History’s first Red Bull Air Race stop in France took off over the film capital of Cannes on Friday, and Challenger Class pilot Daniel Ryfa of Sweden was ready for his close-up, delivering the fastest run in each of two Free Practice sessions. But local darling Mélanie Astles was right behind, looking for her own starring role when Qualifying and Race Day captivate the Croisette this weekend.
It is exactly 30 years since Kanellos Kanellopoulos, a Greek cyclist who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, functioned as human engine for the 1988 MIT Deadalus project, completing a 115.11km flight between the Greek islands of Crete and Santorini.
Aeromodellers have to look on the large variety in aeromodelling as both a risk and an opportunity. The many highly specialised competition classes make it a real challenge to communicate the sport to the general public.
Six Categories
* F1 Freeflight
* F2 Control Line
* F3 Radio Controlled Flight
* F4 Scale Model Aircraft
* F5 Radio Control Electric Powered Aircraft
FAI is delighted to be part of this year’s SportAccord Convention in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Convention, at which the Federation is proud to share a booth with its partner Red Bull Air Race, is an excellent place for FAI to exhibit its air sports activities in Asia – a big growth area for a number of FAI disciplines.
Noosphere, an organisation focused on scientific research and information provision, has been the FAI’s Global Technical Partner since early 2017.
For the FAI, this partnership has allowed access to the highly efficient event management system eNavigator, which was used with great success at a number of competitions in 2017 – including The World Games.
Here, Noosphere co-founder Max Polyakov explains why his company’s cutting-edge technology is such a perfect fit with the air sports world.
After 8 intense days, 3rd FAI Pan-American Paragliding Championship held in Baixo Guandu Brazil from 01 April to 8 April 2018 has come to an end. There were more than 20 countries and 120 pilots, competitive spirit and solidarity. There were 4 valid interesting tasks. Now the official results are published: we have Brazil in the top rank of the competition, Colombia as the best team, and the best PanAmerican Female pilots are Priscila Fevereiro (BRA), Andrea Jaramillo Jaramillo (COL) and Shauin Kao (ARG).
Thomas Grout, 16, came third in last year’s FAI Drone Racing World Cup: a fantastic achievement for such a young pilot. The talented young racer only started flying drones about two years ago after discovering FPV (first person view) racing online.
With FPV racing, pilots use headsets that are linked to cameras in the drones, giving the impression they are inside the drone, piloting it from there.
Swiss drone racing pilot Dario Neuenschwander beat off fierce competition from more than 400 rivals to win the FAI Drone Racing World Cup 2017 with an overall score of 142 points. But while reaching the top level in most air sports takes years, if not decades, of dedication, Neuenschwander scored his historic victory after drone racing for just two short years.
How did he do it? Let’s find out…
Hi Dario, tell us a bit more about yourself.
