Hungarian Aerobatic Club. RESULTS 1. Ferenc Toth (HUN), 8,578.09 2. Janos Szilagyi (HUN)...

Ferenc Toth from Hungary is one of the world’s best Aerobatic Glider pilots, and won his third world championship title in July 2016 at the 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Hungary. He talks about the sport, competition, and what it takes to be an expert glider pilot – upside down, vertically, on the horizontal and all around…

The 6th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Final 2015 was hosted by the Aeroclub Adele Orsi (ACAO) on the airfield of Calcinate near Varese in northern Italy, ACAO is the foremost Club in Italy, known for its excellence and International activities. The race area was amongst the beautiful lakes and mountains of this Alpine region within easy reach of Milan, a perfect catchment area for local visitors. The weather during the competition was good and allowed five good racing days with speeds up...

France takes home all Gold Medals at the 28th World Aerobatics Championships: general rankings, team rankings, individual male and individual female. After ten days of a particularly challenging competition French pilot Capitaine Alexandre Orlowski (FR) is the new World Champion. The French female pilot Aude Lemordant also takes gold at the women’s competition. She finishes fifth in general rankings, just behind Capitaine François Rallet (FR), Castor Fantoba (Spanish), Mikhail Mamistov (Russi...