Press Release from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) Lausanne, Switzerland, 12 June 2024 – Creative youngsters will explore the theme of ‘Women with Wings’ for the 2025 FAI Young Artists Contest, harnessing ideas of exploration, liberty and courage as they celebrate the vital force of female aviators through their artworks. The […]
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FAI E-Drone Racing World Cup is launched!
The FAI recently released the following press release: Lausanne, Switzerland, 24 April 2024 – Unleash your drone racing skills and join the new e-sport challenge against other pilots from around the world without having to leave your favourite gaming chair: the very first FAI E-Drone Racing World Cup is here! FAI […]
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Team USA Takes First Place at World Championships
The flying is finished and Team USA’s, Senior category has taken first place at the FAI F1D World Championships for Indoor Model Aircraft in Slănic, Romania! The Junior team finished second. Individually, Kang Lee placed first in the Senior category, Daniel Guo finished on top in the Junior category, and […]
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Drone Racing Scheduled for World Games 2025
By Rob Kurek | Communications Director The Fédération Aéronautique International (FAI) has confirmed that drone racing will be featured at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China. The event is scheduled for August 7-17, 2025. According to a FAI news release, this follows the debut of drone racing at the […]
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2024 FAI F1D World Championships for Indoor Model Aircraft
National Free Flight Society (NFFS) President David Lindley provided the following report about the upcoming Indoor Free Flight World Championships: The US F1D team is preparing once again to return to the 2024 F1D World Championships in Slanic, Romania March 23-26, 2024. Since 1961, Team USA has had an incredible […]
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The World Is Coming to Muncie Next Summer!
The 2024 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) will host the F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft at the International Aeromodeling Center (IAC) in Muncie, Indiana, August 11-17, 2024. Classes participating include F2A (CL Speed), F2B (CL Aerobatics), F2C (CL Team Racing), and F2D (CL Combat). A website with more […]
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Team USA Places Second in World Drone Racing Championship
This press release was provided to AMA by the Federation Aeronautique International (FAI). Namwon, Korea, 10 October 2023 – The 2023 FAI World Drone Racing Championship (WDRC) came to a close yesterday after four days of thrilling competition in Namwon, Korea. This prestigious competition brought together the 115 world’s top […]
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New CIAM Award Honors Ten Americans
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) recently announced a new award, the CIAM Legends Medal to honor pilots who have won the title of FAI World Champion in any aeromodeling or spacemodeling competition three times. Ten Americans will be honored October 26-27, 2023, at the FAI General Conference’s opening ceremony in […]
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CIAM Legends Medal Introduced
The Fédération Aéronautique International (FAI) recently announced a new medal to honor the pilots who have won the title of FAI World Champion in any aeromodeling or spacemodeling competition three times. From a recent FAI news release: “The CIAM Legends Medal, established by the FAI Aeromodeling Commission (CIAM) in 2022, […]
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Three US teams recently traveled overseas to compete in world championships. The FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Australia saw Team USA take home the gold medal. Individually, Andrew Jesky placed second and Jason Shulman was third. The FAI F1ABC World Championships took place in France; National […]
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