Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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World Air Sports Federation
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
AbbreviationFAI
Formation14 October 1905;119 years ago (1905-10-14)
Founded at Paris, France
Type Nonprofit
Location
President
Greg Principato [1]
Secretary General
Markus Haggeney [2]
Website www.fai.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The World Air Sports Federation (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. [3] It maintains world records for aeronautical activities, including ballooning, aeromodeling, and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), as well as flights into space.

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History

The FAI was founded at a conference held in Paris 12–14 October 1905, which was organized following a resolution passed by the Olympic Congress held in Brussels on 10 June 1905 calling for the creation of an Association "to regulate the sport of flying, ... the various aviation meetings and advance the science and sport of Aeronautics." [4] The conference was attended by representatives from 8 countries: Belgium (Aéro Club Royal de Belgique, founded 1901), France (Aéro-Club de France, 1898), Germany (Deutscher Luftschiffer Verband aka "German Airship League", founded 1902), Great Britain (Royal Aero Club, 1901), Italy (Aero Club d'Italia  [ it ], 1904), Spain (Real Aero Club de España  [ es ], 1905), Switzerland (Aero-Club der Schweiz, 1900) and the United States (Aero Club of America, 1905).

On 2 February 2017 the FAI announced its new strategic partnership with international asset management firm Noosphere Ventures. FAI Secretary General Susanne Schödel, FAI President Frits Brink and Noosphere Ventures Managing Partner Max Polyakov signed the agreement, making Noosphere Ventures FAI's Global Technical Partner. [5] [6]

The FAI suspended Russia and Belarus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which pilots from Russia and Belarus will not be able to compete in any FAI-sanctioned event in the 13 FAI air sports disciplines, including paragliding, hang gliding, and paramotoring. [7]

FAI General Conference

The 117th FAI General Conference took place in Dayton, Ohio, US (the 'Birthplace of Aviation') on 26 and 27 October 2023. [8]

The 118th FAI General Conference was held from 20 to 21 November 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The 119th FAI General Conference will take place in Vantaa, Finland from 22 to 24 October 2025.

Sports

13 Sports:

  1. Aeromodelling (modelling (space modulation) – Space Modelling)
  2. Amateur-Built & Experimental Aircraft
  3. Ballooning
  4. Drones
  5. General Aviation
  6. Gliding
  7. Hang Gliding
  8. Microlights and Paramotors
  9. Paragliding
  10. Powered and glider aircraft Aerobatics
  11. Rotorcraft
  12. Parachuting (Skydiving)
  13. Space

Air Sport Commissions

  1. General Air Sports (CASI)
  2. Aerobatics (CIVA)
  3. Aeromodelling (CIAM)
  4. Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft (CIACA)
  5. Astronautic Records (ICARE)
  6. Ballooning (CIA)
  7. General Aviation (GAC)
  8. Gliding (IGC)
  9. Hang Gliding and Paragliding (CIVL)
  10. Microlight and Paramotor (CIMA)
  11. Rotorcraft (CIG)
  12. Skydiving (ISC)

Events

All the events sanctioned by the FAI are listed in its events calendar.

World Championships

The year that the first World Championship in each class (see Model aircraft competitions and classes took place are as follows:

  1. 1951: F1A, F1B, F1C
  2. 1960: F2A, F2B, F2C, F3A
  3. 1961: F1D
  4. 1970: F4B, F4C
  5. 1972: S-classes
  6. 1977: F3B
  7. 1978: F2D
  8. 1985: F3C, F3D
  9. 1986: F3E (now: F5B)
  10. 1989: F1E
  11. 1994: F5D (now F3E)
  12. 1998: F3
  13. 2010: F6A (WAG)
  14. 2010: F6B (WAG)
  15. 2010: F6D (WAG)
  16. 2011: F3K
  17. 2012: F3F
  18. 2013: F3N
  19. 2013: F3P
  20. 2014: F4H
  21. 2018: F3U
  22. 2019: F5J
  23. 2024: F3M

Activities

The FAI is the international governing body for the following activities:

The FAI establishes the standards for records in the activities. Where these are air sports, the FAI also oversees international competitions at world and continental levels, and also organizes the World Air Games and FAI World Grand Prix.

The FAI organises the FAI International Drones Conference and Expo. This event offers a platform for organisations, businesses and individuals to discuss how drones are used today and to create a framework for how they will be used and impact on life in the future.

The FAI also keeps records set in human spaceflight, through the FAI Astronautic Records Commission (International Astronautic Records Commission – ICARE) [19]

Kármán Line definition

The FAI defines the limit between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the so-called Karman Line, as the altitude of 100 kilometres (62 miles; 330,000 feet) above Earth's sea level. [20]

Records

1971 USSR commemorative stamp depicting the Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal established by FAI The Soviet Union 1971 CPA 3992 stamp (Yuri Gagarin Medal, Spaceships and Planets).jpg
1971 USSR commemorative stamp depicting the Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal established by FAI

Among the FAI's responsibilities are the verification of record-breaking flights. For a flight to be registered as a "World Record," it has to comply with the FAI's strict rules, which include a proviso that the record must exceed the previous record by a certain percentage. Since the late 1930s, military aircraft have dominated some classes of record for powered aircraft such as speed, distance, payload, and height, though other classes are regularly claimed by civilians.

Some records are claimed by countries as their own, even though their achievements fail to meet FAI standards. These claims are not typically granted the status of official records. For example, Yuri Gagarin earned recognition for the first manned spaceflight, despite failing to meet FAI requirements. The FAI initially did not recognize the achievement because he did not land in his Vostok spacecraft (he ejected from it), but later it recognized that Gagarin was the first human to fly into space. The FAI then established the Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal, which has been awarded since 1968. [21]

Classes

Record flight diploma issued by the FAI Stanislaw Ratusinski, Diplome Record Federation Aeronautique Internationale 1962.jpg
Record flight diploma issued by the FAI

The following types of craft have records: [22]

Selected records

DateMeasurementPersonAircraftTypeRef(s)
Class A: Free balloons
31 January 2015160 hours 34 minutes.Flag of the United States.svg Troy Bradley (United States)
Flag of Russia.svg Leonid Tyukhtyaev (Russia)
Two Eagles Balloon Duration [25]
31 March 199940,814 km.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Bertrand Piccard  (Switzerland)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brian Jones  (Great Britain)
Breitling Orbiter Distance [26]
4 May 196134,668 metersFlag of the United States.svg  Malcolm Ross  (United States)
Flag of the United States.svg  Victor Prather  (United States)
WinzenAbsolute altitude
Class C: Aeroplanes
11 February 200641,467.53 kmFlag of the United States.svg  Steve Fossett  (United States) Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Flight distance record (without refueling)
28 July 19763,529.56 km/hFlag of the United States.svg  Eldon W. Joersz  (United States) Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Flight airspeed record
31 August 197737,650 mFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov  (Soviet Union) MiG E-266M Flight altitude record
22 October 193817,083 mFlag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Mario Pezzi  (Italy) Caproni Ca.161 Flight altitude record (piston engine without payload)
Class CS: Solar-powered aeroplanes
7 July 20109,235 m
26 h 10 m 19 s
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  André Borschberg  (Switzerland) Solar Impulse (Prototype) Solar powered Duration and Flight altitude record [27]
25 May 20121116 kmFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  André Borschberg  (Switzerland) Solar Impulse (Prototype) Solar powered Distance
Class D: Gliders & motorgliders
3 September 201715,902 mFlag of the United States.svg Jim Payne (United States)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Morgan Sandercock (Australia)
Windward Performance Perlan II Gliding Altitude [28]
2 September 201823,202 mFlag of the United States.svg Tim Gardner (United States)
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Payne (United States)
Windward Performance Perlan II Gliding Altitude (to be ratified) [28]
21 January 20033,008.8 kmFlag of Germany.svg  Klaus Ohlmann  (Germany)
Flag of Austria.svg  Karl Rabeder  (Austria)
Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 Gliding Distance
Class E-1: Helicopters
11 August 1986400.87 km/hFlag of the United Kingdom.svg John Trevor Egginton (Great Britain) Westland Lynx G-LYNX (modified)Speed over a straight 15/25 km course [29]
Class G-2: Parachuting performance records
14 October 20121357.6 km/hFlag of Austria.svg  Felix Baumgartner  (Austria) Red Bull Stratos Vertical speed [30]
8 February 2006400 SkydiversWorld Team5 Lockheed C-130 Largest Skydiving Formation [31]
Class I-C: Humanpowered aeroplane
23 April 1988115.11 km
3h 54mn 59s
Flag of Greece.svg  Kanellos Kanellopoulos  (Greece) MIT Daedalus 88 Human powered Distance and Duration [32] [33]
2 October 198544.32 km/hFlag of Germany.svg Holger Rochelt (West Germany) Musculair II Speed over a closed circuit [34]
Class I-E: Humanpowered rotorcraft
25 September 20131min 37.5 secFlag of the United States.svg Justin Mauch (United States) Gamera Duration [35]
Class O: Hang Gliding & Paragliding
13 October 2016564.3.0 kmFlag of Brazil.svg Donizete Baldessar Lemos (Brazil)
Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Monteiro Saladini (Brazil)
Flag of Brazil.svg Samuel Nascimento (Brazil)
Ozone Enzo 2
Ozone Enzo 2
Gin Boomerang 10
Straight distance with a paraglider [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
Class R: Microlights
14 February 2002187 km/hFlag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Harris (Great Britain)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Sharp (Great Britain)
Jabiru Aircraft UL3 axis flight airspeed record [41]
Class U: Unmanned aerial vehicles
14 August 200196,863 feet (29,524 m)Flag of the United States.svg Piloted remotely by Greg Kendall (United States) AeroVironment Helios Prototype Sustained horizontal flight altitude record by a winged aircraft [42] [43]

Awards

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Diplome Paul Tissandier

The FAI Gold Air Medal was established in 1924 and was first awarded in 1925. It is reserved for those who have contributed greatly to the development of aeronautics by their activities, work, achievements, initiative or devotion to the cause of Aviation. The FAI has also awarded the Paul Tissandier Diploma since 1952 to those who have served the cause of aviation in general and sporting aviation in particular. [21]

The FAI also makes awards for each of the following air sports.

FAI Young Artists Contest

The FAI Young Artists Contest [44] is an international painting competition for youngsters between the ages of 6 and 17. Each FAI Member Country organises the contest in their country, and the national winners are submitted to the International Jury each year.

Members

Active members

CountryMember nameYear of Affiliation
Albania Federata Shqiptare e Aeronautikës 2000
AlgeriaFederation Algérienne Des Sports Aériens
ArgentinaConfederacion Argentina De Entidades Aerodeportivas1910
Australia Australian Sport Aviation Confederation 1948
AustriaÖsterreichischer Aero Club1910
AzerbaijanAzərbaycan Hava və Ekstremal İdman Növləri Federasiyası2000
Belarus Belarusian Federation of Air Sports (suspended)1994
BelgiumRoyal Belgian Aero Club1905
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVazduhoplovni Savez Bosne I Hercegovine1996
BrazilComissão de Aerodesporto Brasileira1919
BulgariaBulgarski Natsionalen Aeroklub1934
CanadaAero Club of Canada1931
ChileFederacion Aerea De Chile1921
ChinaAero Sports Federation of China1921
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Aerosports Federation1990
ColombiaFederacion Colombiana De Deportes Aereos "Federaeros"1951
CroatiaHrvatski Zrakoplovni Savez1992
CubaAviation Club of Cuba1927
CyprusKypriaki Aerathlitiki Omospondia1961
Czech RepublicAeroklub České Republiky1920
DenmarkKongelig Dansk Aeroklub1909
EgyptAero Club of Egypt1911
EstoniaEesti Lennuspordi Föderatsioon1938
FinlandSuomen Ilmailuliitto Ry1921
France Aero Club de France 1905
GermanyDeutscher Aero Club e.V.1905
GreeceElliniki Aerathlitiki Omospondia1931
GuatemalaAsociacion Guatemalteca De Deportes Aereos1953
Hong KongHong Kong Aviation Club Ltd1977
HungaryMagyar Repülö- és Légisport Szövetség1910
IcelandFlugmálafélag Íslands1937
India Aero Club of India 1949
IndonesiaFederasi Aero Sport Indonesia1973
IrelandNational Aero Club of Ireland1946
Islamic Republic of IranKanoone Havanavardiye Iran1964
IsraelAero Club of Israel1951
ItalyAero Club D'Italia1905
JapanNippon Koku Kyokai1919
JordanRoyal Aerosports Club of Jordan2005
KazakhstanKazakhstan Air Sports Federation1994
KosovoFederata Aeronautike e Kosovës2015
KuwaitKuwait Science Club1972
LatviaLatvijas Aeroklubs1938
LebanonAero Club du Liban1924
LibyaLibyan Airsports Federation1975
Lithuania Lietuvos Aeroklubas 1931
LuxembourgFederation Aeronautique Luxembourgeoise1929
MalaysiaPersekutuan Sukan Udara Malaysia1961
MoldovaFederatia De Parapantism Din Republica Moldova1997
MongoliaMongolian Air Sports Federation2006
MontenegroVazduhoplovni Savez Crne Gore1922
MoroccoFederation Royale Marocaine De L'Aviation Legere Et Sportive1952
MozambiqueAeroclube De Mocambique1986
NepalNepal Airsports Association2002
NetherlandsKoninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Luchtvaart1909
New ZealandRoyal New Zealand Aero Club Inc.1952
North MacedoniaVozduhoplovna Federacija Na Makedonija1993
NorwayNorges Luftsportforbund1909
PakistanAll Pakistan Aero Modelling & Ultralight Association1955
Philippines3D Air Sports And Hobbies Association, Incorporated1965
Poland Aeroklub Polski 1920
PortugalAero Club De Portugal1913
QatarQatar Air Sports Committee2002
Republic of KoreaDaehanmingook Hang Gong Hwe1959
RomaniaFederatia Aeronautica Romana1923
RussiaFederatsia Avtsionnogo Sporta Rossii (suspended)1909
San MarinoFederazione Aeronautica Sammarinese1971
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aviation Club1997
SerbiaVazduhoplovni Savez Srbije1922
SingaporeAir Sports Federation of Singapore1984
SlovakiaSlovenský národný aeroklub gen. M.R. Štefánika1920
SloveniaLetalska Zveza Slovenija1992
South AfricaAero Club of South Africa1938
SpainReal FederacIón Aeroáutica Española1905
SwedenSvenska Flygsportförbundet1907
SwitzerlandAero Club Der Schweiz1905
ThailandRoyal Aeronautics Sports Association of Thailand1979
TunisiaFédération tunisienne d’Aéronautique et d’Aéromodélisme2015
TurkeyTürk Hava Kurumu1925
UkraineFederation of Aeronautical Sports of Ukraine1992
United Arab EmiratesEmirates Aviation Association1980
United Kingdom Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom1905
United States of America National Aeronautic Association Of The USA1905
UzbekistanTexnik Va Amaliy Sport Turlari Markazi1995
VenezuelaAsociacion Venezolana De Los Deportes Aeronauticos (A.V.D.A.)1952
VietnamHanoi Air Sports Association

Associate members

CountryMember Name
EgyptEgyptian Sport Parachuting And Aeronautics Federation in Parachuting only
LiechtensteinModellfluggruppe Liechtenstein
Liechtensteinischer Hängegleiter Verband
OmanOman National Free Fall Team
ParaguayAsociacion Paraguaya Paracaidismo Deportivo
PortugalFederaçâo Portuguesa De Aeromodelismo
Federaçâo Portuguesa De Voo Livre
QatarQatar Rc Sport Center
RomaniaFederatia Romana De Modelism
UruguayAsociacion Uruguaya De Parapente

Affiliate members

CountryMember Name
-African Air Sports Federation
-Arab Air Sports Federation
-Asiania
-Colpar
-Europe Airsports
-OSTIV
-Segelflugszene GGMBH

Temporary members

CountryMember name
ArmeniaNational Committee of Aeromodelling And Spacemodelling Sports
El SalvadorFederacion Salvadoreña De Paracaidismo Y Aerodeportes
IraqAl- Sokoor Aero Club
LaosLao Airsports Club
ParaguayAsociacion Paraguaya Paracaidismo Deportivo
Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian Parachute Federation
VietnamHanoi Air Sports Association

Suspended members

CountryMember Name
BotswanaParachute Association Of Botswana
EcuadorClub De Aeromodelismo Quito
IraqIraqi Aero Federation
MexicoFederacion Mexicana De Aeronautica, A.C.
MonacoAero Club De Monaco
PalestinePalestine Air Sports Federation
PeruFederacion Peruana Aerodeportiva

See also

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