08 Apr 2016
The 2016 Plenary Meeting of the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) was held from 18 – 19 March 2016 in Cala Millor, Mallorca Island, Spain. Please find below the main decisions and discussions during the meeting: Discussions • The Commission discussed about the FAI World Air Games 2015 in Dubai, UAE...
12 Jul 2016
On Tuesday, 12 July at 07:30 Local Time (00:30 UTC), Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov, 65, took off in a hot-air balloon in Northam, Western Australia, in a bid to beat the record time for a solo flight around the world. This has only been achieved once before by no other than the late American...
22 Jul 2016
The list of open countries, where the gas balloons of the 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett can fly, is now published. The balloons will lift off from Gladbeck, Germany, on 16 September 2016. The winning team will be the one that flies the furthest away from the take-off site.
23 Jul 2016
Russian veteran traveler Fedor Konyukhov, 64, landed safe and sound near the small town of Bonnie Rock on 23 July at 16.15 local time (08.15 UTC) after a 11 day 8 hours and 42 minutes flight in a Roziere combined (hybrid) hot-air and helium gas balloon challenging the 2002 performance of aviation...
27 Jul 2016
The FAI received the following records claims from the Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov, 64, who completed his circumnavigation on Saturday 23 July 2016 by landing near Bonnie Rock (AUS) in a Roziere combined hot-air and helium gas balloon: ID CLASS SUB-CLASS TYPE OF WORLD RECORD PERFORMANCE DATE...
02 Sep 2016
The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett is taking off soon in Gladbeck, Germany – we explain more about this amazing balloon race... What exactly is the Gordon Bennett balloon race? The Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett is the world’s “oldest and most prestigious event in aviation” according to...
