The FAI General Air Sport Commission (CASI) has made an extensive revision of the FAI General Section of the Sporting Code as well as  creating a new Disciplinary Code. These two documents took effect on 1 January 2023.

In those tense moments as the World Championship Air Race pilots wait to cross the chequered start gate, all eyes will be on the Race Director to give the “Smoke On” signal… The planes will then start to emit streams of smoke, and once they cross the start line, engines and audience will roar as the pilots navigate the course’s twists and turns.

The final webinar in the 2022 FAI Fly Clean series will take place on Wednesday 14 December at 14:00 UTC and will cover the topic of Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE).

With the objective to share detailed information on TUE procedure, the FAI Secretariat aims to help FAI members, FAI athletes and their entourage to navigate the systems in place for therapeutic use exemption for substances on the WADA prohibited list.

FAI has ratified 4 Paragliding records by a young French pilot Timo Leonetti who on August 9, 2022 beat "Distance over a triangular course" of 313,6 km with "Speed over a triangular course of 300 km" with 29,5 km/h and both in World and European category thus superseding Max Pinot's flight of 308,9 km with a speed of 28,6 km/h. We have contacted this 19-year-old pilot to find out more about this flight and his life in paragliding.

How long have you been doing free-flight sport?
I did my first little flight alone almost 12 years ago when I was 8.