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The 115th FAI Conference was held online from November 9-11, 2021, with a total of 137 attendees representing 50 FAI members. FAI general conferences are usually held in person, but due to the ongoing pandemic conditions affecting travel,…

The announcement of the 2021 FAI Awards took place on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC in an online video that was broadcast live. In the video, which premiered on the FAI website, YouTube channel and Facebook page, a tribute…

New Jersey, United States, - A recently released report titled "(Sailplanes Market)" by Market Research Intellect highlights industry dynamics and current and future trends that play a key role in determining business expansion.…

The Air Sports Equipment Market Size Report also shows the Solicitation and Procurement Figures, Compensation, Establishment, Import / Passage of Use in the Same Way as Future Executives, Volume of business, clean edges, mechanical…

QY Research recently released a new report titled Global and China Sailplanes Market Insights, Forecast to 2027. The report has been crafted using primary as well as secondary research methodologies, which…

In November 2020 FAI has ratified the following simultaneous Paragliding World records: Straight distance of 582 km and Free distance using up to 3 turn points of 587.5 km, performed on October 10, 2019, by three Brazilian pilots Marcelo…

Article by Jonathan Perron-Clow, CIA PMR member - Canada COVID-19 pushes us towards a new collaboration As we all sat at home in the spring of 2020 with our favorite hot air balloon events canceled left and right, a few of us discussed…

On August 2, 1911, the Aero Club of America granted an FAI pilot's license to avid adventure journalist and screenwriter Harriet Quimby. It was the first license to be awarded to an American aviator. With a wealthy background and liberal…

In 1978, a partnership between Longview, Texas balloonist Dr. Bill Bussey, and the managers of the newly opened Longview Mall, launched "The Great Texas Balloon Race". To some it may seem presumptuous that an event never before held is…

On June 15, 1921, the FAI granted a black aviator named Bessie Coleman her pilot's license. Coleman - the tenth of thirteen children born in Waxahachie, Texas, to a family of African American and Native American descent - became the very…