From the US Senior Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) F3J team, courtesy of AMA member Josh Glabb: There is a GoFundMe fundraiser for the 2024 US Senior FAI F3J Team that will compete in the FAI World Championships for Model Gliders in Norway in late July. The F3J team pilots include Amy Pool, Neal Huffman, Jody Miller, Dave Bradley […]
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US Fields Five World Championships Teams in 2024
This is a busy year for the US in Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) competition. US teams will participate in five world championships. The first one is the F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in Elverum, Norway, July 28 through August 4. Second is the F1ABP Junior World Championship for Free […]
Continue readingFAI Young Artists Contest theme for 2025 announced
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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