02 Oct 2023
05 Oct 2023
By Ruth E. Wilson (AUS), Gas Balloon Pilot and member of FAI Ballooning Commission Public & Media Relations Sub-Committee. Right now in Alberquerque, USA, 17 teams from nine countries are settling into pre-race planning mode, prior to launching their gas balloons at the 66th Coupe Aéronautique...
02 Nov
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14 Oct 2023
In the fast-paced FAI Control Line Combat category, the two agile pilots inside a circular boundary weave around one another to keep their aircraft aloft and score points against their opponent. Quick-witted attack and defence tactics are deployed as the planes twist and turn in the sky. The pilots...
04 Oct 2023
The 66th edition of the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett , also known as the FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship, will commence this Saturday from Albuquerque, USA. A total of 17 gas balloons will take flight at 1800 MDT on 7 October (0000 UTC on Sunday 8 October). The competition...
02 Oct 2023
The city of Namwon in the Republic of Korea is buzzing with excitement as the world’s best drone racing pilots have arrived to compete in the 2023 FAI World Drone Racing Championship (WDRC) , part of the World Drone Festa. Renowned as the biggest competition of its kind, a total of 115 competitors...