FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA)

Events

17 Sep 2025

Unique CAT2 Event : Aeronautica Militare Balloon Cup, where Hot Air and Gas Balloon competition take place in one location

Other events

10 Sep 2025

Franco-German Youth Office Balloon Youth Camp 2025

Events

09 Sep 2025

Fifth victory for Switzerland at the 68th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

02 Sep 2025

Metz prepares for the 68th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett launching on 5 September 2025

Events

23 Aug 2025

Stefan Zeberli wins sixth FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship title

Events

22 Aug 2025

Two podium regulars battle it out atop the standings in Wieselburg

Events

21 Aug 2025

Valuable points up for grabs at invisible dots in the sky: Day 4 of the European Balloon Championship

Events

20 Aug 2025

Flying the High: Great weather propels pilots at 23rd FAI European Balloon Championship

Events

19 Aug 2025

Task after task after task: Balloon pilots hard at work in Wieselburg, Austria

Events

18 Aug 2025

And they’re off! 23rd FAI European Balloon Championship takes to the sky

Events

11 Aug 2025

FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship begins this Saturday in Austria

Commissions

26 Jul 2025

In Memoriam: Horst Hassold, FAI Ballooning President of Honour

Champions

26 Jul 2025

In Memoriam: Denny Floden, 1st World Hot Air Balloon Champion

Events

15 Jul 2025

Austria to host top pilots: FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

11 Jul 2025

Hot air balloon competitions: your 5 "floating" questions answered!

Other events

26 Jun 2025

By students, for students! The 29th All Japan Inter-College Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

06 Jun 2025

Family connection vaults Martin Unsworth to the top: 2024 Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championship

FAI

21 May 2025

David Hempleman-Adams receives FAI Companion of Honour Diploma in London

Records & Achievements

25 Apr 2025

2025 FAI Ballooning Commission Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

Commissions

09 Apr 2025

Highlights of 2025 CIA Plenary and Subcommittee & Working Group meeting

Commissions

08 Apr 2025

Ballooning Commission Congratulates President of Honour Horst Haßold on his 100th birthday

Records & Achievements

12 Mar 2025

Three Young British Balloon Pilots Awarded Britannia Trophy for bravery during tragedy

Commissions

12 Mar 2025

The Aero Club of India welcomes the FAI Ballooning Commission Plenary

Events

23 Dec 2024

36 youngsters at the 2024 French-German International Balloon Camp in Lorraine

Events

14 Dec 2024

2024 German-French Balloon Kids Camp: Adventure Above and Beyond

Events

13 Dec 2024

German-Polish Balloon School Exchange 2024 held in Grudziądz, Poland

Awards

18 Nov 2024

Balloonist Ruth E Wilson awarded 2024 Order of Australia Medal Citation

Training

05 Nov 2024

Mother Nature shines on Summer Balloon Youth Camp in USA

Records & Achievements

27 Oct 2024

20 year anniversary of Steve Fossett's Zeppelin airship speed record

Review

05 Oct 2024

Discover Japan's Ballooning history at the Saga Balloon Museum

Records & Achievements

25 Sep 2024

Solar-generated hydrogen balloon takes flight in Gruyère, Switzerland

Events

17 Sep 2024

Epic finish as Austria-2 wins the 67th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett after nail-biting final hours of the Race!

Events

14 Sep 2024

France's Clément Seigeot rises to the top at the 25th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship with end-to-end excellence

Events

17 Sep 2024

Follow the balloons: 67th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

13 Sep 2024

Thursday at the World Hot Air Balloon Championship: rising and falling in the sky and the standings

Events

12 Sep 2024

Tough tasks keep pilots challenged at the World Hot Air Balloon Championships, Hungary

Events

11 Sep 2024

First flight is in at the World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

12 Sep 2024

Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett: Take-off this Saturday from Germany

Events

09 Sep 2024

Spectator's guide to the 25th FAI Hot Air Balloon World Championship in Szeged, Hungary

Events

02 Sep 2024

Be an International Ballooning Ambassador

Records & Achievements

15 Sep 2024

Ballooning anniversary: 40 years since Kittinger’s solo Atlantic crossing

Events

17 Jul 2024

2024 Open Austrian National Championship sets the stage for the 2025 FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship

Commissions

30 Apr 2024

Exploring the Legacy of Hot Air Ballooning: The Hungarian Experience

Commissions

23 Apr 2024

Results of the FAI Ballooning Logo Contest for social media

Awards

22 Apr 2024

Neil Robertson and Aleš Kubíček inducted into the CIA International Ballooning & Airship Hall of Fame

Events

11 Mar 2024

Beginners guide to organising a ballooning competition part 4: Resources

Events

03 Mar 2024

Beginners guide to organising a ballooning competition Part 3: Location

Commissions

27 Feb 2024

Looking forward to the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) Plenary in March 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland

Events

26 Feb 2024

Beginners guide to organising a ballooning competition Part 2: Teamwork

Events

20 Feb 2024

Beginners guide to organising a ballooning competition Part 1: Have balloon, will travel

Training

15 Dec 2023

Ballooning adventures at the Czech International Youth Camp 2023

Other events

05 Dec 2023

2023 BFA balloon camps: How to inspire youth to take flight

Records & Achievements

17 Nov 2023

Pioneering the Atlantic Skies: A Conversation with Transatlantic Gas Balloonist Hempleman-Adams

Events

10 Nov 2023

2023 French-German Balloon Youth Camp

Events

12 Oct 2023

Eric Decellières and Benoit Havret win the 66th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

09 Oct 2023

Follow the 66th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett live!

Events

05 Oct 2023

Preparing for a long-distance flight from Alberquerque: 66th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

04 Oct 2023

66th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett lifts off this Saturday from Albuquerque, USA

Events

11 Sep 2023

5th FAI Women’s World HAB Championship finishes with Three-Peat Winner

Events

08 Sep 2023

5th FAI Women’s World Hot Air Balloon Championship Cruises through flights 3-4-5-6

Events

06 Sep 2023

5th FAI Women’s World Hot Air Balloon Championship in the Air for 2nd flight

Events

04 Sep 2023

5th FAI Women’s World Hot Air Ballooning Championship starts with Showers and a Rainbow

Events

30 Aug 2023

5th FAI Women’s World Hot Air Balloon Championship brightening Australian skies

Events

24 Aug 2023

Good times in the air and on the ground at 6th Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

19 Aug 2023

The Countdown is On for the 6th FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Grudziądz, Poland

Women with wings

16 Aug 2023

Great Pioneer Female Balloon Pilots reminisce about competition

Software

03 Aug 2023

New Event Registration Feature is a revolution for balloon pilots and organisers

Events

25 Jul 2023

Women's Hot Air Balloon World Championship : Who will bring back the Gold Medal to which continent?

Commissions

04 Jul 2023

FAI Hot Air TV Logo Contest

Awards

28 Jun 2023

Benjamin Eimers, recipient of the 2022 FAI Montgolfier Diploma for Best Performance in Gas Ballooning

Awards

12 Apr 2023

2023 FAI Ballooning Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

Commissions

04 Apr 2023

Highlights of 2023 FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) Plenary Meeting

Commissions

04 Apr 2023

2023 CIA Plenary Meeting: Impressions of First Timer – Full of passion! Ballooning future is here in Switzerland!

Commissions

27 Feb 2023

Not satisfied with the situation? Attend the CIA Meeting and help find solutions

Events

21 Feb 2023

Sharing Memories from 1973 – First World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

08 Feb 2023

Objects and memories from the first World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

30 Jan 2023

Rolling out the Red Carpet for the First World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Records & Achievements

07 Feb 2023

A high-flying friendship: Connie Wolf and Tony Fairbanks

Events

09 Jan 2023

50th Anniversary: First World Hot Air Balloon Championship Albuquerque

Events

21 Dec 2022

Mother Nature shines on Balloon Youth Camp in Germany

Records & Achievements

20 Dec 2022

Alicia Hempleman-Adams claims two World Records

Events

14 Nov 2022

2022 FAI Ballooning Commission Hall of Fame Inductees Honoured in Albuquerque

Events

24 Sep 2022

We have a new World Hot Air Balloon Champion!

Events

21 Sep 2022

Meet Leco, the wind reading dog at the 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championships

Events

20 Sep 2022

Lift off at the 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Records & Achievements

24 Sep 2022

Marking the 170th anniversary of Giffard's inaugural dirigible flight

Events

14 Sep 2022

24th World Hot Air Balloon Championship opens in Slovenia

Events

05 Sep 2022

Father and son Eimers fly 1572km to victory at the Gordon Bennett cup 2022

Events

02 Sep 2022

And they are off! Follow the gas balloons of the Gordon Bennett cup

Events

10 Aug 2022

Hot Air Balloon Team Japan "Karigane": getting ready for the 2022 worlds and beyond

Other events

06 Aug 2022

The America’s Challenge: Gas Balloons in Albuquerque

Events

01 Aug 2022

Slovenian stamp to commemorate 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

18 Jul 2022

Slovenia to host 24th FAI World Hot Air Ballooning Championships in September

Events

21 Jun 2022

19 gas balloons to race from St Gallen, Switzerland, for the 65th Gordon Bennett Cup in September

Awards

31 May 2022

Montgolfier Diploma Presentation – A Very Special Day even if CV-19 Delayed

Awards

23 May 2022

Garry Lockyer, the full package - competitor to scoring to event director

Equipment

10 May 2022

Major update and new version of the FAI Balloon Live app

Awards

10 May 2022

Flying 1120km to a Belgian National Record & a Montgolfier Diploma

Events

02 May 2022

64th Coupe Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2021 in Torùn, Poland: 2 French Teams on the podium!

Records & Achievements

11 Apr 2022

2022 FAI CIA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

Commissions

29 Mar 2022

The Story of Ballooning goes on like Roman history

Commissions

16 Mar 2022

New FAI Hot Air Balloon World Ranking List launch detailed

Commissions

23 Feb 2022

Ballooning in Georgia: A History

Commissions

15 Feb 2022

Ballooning in Georgia - Revaz Uturgauri's first HAB competition

Events

07 Feb 2022

2021 Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championship Reaches New Heights

Other events

23 Dec 2021

2021 BFA Balloon Camps in Review

Other events

13 Dec 2021

2021 German-French International Balloon Youth Camp

Events

09 Dec 2021

Germany pilot David Strasmann reviews the 2021 HABC

FAI

23 Nov 2021

Ballooning in Armenia part 2 - exploring the possibilities

Events

29 Sep 2021

The Story of Team Japan at the 5th FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

24 Sep 2021

23 countries compete at the 22nd FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

08 Sep 2021

Brazilian junior HAB team competes in Poland 2021

Events

29 Aug 2021

Victory for Swiss team SUI-2 in the 2021 Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Records & Achievements

25 Aug 2021

Aerocene solar balloon gains 32 world records in 16 minutes

Events

24 Aug 2021

Expert view: How the winds influenced the first stages of the 64th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

22 Aug 2021

Lift off for the 64th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

16 Aug 2021

Roy Gommer (NED) is the new FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Champion

Events

16 Aug 2021

Russian pilots at the Junior Worlds 2021

Events

09 Sep 2021

Counting down to the 22nd FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

04 Aug 2021

Launching Canada’s New Collaborative Spirit & Renewing Competitive Ballooning

Women with wings

03 Aug 2021

Ballooning in Armenia part 1 - Aline Kalousdian explores her roots

Events

27 Jul 2021

'Young Guns' at the US National Junior Championship, Texas

Events

20 Jul 2021

2021 US Team National Championship

Records & Achievements

12 Nov 2021

Fortieth anniversary of balloonist Ben Abruzzo's record-breaking Pacific Ocean crossing

Records & Achievements

23 Jul 2021

Five years since Fedor Konyukhov completed fastest ever solo round-the-world balloon flight

Records & Achievements

25 May 2021

Ten years since gas balloonist Willi Eimers' record-breaking flight in Germany

Records & Achievements

27 May 2021

FAI celebrates 90th anniversary of Auguste Piccard breaking the stratospheric barrier

Records & Achievements

04 May 2021

Malcolm Ross' record-breaking 1961 balloon flight

Commissions

26 Apr 2021

2021 CIA ePlenary Meeting Highlights: Moving ahead after a year of CV-19

Records & Achievements

07 Apr 2021

2021 FAI CIA Hall of Fame inductees announced

Events

30 Mar 2021

2021 Russian Winter Balloon Race (long jump)

Events

02 Mar 2021

Brazil in the air - Backstage at the 32nd Brazilian National Balloon Championship

Events

20 Jan 2021

Adapt, improvise, and overcome: the ballooning community pulls together at Watarase

Events

01 Dec 2020

45th Snowmass Balloon Festival 2020 happens with COVID-19 modification

Equipment

25 Nov 2020

CIA Balloon Live app leads evolution of competition into new decade

Events

18 Nov 2020

Pivoting from COVID-19 cancellation to protocols for a safe event

Events

10 Nov 2020

Early Birds 2.0 worldwide balloon competition

Commissions

30 Sep 2020

Campinar for Junior Balloonists

Records & Achievements

02 Sep 2020

Ten hours, ten kilometers and a Canadian record

Events

20 May 2020

Gordon Bennett Cup 2020 postponed to 2021

Commissions

18 May 2020

CIA Bureau ‘Zooms’ to handle Ballooning Commission Business

Events

17 Mar 2020

COVID-19: updating of the FAI events calendar

Records & Achievements

11 Mar 2020

One Long Flight for a Little Balloon

Records & Achievements

14 Feb 2020

Alicia Hempleman-Adams reaches the altitude of 4604m in a hot air balloon

Records & Achievements

17 Feb 2020

Ten years since Duvoisin flew his hot air balloon for almost 28 hours

Events

17 Jan 2020

19th International Youth Camp for Ballooning: Why walk when we can fly?

Events

10 Jan 2020

South American Balloon Youth Camp 2019 in Brazil

Events

08 Jan 2020

Saga International Balloon Fiesta celebrates its 40th anniversary in style

Events

20 Dec 2019

Great Texas Balloon Race adds Competition for Junior Balloonists

Events

19 Dec 2019

The BFA Rio Grande Balloon Youth Camp – experienced from a German participant

Champions

16 Dec 2019

“Just get out there” David Hempleman-Adams on blazing his own trail

Commissions

10 Dec 2019

FAI Ballooning Commission Supports 2019 Balloon Youth Camps on Three Continents

Commissions

02 Dec 2019

CIA 2019 Newsletter

Records & Achievements

06 Nov 2019

2019 FAI Ballooning Commission Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Events

02 Oct 2019

Behind the Scenes - The Dedicated Few Who Manage the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

23 Sep 2019

A long race with a nail-biting finish: Swiss team Laurent Sciboz and Nicolas Tièche win the 2019 Gordon Bennett Cup

Records & Achievements

19 Sep 2019

Michael Emich, from humble beginnings to the FAI/CIA Sporting Badge Gold with one Diamond

Events

17 Sep 2019

63rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2019

Events

10 Sep 2019

Fair winds forecast as the 63rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett lifts off in France this Friday

Records & Achievements

08 Aug 2019

Ninety years since the first round-the-world airship flight

Records & Achievements

19 Jul 2019

A cold day for hot air records

Awards

30 May 2019

Hall of Fame Inductee - Paolo Bonanno

Awards

30 May 2019

Hall of Fame Inductee Norman Pritchard

Commissions

14 May 2019

2019 CIA Annual Meeting

Records & Achievements

01 Mar 2019

Twenty years since balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took off on their record-breaking round-the-world flight

Records & Achievements

01 Nov 2018

Ninety-year anniversary of the longest standing FAI records set by airship pilot Dr Hugo Eckener

Events

01 Oct 2018

Poland 2 navigates to success in thrilling 62nd Gordon Bennett Cup

Events

28 Sep 2018

Follow the progress of the 20 gas balloons in the 62nd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

25 Sep 2018

Counting down to the 62nd Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

28 Aug 2018

British pilot Bareford victorious at 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Records & Achievements

17 Aug 2018

Forty years since Ben Abruzzo’s historic Atlantic crossing in a balloon

Records & Achievements

24 Jan 2018

10 years ago today: balloonist Pauline Baker set two FAI World Records with her impressive 4272m flight

Records & Achievements

19 Dec 2017

Ten years ago today: Swiss adventurer sets FAI World Record with home-built balloon

Events

17 Sep 2017

Minsk 950th Anniversary Balloon Cup in Belarus

Events

22 Sep 2017

France takes the gold at the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017

Events

08 Sep 2017

The 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Gas Ballon Race launched tonight

Events

11 Sep 2017

French pair win world’s most prestigious gas-balloon race

Events

07 Sep 2017

61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gruyères, Switzerland

Events

04 Oct 2012

57th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett: FAI flag handed over to Organiser

Events

08 Nov 2012

2012 Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship

Events

26 Mar 2013

21st FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship: And Brazil it will be!

Events

03 Jul 2013

50 days to the 57th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

21 Mar 2016

The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2016

Records & Achievements

03 Mar 2010

10 year anniversary of Breitling Orbiter 3

Events

20 Nov 2015

Daily Schedule of FAI World Air Games Activities

Events

12 Dec 2015

Standing ovation for new Hot Air Ballooning champion

Events

19 Sep 1992

36th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett - Stuttgart (GER) 1992 - Article by David Levin

Events

07 Sep 2009

53rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

28 Sep 2010

19th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship about to start !

Events

03 Nov 2010

Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship

Events

03 Dec 2010

FAI President hails Tochigi Championship a success

Events

07 Dec 2010

54th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett : Lost team and balloon found off the Italian coast

Commissions

17 Mar 2011

Annual Meeting of FAI Ballooning Commission, Tokyo 8-12 March , 2011

Events

27 Jul 2011

2011 LUXGSM - World Balloon Trophy

Events

23 Jul 2011

Latest news from the 2011 LUXGSM - World Balloon Trophy

Events

02 Sep 2011

55th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Events

16 Sep 2011

17th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship

Commissions

30 Mar 2012

Main decisions taken at the FAI Ballooning Commission 2012 Annual Meeting

Commissions

28 Mar 2013

Main decisions taken at the FAI Ballooning Commission 2013 Annual Meeting

Other events

08 Jul 2013

13th International Youth Camp is underway !

Commissions

18 Jul 2013

2013 CIA World Hot Air Balloon Ranking List released: Petrehn, Donner and Zeberli at the top

Commissions

03 Apr 2014

Main decisions taken at the FAI Ballooning Commission 2014 Annual Meeting

Events

09 Sep 2014

Eimers and Zenge Steal Gold at the 58th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Records & Achievements

15 Feb 2015

Two Eagles Balloon Lands in Mexico After Crossing the Pacific Ocean in a Record Time

Commissions

23 Mar 2015

Main decisions taken at the FAI Ballooning Commission 2015 Annual Meeting

Records & Achievements

21 May 2015

21 May 2000: The Story of Lindsay Muir's Hot Air Balloon World Record

Records & Achievements

15 Jul 2015

Two Eagles Balloon's Duration and Distance World Records Ratified by FAI

Events

23 Aug 2015

Follow the 59th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett online - Launch of the gas balloons on Friday !

Events

28 Aug 2015

59th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett – Preparations in Full Swing !

Events

01 Sep 2015

59th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett: Victory for Swiss Team SUI 01 Frieden and Witprächtiger!

Events

01 Dec 2015

Ready for take off

Events

10 Mar 2016

Swiss Pilot Jacques-Antoine Besnard wins 3rd FAI European Hot Air Airship Championship

Events

15 Mar 2017

6 months until the 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gladbeck, Germany!

Events

23 Mar 2016

Fribourg ready to welcome the famous Gordon Bennett Cup

Commissions

08 Apr 2016

FAI Ballooning Commission 2016 Annual Meeting - Main Decisions and Discussions

Records & Achievements

12 Jul 2016

Russian Adventurer Fedor Konyukhov launches Solo Around-The-World Bid

Events

22 Jul 2016

Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett: list of open countries published

Records & Achievements

23 Jul 2016

Fedor Konyukhov completed the solo around the world tour and landed safely in Australia!

Records & Achievements

27 Jul 2016

Fedor Konyukhov Solo Around-The-World in a Balloon – Official World Record Claims received!

Events

02 Sep 2016

Q&A: What is the Gordon Bennett?

Commissions

16 Sep 2016

What’s so great about Gladbeck?

Events

16 Sep 2016

Weathercheck: Gordon Bennett delayed 48 hours

Events

16 Sep 2016

Gordon Bennett opening ceremony: ‘I wish you all a safe and successful race’

Events

17 Sep 2016

Pilot portraits: All the pilots

Events

17 Sep 2016

The Gordon Bennett: A young man’s game?

Commissions

17 Sep 2016

Will Wood flies far, in memory of his dad

Events

17 Sep 2016

Eye in the Sky: Social media at the Gordon Bennett

Events

17 Jun 2016

Brian Jones: ‘The adventure is intense’

Events

17 Sep 2016

It’s a Team Sport: What makes a Gordon Bennett Team?

Events

17 Sep 2016

Briefing, 6pm Sat 17 Sept 2016: Storms on the horizon

Commissions

17 Sep 2016

Who's going where and what do pilots think?

Events

18 Sep 2016

Thunderstorms: What’s the big deal?

Events

18 Sep 2016

Sandbagged: Tough job but someone has to do it

Events

18 Sep 2016

Explainer: What is the Mistral and what does it mean for pilots?

Events

18 Sep 2016

Briefing: 10am 18 September 2016

Events

18 Sep 2016

Basket case: Team USA-03 invites us round to see their new place

Events

18 Sep 2016

Mr Air Traffic Control: Meet Robin Lehmann

Events

18 Sep 2016

60th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett: Follow the race live from 10pm CET

Events

19 Sep 2016

Pilots launch at the start of the world’s most prestigious gas-balloon race

Events

19 Sep 2016

Two groups develop as the race reaches Luxembourg

Events

19 Sep 2016

Gordon Bennett, Day 1: Team SUI2 share this amazing moment

Events

19 Sep 2016

‘They can make Greece’ – Trans-Pacific record holder Leonid Tiukhtyaev

Events

20 Sep 2016

Day 2: Race leaders cross the Alps, head south

Events

20 Sep 2016

The Head Game: ‘You have to tough it out – it’s a real mental battle’

Events

20 Sep 2016

Tuesday lunchtime update – 'Three strategies emerge'

Events

20 Sep 2016

Day 2 roundup: 5,000m, 50km/h and a long night ahead

Events

21 Sep 2016

Touchdown! Team SUI-01 crosses the sea to Greece to win

Events

23 Sep 2016

The view from below: Gordon Bennet Event Organiser Stefan Handl’s take on this year’s race

Events

23 Sep 2016

Victory for Switzerland’s Kurt Frieden and Pascal Witpraechtiger

Events

24 Sep 2016

How to survive 48 hours - or more - in a 1m2 gas balloon basket

Events

24 Sep 2016

Gas balloons touch down in Greece for the very first time

Events

24 Sep 2016

To the victors the spoils! Swiss pilots reign at Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2016

Records & Achievements

30 Sep 2016

On this day in history: 110 years of the world’s most prestigious balloon race

Events

05 Oct 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel given special award from Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 

Events

28 Oct 2016

The 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championships kick off in Saga today!

Events

29 Oct 2016

The 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in full preparation!

Events

01 Nov 2016

22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in full swing!

Events

04 Dec 2015

An unforgettable start to the FAI World Air Games

Events

12 Dec 2015

Flying high: final FAI World Air Games medals awarded

FAI

07 Dec 2009

New FAI Secretary General Appointed

Events

04 Dec 2014

Executive Board and Liaison Officers in Dubai to Discuss the FAI World Air Games

FAI

12 May 2011

Join the FAI YouTube Channel

Events

29 Jul 2011

2011 LUXGSM - World Balloon Trophy

FAI

31 Aug 2011

Jean-Marc Badan appointed new FAI Secretary General

Records & Achievements

04 Feb 2013

Duvoisin explains his new Eco-Balloon concept to the FAI Executive Board

FAI

22 Apr 2013

New 2012 FAI Annual Report just out!

FAI

03 Jul 2017

'Hackathon' engineers target new e-markers for balloon competitions

Events

05 Nov 2016

Day 6 at the 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Saga, Japan!

Events

06 Nov 2016

Current top 10 at the 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Events

07 Nov 2016

And the 2016 World Hot Air Balloon Champion is...

Awards

18 Nov 2016

Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov awarded FAI - Breitling Pilot of the Year 2016 Award

Events

08 Dec 2016

The 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017 to take off from Gruyères, Switzerland

Events

31 May 2017

100 days before the launch of the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017

Events

25 Oct 2016

The best of FAI 2016 competitions video is here!

FAI

06 Sep 2013

FAI Secretary General Badan to step down from his position - Search for his replacement underway

Events

19 Dec 2013

FAI World Championships events selected for full Breitling branding and support for 2014

FAI

17 Jan 2014

FAI names Susanne Schödel as new Secretary General

Environment

18 Feb 2014

Green airsports honoured with new environmental award

FAI

02 Apr 2014

2013 FAI Annual Report available now!

FAI

24 Jun 2014

Get the Bug for Air Sports with the new FAI Video

FAI

10 Oct 2014

Live coverage of 108th FAI General Conference on Twitter

Awards

17 Oct 2014

Winners of the 2014 FAI Awards and FAI-Breitling Award Announced

Events

09 Mar 2015

FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Roll Out New Logo

Events

09 Mar 2015

Sports and Disciplines Selected for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Revealed

Events

15 Jul 2015

Event Website for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Now Up and Running

Events

21 Dec 2015

FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015

Commissions

28 Apr 2016

2015 FAI Annual Report released

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CIA International Balloon & Airship Hall of Fame

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