The history of aviation reveals a wealth of old aircraft. Even experts and insiders have difficulty keeping track of them all. An astonishing number of gliders were designed and built as early as the 1930s, and in particular after the Second World War.

As these gliders were exclusively built from wood, more and more aeromodellers are building and flying replicas which are built to scale and, of course, also from wood.

The first 2 days of the Paragliding World Championships in France brought us two very complicated tasks. Chamoux-sur-Gelon is located in the Isere River valley between Albertville and Grenoble. The mountain ridges surrounding the river are not high, about 700-1500 metres, but narrow and not very long, creating v-shape gaps between them that have a tendency to become real traps once you are unable to gain sufficient height above the ridge. These ridges are also repeating like ribs of the ancient mammal finding his peace by the river bed.

The 2023 FAI Korea Drone Racing World Cup took place from 18 to 20 May 2023 in Incheon, Korea.

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• 2023 FAI Drone Racing World Cup

At a special ‘Fly Clean’ stand at the recent 4th FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships in Slovakia, FAI and the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency (SADA) helped to raise awareness and open discussion about doping-free sport amongst the competitors.