On 18 September 2022, delegates and guests of the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP) gathered at the Aéro-Club de France in Paris for a special meeting: not only the first in-person meeting since 2019, but also an occasion to reflect upon and celebrate one hundred years of service to aviation, as CIMP was founded in 1922.
On 14 October 2012, more than eight million people tuned in online to watch the Austrian skydiver, Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space. The jump itself was just 09m 03s long, but the achievements of the Stratos team have endured with two of the FAI records set still unbroken.
Jury President Andrew Cowley from UK shares the news of the 7th FAU European Paragliding Accuracy Championships.
The 7th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championships is going on. Myrianthe Ewington reports. Day 5 greeted the competitors with glorious sunshine and beautiful blue skies. Round 8 started sharply at 10.30 but the air was already starting to bubble! The first few pilots (both new and experienced) took maximum scores struggling to deal with the incredibly light winds and initial thermals.
