All the ingredients were present in Saga, Japan, for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Saga International Balloon Fiesta in November 2019.

By Jonathan Perron-Clow of the FAI Ballooning Commission's Public & Media Relations Sub-Committee Friday 22 August, and competitors at the 23rd FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship had one last ...

Between 8 and 13 October 1930, Italian pilot Marinello Nelli broke three helicopter world records at Ciampino Airport in Rome: duration record (8min 45sec), distance in a straight line (1078m) and ...

By: Katsura Endo (Japan,Alternate Delegate), PMR S.C. member, hot air balloon pilot With support by Hiromi Furukawa (Japan) PMR, Officials S.C. member, hot air balloon pilot The 2023 FAI Ballooning ...

Stefan Zeberli of Switzerland has been crowned World Hot Air Balloon Champion 2022, under a beautiful blue sky in Musrka Sobata, Slovenia. The pilot was already a name to watch out for, having moved ...

The 66th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett gas balloon race was an absolutely thrilling competition with a breathtaking final duel resulting in the triumph of Eric Decellières & Benoit Havret of ...

The full story of Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett's France Team 2 - Eric Decellieres & Benoit Havret - who finished just 3.58km behind 1st place. Congratulations to Eric & Benoit, recipients of the ...

The competition begins on 1 July 2023 and runs for two weeks, with the prize ceremony scheduled for 15 July. Standard, Club and 18 metre Classes will be contested, with pilots representing 15 nations ...

The 2025 FAI World Drone Soccer Championships (WDSC) will be hosted in Shanghai city, People’s Republic of China. The WDSC will be organised by the Aero Sports Federation of China (ASFC), and the ...

Twenty years ago on 14 May 2005, Didier Delsalle flew an Ecureuil AS 350 B3 helicopter to the top of Everest and gained an FAI World Record for highest take-off in a helicopter at 8848m. Read ...

FAI has issued an invitation to attend the 1st FAI International Drones Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 1 - 3 September 2017 about Innovation, Safety and Sports.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2025 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which enters into force on 1 January 2025. They also published: ...