When Frenchman Christophe Paysant-Le Roux won the FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Italy earlier this year, he became FAI World Champion for the ninth time.

It’s an incredible achievement for this 50-year-old pilot, who has been involved with aeromodelling for pretty much his whole life. But is it still as special the ninth time round? We caught up with Paysant-Le Roux, who lives in Cherbourg in Normandy, to find out.

After several years as Vice-President, Marja Osinga-Meek has, in 2019, been elected President of the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP).

The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, visited the Royal Netherlands Aeroclub (KNVvL) recently.

Only very few athletes make their own sporting equipment. This also applies to the development of competition model aircraft.

This year sees the launch of the new Asian Tour. Each event has the same status as a Pre World Cup, as the winner will automatically qualify for the Super Final. Apart from giving pilots the opportunity to discover fantastic untried locations, the idea is to train new organisers and bring the Paragliding World Cup concept to Asia. 

Ten years ago on 26^th September 2009, 181 women from 31 countries leapt out of nine planes from 17,000 feet (5.18km) above Perris Valley, California, USA and jumped straight into the record books for being part of the largest formation skydive in the World. Their jump record still hasn’t been beaten. 

Today is Day 5 of the 10th FAI Worlds Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Vršac, Serbia. The day started in the middle of Round 4.

The weather condition has been tricky during the past several days. On September 10th which was the competition Day 1, a practice round for all competitors had been done before Round 1. Then it was back wind direction for Day 2, and over-limit wind strength for Day 3 in the afternoon.