Between May and July 2024, six qualifying FAI Sailplane Grand Prix events took place in Chile, Norway, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and France. Tasks were successfully completed in all six despite some ...

Article by Jonathan Perron-Clow, CIA PMR member - Canada COVID-19 pushes us to New Collaboration As we all sat at home during the spring of 2020, our favorite balloon events getting cancelled left and ...

When “Grandpa Flieger” had his grandchildren to visit, he wasn’t sure how best to entertain them. But as a model pilot and educator, an idea sprang to mind: tinkering with beginner model aircraft, to ...

The Karman line is the 100km altitude used by FAI and many other organisations to mark the “boundary” of space. In the last few years there have been many scientific and technical discussions around ...

Remarkable in its simplicity, Alan Eustace’s high altitude parachute jump on 24 October 2014 saw the 57-year-old float up, suspended below a gigantic helium balloon, to the outer edge of the ...

Update on 10 Oct, 16:15 CEST: The 66th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett is currently in its third day of competition. As of now, the Command Centre reports there are still 8 gas balloons in flight.

The absolute record for helicopter altitude made in 1972 by celebrated French test pilot, Jean Boulet, still remains unbeaten on its 50 year anniversary. Boulet took the lightened Aerospatiale SA315 ...

Update 16.02.2023: FAI ratified the two records set by Alicia Hempleman-Adams on 21.11.2022. *** Britain’s Alicia Hempleman-Adams has claimed two hot air ballooning world records and ten new British ...

Two-hundred and twenty years ago today, on 22 October 1797, pioneering balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin became the modern world's first successful parachutist.Born on 31 January 1769 in Paris, France ...

Learning about modern sport ballooning and Japan's early balloon vanguards helps the Saga Balloon Museum appeal to visitors of all ages. A report by Katsura Endo, CIA/PMR member & Chiaki Baba, PMR of ...

Congratulations to Joe Wurts of New Zealand, and junior competitor John Bradley of USA, whose outstanding performances in the final rounds have rewarded them with gold medals and world champion titles ...

FAI has revealed the theme for the 2021 edition of the FAI Young Artists Contest. Youngsters between the ages of six and 17 are invited to get their brushes and pens out to interpret the theme “A ...