Update - 29 October 2024: Enjoy the video of the Hall of Fame Induction ceremony held at the Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque Balloon Museum on October 4, 2024, honoring Neil Robertson and Aleš Kubíček!
By Lynne Newton, Exhibitions Curator, Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
The 2024 CIAM Plenary Meeting took place in Lausanne from 12 to 13 April. It was the first time the meeting had been held in person since 2019. The format was slightly different as all the Technical Meetings were organised before the Plenary using Zoom, which enabled more interested persons to participate; therefore, the Plenary was attended mostly by the Delegates.
It was an election year, and after the vote, most of the Bureau members from the previous two years retained their positions:
Come and join us for the webinar “Return to Flying after a Pause” organised by the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP)!
This webinar is designed for pilots of any air sports and skydivers who are eager to resume their activities after a break. Its main objective is to raise awareness about the decline in skills that occurs when individuals take a pause.
Two 10-year-olds have been announced as winners of the 2023 Rookie Project, in the indoor and outdoor flight categories. The international online contest pits under 16s against one another as they aim to achieve the longest flight time with model aircraft which fit the competition rules.
Founded in 1944 as an American air base, Namur Aérodrome in Belgium celebrated its 80th anniversary this March. The airstrip has welcomed all sorts of aircraft, from Douglas C-47s to Cessna 150s over the years, with helicopters, gliders, skydivers and drones also regularly using the airfield.
The rules for the new F4K-Class Scale Helicopters have been published. This will give new impetus to the popular classes where building and constructing are combined with flying.
The 2024 FAI F1D World Championships for Indoor Model Aircraft took place from 23 to 26 March 2024 in Slanic Prahova, Romania.
During the competition, officials from the FAI, organisers, and participating teams paid tribute to the late Aeromodelling legend Jim Richmond, who made significant contributions to this particular class.
Senior Overall:
Czech pilots Jiří Pruša and Eliška Kudějová climbed into the Shark 600 on 23 August 2023, slipping off their shoes to further reduce the aircraft’s weight, in addition to the kilos they had already shed through dieting in the run up to the flight. After a thwarted previous attempt in May, every last gram mattered to the pair’s mission: to beat the record of 1036.073km for ‘Distance in a closed circuit without landing’ set by Hungarian pilot Krisztian Dolhai in 2020. They beat his record by a substantial 876km.
In this issue of CIAM Flyer, Hans Langenhagen, a member of the CIAM Education Sub-committee and CIAM Technical Expert Education, presents the "Full-Day Program." This booklet highlights the successful collaboration between Modellflug Club Rossendorf and a high school in Dresden over several years.
