FAI Annual Report 2015

FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale FAI – The World Air Sports Federation

Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 1 Contents President’s Foreword 3 President’s Foreword

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11 Air Sports 12 Championships & Events 14 Events & Athletes Statistics

16 Achievements 17 International Records 19 Awards Ceremony 21 FAI Young Artists Contest

23 Expertise 2015 was a milestone year for our Federation. The FAI Aside from the competitions, I was especially delighted by About FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015, organised by our friends the universal dimension of the event. These Games were for 26 General Information from the Emirates Aerosports Federation in December, everyone, uniting cultures, nationalities and backgrounds. 27 General Conference was a resounding success. They will mark the history of They built bridges between the athletes of the different FAI and will stay in our memories as a true celebration sports, and created a real sense of air sports community 29 Members The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, of air sports. which can only develop a positive dynamic for the future. 30 Sponsorship & Partnership FAI – The World Air Sports Federation, was founded in 1905. It is a non-governmental and non-profit These were the record Games: 951 athletes competed All in all, I am proud of what we achieved with the Games. making international organisation recognised by in 40 medal events of 11 air sports at no less than six Since the competition was awarded to the Emirates 32 Annexes the IOC with the basic aim of furthering aeronautical different venues in the sunny and friendly city of Dubai. Aerosports Federation in 2014, the whole FAI community 32 FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Results and astronautical activities worldwide, ratifying From the small model aircraft to the imposing airships, the got into action to collaborate closely with the Organising 37 List of 2015 Competition Results international records and coordinating the organisation range of competitions was such that the spectators could Committee. I want to salute the work accomplished by the 47 List of 2015 International Records of international competitions. After over a century discover and enjoy the full extent of air sports – without Host, the Officials, the Commissions, the Members, the of steady growth, FAI is now an organisation of mentioning the impressive air shows and demonstration Head Office and all the volunteers who spent a tremendous 53 List of 2015 Awards more than 100 member countries, forming a strong flights which also entertained the crowds. amount of energy and time to make the competition 55 List of Members network linking all those who participate in air happen. The challenges were great, as was the complexity I cannot recount here all the fond memories that I have of 58 FAI Structure sports worldwide. in terms of logistics, but together we pulled it off. Thank the event, for they are too many. However I will mention you for your hard work. two that particularly stand out for me: the impressive 60 Credits opening ceremony in the presence of all the athletes and I am also grateful to our hosts for their hospitality and officials. And as a balloon pilot, I will always remember generosity. The Organising Committee, under the leadership the extraordinary vision of the hot air balloons flying over of FAI World Air Games President H.E. Saeed Mohammed the skyscrapers of the city. What a beautiful spectacle, Harib, Vice President H.E. Nasser Hmouda Al Neyady and and what a unique opportunity to share our passion with Director H.E. Yousif Hassan Al Hammadi, made sure that the whole population of Dubai! everything took place in the best possible conditions.

I note that we have always kept in mind FAI’s mission to With the success of the Dubai event, we can now look promote air sports internationally. The efforts to reach out optimistically at the future of the FAI World Air Games, our to the world that we put in, together with the organiser, in flagship event. I already look forward to the next edition! terms of competition format and communication, paid back. The media and public response was beyond expectations and shows that we must continue in this direction to get the promotion and attention for our events that they deserve.

2 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 3 The 2015 competition scene, while occupied by the FAI aeronautics through his involvement and dedication to World Air Games at the end of the year, also featured 710 Ballooning. Alan Eustace received the Breitling Milestone Championships and regional competitions. Three events Trophy for his breath-taking parachuting record, and were selected and supported by our sponsor Breitling, fellow American Jarett Martin, the only wheelchair bound with whom we continued our collaboration: the 59th skydiver to have participated in an FAI World Championship, Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Pau, France; the received the Breitling Youngster Award. 28th FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Châteauroux, At the General Conference the “FAI 2020” concept was also France; and the 6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix presented. Its objective is to redesign the FAI brand, so Championship in Varese, Italy. I congratulate the organisers as to better fulfil FAI’s mission in favour of its Members on turning their competitions into great popular events, and Community around the world, now and in the coming on location and in the media. years. The concept, together with the action plan, will Our partnership with Red Bull Air Race, which includes shape the future of our Federation and sports. providing a Safety Delegate, the approval of the sporting The Conference voted the inclusion of two new Active rules and the production of medals for the winners by Members: the Fédération Algérienne des Sports Aériens FAI, carried on successfully. We are delighted to be linked and the Aeronautical Federation of Kosovo. To both to such a captivating event which offers flying aces the organisations I convey my warm welcome. I look forward chance to measure up to each other in thrilling competitions to working with them on the promotion and expansion of followed by millions of fans. air sports. Exceptional skills are not only in evidence at competitions, but Finally, I would like to thank all of you, Event Organisers, also during record flights. I find the incredible performances Commissions, Members, volunteers, officials, sponsor, such as that of the Solar Impulse team, but also the less partner and Head Office staff, for your work and dedication known achievements, inspiring and moving. Along with to the service of FAI and air sports. ratifying the 2015 records, we celebrated all year long the most striking and interesting performances drawn from our record archives.

The 2015 FAI Awards Ceremony at the 109th FAI General Conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, saw the most active contributors to air sports celebrated. I was delighted to present our prestigious medals and diplomas to such esteemed members of our community. The FAI Gold Air Medal was awarded to Hans Akerstedt from Sweden, who Dr. John Grubbström was rewarded for his outstanding role in the progress of FAI President

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For 12 days, Dubai was filled with thrilling competitions and incredible air shows, turning the motto of the Games – “The Sky is our Stadium” – into reality.

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The FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 was the biggest AIR SPORTS IN THE CITY multi-air sports competition ever organised. Another particular feature of these Games, beyond their From 1 to 12 December, 951 athletes from 52 countries exceptionally large scale, is that they brought air sports to competed for the much sought-after title of FAI World Air the people, as all the six venues were only a short distance Games Champion. Eleven sports were in the competition from Dubai and its over two million inhabitants. programme: Aerobatics, Aeromodelling, Aerostats, Amateur-Built Aircraft, General Aviation, Gliding, The main competition venue was Skydive Dubai Palm Microlights, Paramotors, Parachuting, Paragliding and Jumeirah. Its location on a strip of land reclaimed from the Rotorcraft. Never before were so many athletes from so sea at the edge of the city allowed the various activities of many air sports given a stage to display their talents. the Games to be visible to anyone living or working in the high-rise buildings of the area. Another field of play was the The Symposium on Medical Challenges in Extreme ice rink of the Dubai Mall, where the Indoor Aeromodelling Air Sports and in Aviation, a side-event at the Games, event took place. Its wide open space at the heart of what attracted world-leading health and aviation experts on is one of the world’s busiest shopping centres gave the 4 and 5 December. opportunity to the many passers-by to discover and enjoy the skilled manoeuvres of the model aircraft flying to the The Emirates Aerosports Federation, since being sound of music. awarded the Games in June 2014, put great effort into making this event an unforgettable success, in close A GLOBAL IMPACT AND A LASTING LEGACY collaboration with FAI and its community of volunteers. Sharing the host’s concern to make the Games a global event, the Federation participated in ensuring international CELEBRATION OF AIR SPORTS coverage, whether it be on TV, press or social media. The positive response to the communication efforts proved Great care was given to the format of the competitions. once again the great potential for air sports. The objective was to present all the sports at their best, in a way that would equally satisfy the athletes and the The success of the Games in Dubai and their worldwide spectators, while ensuring they be adapted to the special impact were also crucial for the Federation in the long- flying conditions of the desert and over water. The Glider term. Building upon this success, FAI can now look to the Match Racing event was created especially for the Games. future of the FAI World Air Games optimistically, and focus Staying in view of the public located at the venue, identical on attracting the attention of bidders for the next edition gliders competed against each other in an exciting one- of the competition. to-one regatta-style competition.

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COMPETITION COMMUNICATION

Sports 11 FACEBOOK Disciplines 40 Posts 138 Venues 6 Reach 5,471,375

ATHLETES TWITTER

Total 951 Tweets 189 Male / Female 837 / 114 Impressions 144,351 Overseas / Domestic 902 / 49 Competing nations 52 YOUTUBE

Continental reach 6 Videos 38 Views 47,008 MEDAL TABLE BY COUNTRY WEBSITE COUNTRY Gold Silver Bronze Total Articles 52 United States of America 7 4 6 17 Page views 78,542 France 6 10 2 18 Russia 6 4 3 13 NEWSLETTER Germany 3 2 1 6 China 3 2 1 6 Issues 12 Poland 2 5 0 7

Switzerland 1 1 3 5 MEDIA United Kingdom 1 1 3 5 Press releases 61 Belgium 1 1 1 3 Press clippings 887 Romania 1 1 0 2

TV

Webclips 19 News 2 Highlight shows 2

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After more than 100 years of human flight, the general public is still fascinated by air sports. At the opening ceremony of the 28th FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Châteauroux, France, the crowds gathered to cheer the pilots and admire the French Air Force display team.

11 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Air Sports Championships & Events www.fai.org / events → FLICKR → YOUTUBE

The event year 2015, which culminated with the FAI World 59th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Air Games in December, has been bustling with activity for all air sports. In total, 69 Championships and 641 Seventeen gas balloons from eight nations competed in the Category 2 competitions registered in the FAI Events 59th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett long-distance Calendar have taken place all around the globe. race. About 5,000 spectators supported the teams at the launch site in Pau, South-West France, on the evening of Several disciplines made their debut on the world competition 28 August. Emotions were at their highest when the world’s scene, such as Indoor Skydiving, Wingsuit Performance best gas balloon pilots lifted off to the sound of their Flying and Speed Skydiving. national anthems. After an excitingly tight finale on the fourth night, Kurt Frieden and Pascal Witprächtiger from HIGHLIGHT EVENTS Switzerland won the competition by landing the furthest away, near Jaczno, Poland, an impressive 2,080.80 km FAI brought additional resources, including worldwide from the departure point. TV production and distribution, to three selected events to ensure their international media coverage. These 6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship competitions were also granted full support and branding by FAI’s sponsor Breitling. Maximilian Seis from France was the surprise winner of the 6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship which 28th FAI World Aerobatic Championships took place in Varese, Italy, from 5 to 12 September. At the age of 22, although the youngest and one of the least The 28th FAI World Aerobatic Championships were held experienced pilots, he proved that talent and motivation from 20 to 29 August in the French city of Châteauroux. are two of the most important factors in winning such a Playing at home, France topped almost all the rankings: competition. Seis won two of the races, was 4th in two, general and male (Alexandre Orlowski), female (Aude and placed 6th on the other race day, thus earning points Lemordant), and national team. The gold medal for Final on each day and flying very consistently. Freestyle was the only one to slip from their grasp. That went to Rob Holland from USA, who thus became the first pilot in the history of the Championships to win this programme three times in a row (2011, 2013, 2015).

The competition proved to be a great popular success all week long. The public attendance culminated on the “The public attendance last day with some 60,000 visitors present at the airfield. culminated on the last day with some 60,000 visitors present at the airfield.”

12 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 13 EVENTS BY SPORTS COUNTRIES PARTICIPATION IN 2015 Air Sports Aerobatics 2013 2014 2015 WORLD AND CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS World * 3 5 4 Argentina 3 Continental 1 1 1 Australia 11 Events & Athletes Austria 25 Category 2 1 0 0 Belarus 5 Total 5 6 5 Belgium 16 Statistics Aeromodelling 2013 2014 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Brazil World * 10 10 9 7 Bulgaria 6 Continental 8 6 5 Canada 7 Category 2 297 314 312 Chile 1 Total 315 330 326 China 7 Chinese Taipei Amateur-built and Experimental Aircraft 2013 2014 2015 4 Colombia 3 World * 0 0 1 Croatia TOTAL CATEGORY 1 AND 2 EVENTS ORGANISED BY NATIONAL AIRSPORT CONTROLS (NACS) IN 2015 3 Category 2 1 0 0 Cyprus 1 Czech Republic Total 1 0 1 29 Democratic People’s Ballooning 2013 2014 2015 Republic of Korea 1 World* 0 3 1 Denmark 13 Ecuador Continental 1 0 2 2 Estonia 3 36 Other Category 1 3 2 2 5 Finland 15 1 Category 2 3 1 2 France 28 FYR of Macedonia 2 16 Total 7 6 7 4 Germany 31 24 General Aviation 2013 2014 2015 Greece 1 8 10 1 3 World * 1 1 10 Guatemala 1 Hong Kong, China 4 Continental 1 0 0 2 2 1 Hungary 15 5 15 Category 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 India 1 1 5 Total 1 9 11 Indonesia 1 Gliding 2013 2014 2015 Ireland 2 4 Israel 15 12 5 World * 3 3 5 Italy 19 3 7 Continental 2 0 3 Japan 10 Category 2 37 55 25 Kazakhstan 7 2 Total 42 58 33 Kuwait 1 Latvia 5 Hang Gliding 2013 2014 2015 Liechtenstein 16 7 5 World 1 4 1 Lithuania 4 14 2 Category 2 78 69 70 Luxemburg 5 Malaysia Total 79 73 71 1 4 Mexico 2 Microlights & Paramotors 2013 2014 2015 Monaco 1 World * 1 2 2 Mongolia 1 Continental 2 1 2 Montenegro 1 Nepal 7 Category 2 3 5 0 Netherlands 11 Total 6 8 4 New Zealand 10 9 12 Parachuting 2013 2014 2015 Norway 10 Philippines World * 0 7 3 8 4 Poland 16 10 Continental 5 0 6 Portugal 5 3 NUMBER OF EVENTS 12 18 Other Category 1 6 3 7 Qatar 6 5 33 Republic of Korea 5 18 Category 2 4 10 15 31 Romania 13 Total 15 20 31 800 47 Russia 24 732 11 Paragliding 2013 2014 2015 710 2 21 San Marino 1 700 697 30 672 19 World * 2 0 3 Saudi Arabia 2 646 641 7 Serbia 4 600 11 Continental 0 4 0 Singapore 6 12 Other Category 1 1 0 0 Slovakia 13 500 Category 2 220 218 216 Slovenia 10 South Africa 10 400 Total 223 222 219 Spain 18 Rotorcraft 2013 2014 2015 Sweden 21 300 World * 0 0 2 Switzerland 17

Category 1 Category 2 Total Thailand 1 200 Category 2 1 0 0 Tunisia 1 Total 1 0 2 Turkey 5 100 Red Bull Air Race 2013 2014 2015 51 60 69 United Arab Emirates 6 United Kingdom 0 World 0 8 8 25 United States of America 14 2013 2014 2015 Ukraine 11 * Including the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 Uruguay 4 Venezuela 2

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2015 was full of these emotional moments where the beauty of air sports is shown at its peak. One of them was Bertrand Piccard greeting André Borschberg upon his arrival in Hawaii from Japan aboard Solar Impulse.

16 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Achievements André Borschberg (SUI) → FLICKR → YOUTUBE International −− WORLD RECORDS −− EXPERIMENTAL / NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Records SOLAR-POWERED AEROPLANE www.fai.org / records −− Free distance along a course −− Duration On 28 June 2015, André Borschberg took off from Nagoya, Japan, aboard Solar Impulse. After 117 h 52 min in the air he finally touched down in Hawaii, USA, having flown a distance of 7039.9 km – all that without using a drop of fuel. This flight was part of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg’s journey started in Abu Dhabi in March 2015, which resulted in several world records. Taking turns to pilot the single-seat solar aircraft, they travelled about 20,000 km and crossed half of the Pacific Ocean before reaching Hawaii in July.

Drawing up rules, controlling and ratifying aeronautical → and astronautical records represent important aspects Jackie Harper (GBR) FLICKR of FAI activities. Since the first record-setting flights were recorded in 1906, more than 16,000 world records have been ratified by FAI to date. The list of record- −− WORLD RECORDS holders includes prestigious personalities such as −− PARACHUTING Charles Lindbergh, Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, Jacqueline Cochran, Steve Fossett and Bertrand Piccard. WINGSUIT FLYING RECORD −− Greatest Distance The full list of 2015 records can be found on pages 47 – 52. −− Greatest Speed −− Longest Time Jackie Harper set the first three female wingsuit world records on 26, 27 and 28 May 2015 while competing in the 1st FAI World Cup of Wingsuit Performance Flying in Netheravon, United Kingdom: longest time (78.4 sec), greatest distance (4.059 km) and greatest speed (271.5 km / h). 2015 was the first year in which Wingsuit records were ratified by FAI.

Troy Bradley (USA) / → FLICKR Tijl Schmelzer / → FLICKR Leonid Tiukhtyaev (RUS) Bert Schmelzer (BEL)

−− WORLD RECORDS −− AFRICAN RECORD −− BALLOONING −− GLIDING

GAS BALLOONS: 12,000 TO 16,000 M³ OPEN CLASS GLIDERS −− Distance −− Speed over a triangular course of 100 km −− Duration Tijl Schmelzer and his father Bert were the very first to pass the 200 km / h barrier using thermals rather than mountain Having taken off from Saga, Japan, on 25 January 2015, Troy waves. Flying a Binder EB28 glider from Kiripotib, Namibia, Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev landed their Two Eagles balloon they broke the African record for speed over a triangular on 31 January off the coast of Baja California in Mexico, thus course of 100 km by reaching 205.89 km / h on 6 January 2015. completing the crossing of the Pacific Ocean. They broke the two records of duration (160 h 34 min) and distance (10711.6 km) in the process.

17 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 18 Achievements Diploma for Outstanding Airmanship Awards −− Jason Andrew LAING (NZL) [picture] Louis Blériot Medal Ceremony −− Klaus OHLMANN (GER) www.fai.org / awards → FLICKR FAI Aeromodelling Gold Medal −− Bengt – Olof SAMUELSSON (SWE) FAI Gold Rotorcraft Medal −− Galina SHPIGOVSKAYA (RUS) Charles Lindbergh General Aviation Diploma −− Vagn JENSEN (DEN)

The 2015 FAI Awards Ceremony celebrated the Paul Tissandier Diploma Phoenix Diploma achievements of air sports men and women through −− Bernard DECRE (FRA) −− Renzo CATELLANI (ITA) the prestigious FAI Medals and Diplomas, and the −− Edouard DEVENOGES (NZL) FAI-Breitling Awards. The event took place on −− Jitsirin Patty DIDYASARIN (THA) Lilienthal Gliding Medal 24 September 2015 aboard the ship SS Rotterdam −− Claude ESCHETTE (LUX) −− Prof. Dr. Loek BOERMANS (NED) docked in the harbour of her namesake city in the −− Vladimir ILYINSKY (RUS) Netherlands, as part of the 109th FAI General Conference. −− Fabio NICOLAI (ITA) Pelagia Majewska Gliding Medal −− Ritz DE LUY (NED) FAI President Dr. John Grubbström presented the awards −− Marian POPESCU (ROU) to the recipients present at the ceremony. −− Bruno WINKLER GUNTHER (CHI) Angelo d’Arrigo Diploma The full list of 2015 Awards can be found on page 53. −− Ultralight Aviation Club of Moscow, FAI Group Diploma of Honour Technical University of Civil Aviation −− Royal Swedish Aero Club (SWE) (UAC MTUCA) (RUS) [picture] Henri Mignet Diploma −− Eric Raymond (SLO)

FAI Gold Air Medal Breitling Milestone Trophy This medal is the FAI’s highest award, alongside the −− Alan EUSTACE (USA) [picture] Gold Space Medal. It is reserved for those who have For his development of a self-contained flight system contributed greatly to the development of aeronautics for manned stratospheric exploration, and for advancing by their activities, work, achievements, initiative or space crew egress systems, setting three FAI Absolute devotion to the cause of Aviation. World Records in the process.

−− Hans AKERSTEDT (SWE) Breitling Youngster Award For his great contribution to the development of Aeronautics through his involvement and dedication −− Jarrett MARTIN (USA) to Ballooning. For his active participation in national and international parachuting competitions which set a new standard for what young athletes with physical disabilities can do in air sports.

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Contest 2. Sakuya WATANABE (JPN) www.fai.org / about-fai / fai-young-artists-contest Xinyi ZHANG (USA) → FLICKR → YOUTUBE

The FAI Young Artists Contest is a painting competition Intermediate Category where youngsters from the age of 6 to 17 have a chance to express their artistic talent and passion for flight. (Ages 10 – 13) The theme for the 2015 edition was «Create a poster for the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015». 1. Jasmin YOON (USA) [painting]

The contest was first organised at a national level in 18 2. Yana SERGEYCHIK (RUS) FAI member countries: China, Cyprus, Egypt, France, 3. Ozan MERCAN (TUR) Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Nepal, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA. The national winning paintings were then sent to the FAI Head Office, where the jury selected the international winners.

“When choosing the FAI World Air Games as the theme for 2015 we hoped to make thousands of young people aware of this fantastic competition. We also saw it as a Senior Category great opportunity for them to learn more about the sports (Ages 14 – 17) featuring in the event programme and the exciting city of Dubai. Looking at the wonderful paintings we received, 1. Xiao HU (CHN) [painting] I am delighted to see that this objective has been fully reached!” said FAI Young Artists Contest Coordinator 2. Xincheng ZHOU (USA) Suzie Gebb. 3. Juria HIROSE (JPN)

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The Experts are called upon when there is a need for competences in specific areas. Education is one of them, as FAI is conscious that youngsters represent the future of aviation and air sports.

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The Experts from the Technical Commissions and Experts The growing number of “Therapeutic Use Exemptions” sent Groups give advice and recommendations across a wide to the FAI Head Office show the increasing awareness of field of technical and aeronautical expertise for the air sports athletes of the role of medicaments on their benefit of the Executive Board, the FAI Members and performance. www.fai.org/cimp-anti-doping-programme the Air Sport Commissions.

They are active in the following fields: airspace, education, ENVIRONMENT environment, facilities, IT, medico-physiological, navigation, The FAI Environmental Commission created a newsletter new technology, regulation and safety. to bring to the public the most important trends and innovations from the growing field of environmentally SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL CHALLENGES conscious pilots and technicians. IN EXTREME AIR SPORTS AND IN AVIATION The Commission also worked on a “Green Label” for FAI- The Symposium on Medical Challenges in Extreme Air branded events and a full service is now ready to deploy Sports and in Aviation took place on 4 and 5 December in order to help air sports minimise their environmental as a side-event to the FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015. impact as well as to certify their events in this respect. More than 120 aeromedical doctors and experts from www.fai.org/environment around the world were in attendance. They met world- renowned speakers such as Dr. Melchor Antunano of the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Dr. Antony Evans of the EDUCATION International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), and multiple As every year, the FAI Young Artists Contest gave an gliding record breaker Dr. Klaus Ohlmann. opportunity to budding artists in three age categories to express themselves artistically about a subject related to Organised by the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission, aviation. The winners, chosen by an International Jury from the Emirates Aerosports Federation and the Dubai medical the Education Experts Group, received FAI gold, silver or authorities, the event was meant as a platform for the bronze medals. Results can be found on pages 22 and 23 communication of experience and research in medical and all the winning paintings at: aspects of aviation sports, with a special focus on safety. www.fai.org/fai-young-artists-contest/history.

ANTI-DOPING In 2015, FAI granted the status of “Recommended Museums” to the Irish Aviation Foundation (IRL), the Centro Studi Del Following the new version of the World Anti-Doping Code Volo a Vela Alpino (ITA), the Museum-Monument Francisco by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), FAI revised its FAI Sarabia (MEX) and the Anderson Abruzzo International Anti-Doping Rules. After a thorough and careful review, Balloon Museum (USA). they were approved by the FAI Executive Board and WADA. Both WADA and FAI documents came into force on 1st January 2015.

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This chapter presents the 109th FAI General Conference in Rotterdam, the status of FAI Membership and the Federation’s activities with its global sponsor Breitling and partner Red Bull Air Race.

26 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents General Information General Conference www.fai.org / structure / general-conference → FLICKR

The Delegates of the FAI Members gathered in SPORTS AND BRANDING STRATEGY −− Membership survey OPEN FORUM Rotterdam, The Netherlands, to attend the 109th FAI Results of a first round of surveys were shown. More The Executive Board presented the “FAI 2020” concept Several Delegates came up on stage to share their experience General Conference organised on 25 and 26 September detailed results of the survey will be presented to the which includes a review and refining of the FAI Brand as well or provide information on various topics. Bruno Delor 2015 by the Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association. Conference in 2016. as a strategy to further develop air sports in all aspects. explained the new challenges stemming from the activities The Sessions were preceded by the 2015 FAI Awards −− Multi-sport events of drones; Gr. Captain Veerayuth Didyasarin presented the Ceremony, where the prestigious FAI and FAI-Breitling Multi-sports events such as The World Games 2017 in PROJECTS project for the establishment of the Air Sports Federation Awards were presented to the recipients. Wroclaw, Poland, and the Asian Beach Games will be of Asia (AFA); Sergey Ananov gave a vivid account of his Reports on different projects were made during the a perfect playground to showcase air sports. H.E. Yousif Al Hammadi, Director of the FAI World Air attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a helicopter, which Conference. They included: −− Commissions and OSTIV Games Dubai 2015, brought the torch of the event to abruptly ended after it crashed into the sea between Each Commission President reported on the the Conference and updated the Delegates on the −− Organiser Agreement Canada and Greenland. activities of their sports and field and highlighted the The new Organiser Agreement under development preparations for the competition. main challenges they are currently facing, as well as will be rolled out in 2016. FINANCE their objectives for the future. For the first time, workshops were held before the −− FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 The FAI Executive Director (Finance) reported on the 2014 Sessions to allow the attendees to learn and discuss Everyone’s motivation was very high to make sure NEW RECOMMENDED MUSEUMS Financial Statements and the General Conference adopted about selected topics such as Anti-doping and IT services. this competition would be a great success and a the Auditor’s Report for the year 2014. Later, the Delegates −− Irish Aviation Foundation (IRL) milestone event for air sports. It would be a great also approved the budget for FAI operations in 2016. opportunity for FAI to build on this success to further −− Centro Studi Del Volo a Vela Alpino (ITA) develop media and public friendly multi-sports −− Museum-Monument Francisco Sarabia (MEX) All details on the FAI finances, including the report of the competitions. FAI auditors Price Waterhouse Coopers, are set out in −− Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon the Minutes of the General Conference and available as −− Marketing and Communication Museum (USA) FAI is now communicating regularly in several annexes to the Minutes. languages to report on competitions and activities, NEW MEMBERS to celebrate aeronautic or astronautic record ELECTIONS anniversaries, and to make announcements. Special −− Fédération Algérienne des Sports Aériens There were no elections in 2015, except for the Statutes efforts were made to increase the promotion (ALG) – Active Member Working Group and Active Members Representatives on the of selected events, which included audiovisual −− Aeronautical Federation of Kosovo (KOS) – FAI Air Sport General Commission CASI (France, Germany, production and distribution. Active Member Hong Kong, Switzerland, United Kingdom). −− Regional Management System East & South Asia Regional Vice President Tengku APPOINTMENT OF COMPANIONS OF HONOUR MINUTES Abdillah from Malaysia reported on the development −− Max Bishop (GBR) of air sports in the region. The Minutes of the General Conference are available at −− Robert Clipsham (CAN) −− FAI Anti-Doping Programme www.fai.org/structure/general-conference. A new World Anti-Doping Code was implemented on the 1st January 2015 but with no major change for FAI. FUTURE GENERAL CONFERENCES The next FAI General Conference will take place from 14 to 15 October 2016 in Bali, Indonesia. The host of the 111th FAI General Conference in 2017 will be decided at a later stage.

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Active Members

Associate Members

Temporary Members

FAI International Affiliate Members

−− AFRICAN AIR SPORTS FEDERATION −− ARAB AIR SPORTS FEDERATION −− ASIANIA −− COLPAR −− EUROPE AIRSPORTS −− O.S.T.I.V. −− SEGELFLUGSZENE GGMBH

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BREITLING RED BULL AIR RACE Breitling, the technical watch specialist, continued as FAI’s Created in 2003, the Red Bull Air Race has been followed official sponsor in 2015. Highlights were the two prestigious by millions of fans at over 50 races held worldwide. The FAI-Breitling Awards and Breitling’s full branding and Red Bull Air Race World Championship features the world’s support to selected FAI Category 1 events. best race pilots in a pure motor-sport competition that combines speed, precision and skill. The pilots use the FAI-Breitling Awards fastest, most agile and lightweight racing planes to navigate The 2015 Breitling Milestone Trophy was awarded to Alan a predefined, low-level aerial racetrack of air-filled pylons Eustace from USA, who set three world records with his (air gates) with the aim of finishing in the fastest time stratospheric parachuting jump. possible, incurring as few penalties as possible. The 2015 Breitling Youngster Award was given to Jarrett The FAI is delighted to have been the partner of such a Martin from USA for his active participation in parachuting thrilling and successful series as the Red Bull Air Race competitions, which set a new standard for what young since 2005. According to the agreement between both athletes with physical disabilities can do in air sports. parties, the Federation provides FAI medals especially designed for the Red Bull Air Race; all races are included The two awards were presented by FAI President Dr. John in the FAI Events Calendar; and the FAI approves the race Grubbström at the Awards Ceremony of the FAI General Rules & Regulations. Furthermore, an FAI Safety Delegate Conference, in the presence of Monika Pieren from Breitling attends all events to supervise safety aspects. and record-breaking balloon pilot Brian Jones. The 2015 season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Competitions featured eight locations spanning four continents. The series started in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), followed by In 2015, the following Category 1 events were granted stops in Chiba (Japan), Rovinj (Croatia), Budapest (Hungary), support and branding by Breitling: Ascot (United Kingdom), Spielberg (Austria), Fort Worth −− 28th FAI World Aerobatic Championships (USA), and ending with the finale in Las Vegas (USA). British −− 59th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett pilot Paul Bonhomme won the overall Championship for −− 6th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship a third time. Furthermore, Breitling contributed to the success of the www.redbullairrace.com FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 by bringing the Breitling Wing Walkers to the air shows and supporting the VIP event organised by FAI. www.breitling.com

30 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 31 Annexes GENERAL AVIATION AIR NAVIGATION RACE OVERALL OVERALL FAI World Air Games Dubai 2015 1st: CIESIELSKI Astrid GER CIESIELSKI Marcus GER 2nd: LECHOWSKI Dariusz POL RADOMSKI Boleslaw POL 3rd: ECKARD Frank RSA ECKARD Cally RSA Results AIR NAVIGATION RACE LANDING ACCURACY OVERALL 1st: ECKARD Frank RSA ECKARD Cally RSA 2nd: CIESIELSKI Astrid GER CIESIELSKI Marcus GER AEROBATICS 3rd: KAGULIN Pavel RUS BYKOV Sergey RUS AIR NAVIGATION RACE

POWERED AEROBATICS OVERALL 1st: STROMME Petter NOR NOREVIK Kurt NOR OVERALL 2nd: LECHOWSKI Dariusz POL RADOMSKI Boleslaw POL 1st: MASUREL Olivier FRA 3rd: FARRE Toni ESP MANUEL Pablo ESP 2nd: KIELAK Artur POL 3rd: HOLLAND Rob USA GLIDER AEROBATICS GLIDING OVERALL 1st: BERTOSSIO Luca ITA GLIDER MATCH RACING 2nd: TOTH Ferenc HUN OVERALL 3rd: VAVRA Premysl CZE 1st: KAWA Sebastian POL 2nd: AMANN Werner AUT AEROMODELLING 3rd: HOLIGHAUS Thilo GER F3N – HELICOPTERS FREESTYLE MICROLIGHTS OVERALL 1st: WEBER Eric GER TRIKES 2nd: KO Huan Chen TPE OVERALL 3rd: PESCANTE Luca ITA 1st: BROOM David GBR F3T – SEMI-SCALE PYLON RACING MODEL AIRCRAFT 2nd: DEWHURST Paul GBR OVERALL 3rd: REES Keene GBR 1st: DE CHASTEL Bruce AUS AUTOGYROS 2nd: MÜLLER Mario GER OVERALL 3rd: ALLEN James USA 1st: VAN RAVENZWAAIJ Remco NED F2D – COMBAT MODEL AIRCRAFT 2nd: MORELL Tim QAT OVERALL 3rd: ROY Davis USA 1st: PROKOFJEVS Aleksandrs LAT 2nd: FORSS Jussi FIN 3rd: KÖNIGSHOFER Rudolf AUT PARAMOTORS F3P – INDOOR AEROBATICS

OVERALL PARAMOTORS 1st: PAUZUOLIS Donatas LTU OVERALL 2nd: GOLJEVSCEK Alan SLO 1st: MATEOS Alexandre FRA 3rd: McGRATH Devin USA 2nd: FICEK Piotr POL 3rd: PENONE Jérémy FRA AEROSTATS PARACHUTING HOT AIR BALLOONS OVERALL PARACHUTING FORMATION SKYDIVING 4-WAY OPEN 1st: STRASMANN David GER OVERALL 2nd: VLEGELS Steven BEL 1st: DE CLERQC Erwin BEL GRAUWELS Andy BEL 3rd: ZEBERLI Stefan SUI GRAUWELS David BEL JACOBS Danny BEL HOT AIR AIRSHIPS NOLLET Jeroen BEL PRAET Dennis BEL OVERALL 2nd: FARINA Christopher USA GOMES Thiago USA 1st: BAMBERSKI Wojciech POL HEMLIN Niklas USA HUGHES Thomas USA 2nd: BAKANOV Mikhail RUS PRICE Justin USA 3rd: KOSTIUSKEVICIUS Rimas LTU 3rd: GREDASOV Valery RUS ILYIN Valentin RUS KOROTKOV Vasily RUS KVOCHUR Alexandre RUS NIYAZOV Vadim RUS STASHCHENKO Evgeny RUS

32 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 33 PARACHUTING FORMATION SKYDIVING 4-WAY FEMALE PARACHUTING CANOPY FORMATION 4-WAY ROTATION OVERALL OVERALL 1st: DAVIDSON Jennifer USA DICKMEYER Laura USA 1st: FILIPPOV Sergey RUS ROGOZIN Alexey RUS SCOTT Janise USA NICHOLS Angela USA SOTSKOV Igor RUS SUSLOV Eduard RUS WOOSLEY Dannielle USA VIBE Sergey RUS VOLYNSKII Alexey RUS 2nd: LAYNAUD Michel FRA LE BOHEC Clémentine FRA 2nd: BOUCHARD Emmanuel FRA HUET David FRA LISSAJOUX Pamela FRA MALNIS Christine FRA MERLEN Adrien FRA POURCELOT Rodolphie FRA PECOUT Sophia FRA TRUFFAUT Frederic FRA 3rd: BISSON Valérie CAN BRETON Janylene CAN 3rd: HRYHAROVICH Piotr BLR KATUYEU Henadzi BLR DALLAIRE Marie-Eve CAN MARTEL Julie CAN KLISHEUSKI Henadzi BLR MAROZ Aliaksandr BLR POINT Renée CAN WITTMER Monika CAN RYBKA Yauheni BLR SIVITSKI Siarhei BLR PARACHUTING FORMATION SKYDIVING 8-WAY PARACHUTING ACCURACY LANDING TEAM MEN OVERALL OVERALL 1st: BLEWITT Justin USA COLEMAN Joshua USA 1st: MASTAFANOV Dmitry RUS IVANOV Alexander RUS DAVIDSON Matthew USA FLYNN David USA BURENIN Alexey RUS PROKOPIEV Valentin RUS GALLAGHER Sherri Jo USA ISENBARGER Kurt USA MAXIMOV Dmitry RUS MILLER Lawrence USA RUSSELL Michael USA 2nd: VEDMOCH Jindrich CZE GECNUK Jiri CZE STAHLER Jeshua USA STARR Andrew USA JIROUSEK Libor CZE TABOR Hynek CZE SWEENEY Sean USA KRIZ Miroslav CZE 2nd: AZAROV Ruslan RUS BARABASH Andrey RUS 3rd: KIRSHENKOV Dmitry BLR GURINOVICH Anton BLR SAMOKHVAL Dmitry RUS SHALAMYKHIN Oleg RUS BYSTROV Anton BLR FOMIN Oleg BLR TYCHINSKY Alexandre RUS GREDASOV Valery RUS POZDNIAKOV Ilia BLR ILYIN Valentin RUS KOROTKOV Vasily RUS PARACHUTING ACCURACY LANDING TEAM FEMALE KVOCHUR Alexandre RUS NIYAZOV Vadim RUS OVERALL STASHCHENKO Evgeny RUS 1st: KRAVCHENKO Olga RUS ZAVARIUGINA Olga RUS 3rd: BERNIER Guillaume FRA BERNIER Mathieu FRA LEPEZINA Olga RUS EKSHIKEEVA Liubov RUS HENAFF Olivier FRA LELEU Antoine FRA LAKTIONOVA Elena RUS LEMARIE Aurelien FRA LESIMPLE Eliott FRA 2nd: HAN QiuLi CHN LIU Yuxia CHN OLEK Julien FRA GACHADOAT Thomas Perrin FRA ZHANG Yangmei CHN ZHANG YunFei CHN SORLIN Damien FRA ZHAO Tian CHN PARACHUTING FORMATION SKYDIVING 4-WAY VFS 3rd: ZIMINA Natalia BLR FAMINA Aksana BLR OVERALL NOLOTSOIR Nataliya BLR FIODARAVA Yuliya BLR 1st: CASGRAIN Martin CAN LEMAY Benoit CAN STALKOVA Elena BLR LEMAY Martin CAN LEMAY Vincent CAN PARACHUTING ACCURACY LANDING JUNIOR MEN OUIMET Jean-Christophe CAN VADEBONCOEUR Jean-Sebastien CAN OVERALL 2nd: BIGEARD Guillaume FRA CAMPISTRON Nicolas FRA 1st: YANAN He CHN DRONEAU Emmanuelle FRA HENRY Edouard FRA 2nd: GRASER Sebastian AUT MAGAL Gregory FRA MELO Mickael FRA 3rd: AL NAQBI Suhail UAE 3rd: BLOCKHUYS Marc BEL CLAES Jurgen BEL PARACHUTING ACCURACY LANDING JUNIOR FEMALE DE COEYER Tom BEL OOMS Gilles BEL OVERALL PRAET Paul BEL VAN DEN EYDEN Gregor BEL 1st: ZHANG Ling CHN PARACHUTING ARTISTIC EVENTS - FREEFLYING 2nd: MARIS Diana–Andrea ROU OVERALL 3rd: CHORNAYA Marya BLR 1st: RAGULIN Alexandre RUS RAZOMAZOV Mikhail RUS PARACHUTING ACCURACY LANDING INDIVIDUAL MALE KONNOV Valery RUS OVERALL 2nd: PERROUIN Loic FRA RABUEL Pierre FRA 1st: MASTAFANOV Dmitry RUS ABY Yohann FRA 2nd: GURINOVICH Anton BLR 3rd: CAPSEY Paul S. GBR FREEMAN Sean GBR 3rd: GE Bin CHN PACEY David James GBR PARACHUTING ACCURACY LANDING INDIVIDUAL FEMALE PARACHUTING ARTISTIC EVENTS – FREESTYLE SKYDIVING OVERALL OVERALL 1st: ZHANG YunFei CHN 1st: ABY Yohann FRA PENNY William FRA 2nd: FERRAND Deborah FRA 2nd: KONNOV Valery RUS TARAKHOMIN Evgeny RUS 3rd: EKSHIKEEVA Liubov RUS 3rd: FESTI Amanda USA FESTI Brian USA PARACHUTING CANOPY PILOTING SPEED PARACHUTING CANOPY FORMATION 2-WAY SEQUENTIAL OVERALL OVERALL 1st: BATSCH Nick USA 1st: COLLOT Cindy FRA DELAY Charline FRA 2nd: BARTHOLOMEW Curtis USA TECHER Kevin FRA POULET Jean-Michel FRA 3rd: MIHAI Cornelia UAE 2nd: ANDRIYCHUK Alexandr RUS KARPUKHIN Ivan RUS KOSTIN Denis RUS KULAKOV Sergey RUS PARACHUTING CANOPY PILOTING DISTANCE 3rd: ERIKSSON Lars SWE GUERRERO DONOSO Claudia SWE OVERALL NILSSON Jonas SWE NORIN Henrik SWE 1st: MIHAI Cornelia UAE 2nd: BERNIER Guillaume FRA 3rd: MOLL Pablo Hernandez ESP

34 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 35 PARACHUTING CANOPY PILOTING ACCURACY OVERALL Annexes 1st: BARTHOLOMEW Curtis USA 2nd: WEBER JENSEN Christian DEN 3rd: BATSCH Nick USA List of 2015 Competition Results PARACHUTING CANOPY PILOTING NATIONAL TEAM OVERALL 1st: BARTHOLOMEW Curtis USA BATSCH Nick USA GALLE Gage USA 2nd: GUIHO Julien FRA BERNIER Guillaume FRA RIOS Cedric Veiga FRA 3rd: WEBER JENSEN Christian DEN GEJDA Kenneth DEN KALLEHAVE Peter DEN AEROBATICS PARACHUTING CANOPY PILOTING COMBINED OVERALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1st: BARTHOLOMEW Curtis USA 28TH FAI WORLD AEROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS (CHÂTEAUROUX-DÉOLS, FRANCE) 2nd: BATSCH Nick USA 20.08.2015 – 29.08.2015 3rd: MIHAI Cornelia UAE MEN TEAM MEN PARACHUTING CANOPY PILOTING FREESTYLE 1st: ORLOWSKI Alexandre FRA 1st: France OVERALL 2nd: MAMISTOV Mikhail RUS 2nd: USA 1st: BATSCH Nick USA 3rd: FANTOBA Castor ESP 3rd: Russia 2nd: GALLE Gage USA WOMEN 3rd: QUBAISI Abdulbari UAE 1st: LEMORDANT Aude FRA PARACHUTING SPEED SKYDIVING 2nd: KAPANINA Svetlana RUS OVERALL 3rd: PEMBERTON Melissa USA 1st: WIEDERKEHR Marco SUI 2nd: LABHART Christian SUI 3rd: LOVEMORE Michael GBR CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

9TH FAI EUROPEAN ADVANCED AEROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS (DEVA, ROMANIA) PARAGLIDING 22.07.2015 – 01.08.2015 OVERALL TEAM OVERALL 1st: VAUTIER Jean-Max FRA 1st: France PARAGLIDING AEROBATICS SOLO 2nd: FERENCZ Laszlo ROU 2nd: Romania OVERALL 3rd: FAICT Benoit FRA 3rd: Ukraine 1st: ALONGI Tim FRA 2nd: NOCHEZ Eliot FRA 3rd: LLORENZ Horacio ESP AEROMODELLING PARAGLIDING AEROBATICS SYNCHRO OVERALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1st: DE BLIC Théo FRA LLORENS Horacio ESP 2015 FAI F3P WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR INDOOR AEROBATIC MODEL AIRCRAFT (PRUSZKÓW, POLAND) 2nd: ALONGI Tim FRA NOCHEZ Eliot FRA 14.03.2015 – 21.03.2015 3rd: GEISER David SUI PÉCLARD Jérémy SUI F3P – INDIVIDUALS F3P – TEAM PARAGLIDING ACCURACY LANDING 1st: BRUCKMANN Gernot AUT 1st: Austria OVERALL 2nd: LAPPI Janne FIN 2nd: Finland 1st: COTET George ROU 3rd: PAUZUOLIS Donatas LTU 3rd: France 2nd: MA Qiang CHN F3P – JUNIORS 3rd: DJURKOVIK Goran SRB 1st: FAULHABER Marc GER 2nd: ZENI Mattia ITA 3rd: HESKAMP Dennis GER ROTORCRAFT 2015 FAI F3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MODEL HELICOPTERS (KLOPEINERSEE, CARINTHIA, AUSTRIA) 02.07.2015 – 12.07.2015 HELICOPTERS PARALLEL PRECISION TASKS F3C – OVERALL F3C – TEAM OVERALL 1st: ITO Hiroki JPN 1st: Japan 1st: ZHUPERIN ALEXANDER RUS BUROV Nikolay RUS 2nd: GRABER Ennio SUI 2nd: Germany 2nd: SZAMBORSKI Marcin POL SZAMBORSKI Michal POL 3rd: ISO Masatoshi JPN 3rd: Italy 3rd: MORGENSTERN Thomas AUT SEER Stefan AUT F3C – JUNIORS 1st: RETTENBACHER Thomas AUT 2nd: RECHTE Tom FRA 3rd: MAESTRELLI Enea ITA F3N – OVERALL F3N – TEAM 1st: WEBER Eric GER 1st: Israel 2nd: HUAN CHEN Ko TPE 2nd: Germany 3rd: PESCANTE Luca ITA 3rd: Chinese Taipei F3N – JUNIORS 1st: HUAN CHEN Ko TPE 2nd: ROGLIT Tal ISR 3rd: ALOUSH Asaf ISR

36 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 37 2015 FAI F3D WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR PYLON RACING MODEL AIRCRAFT (OLOMOUC, CZECH REPUBLIC) F1D JUNIORS TEAM JUNIORS 07.07.2015 – 11.07.2015 1st: BULAI Cˇalin ROU 1st: Romania F3D – SENIORS F3D – TEAM 2nd: ARJAN David ROU 2nd: Ukraine 1st: BRIDGE Randy USA 1st: Czech Republic 3rd: ZHARIY Denis UKR 3rd: Lithuania 2nd: BROBERG Emil SWE 2nd: Australia 2015 FAI F3J EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MODEL GLIDERS (DUPNITSA, BULGARIA) 3rd: ANDRLIK Tomas CZE 3rd: Guatemala 26.07.2015 – 02.08.2015 F3D – JUNIORS F3J SENIORS F3J – TEAM SENIORS 1st: BROBERG Emil SWE 1st: HUCALJIJK Arijan CRO 1st: Slovakia 2nd: JOP Sebastian GUA 2nd: LITTVA Jan SVK 2nd: Czech Republic 3rd: ARAPAKIS Daniel AUS 3rd: PRESTELE Dominik GER 3rd: Turkey 2015 FAI F3K WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MODEL GLIDERS (LUDBREG, CROATIA) F3J JUNIORS F3J – TEAM JUNIORS 19.07.2015 – 26.07.2015 1st: QUOY Sylvain FRA 1st: Germany F3K – SENIORS F3K – TEAM SENIORS 2nd: WELZEL Timo GER 2nd: Ukraine 1st: HEWSON Alex NZL 1st: New Zealand 3rd: MARC Tilen SLO 3rd: Bulgaria 2nd: ROTTELEUR Anthony FRA 2nd: Switzerland 2015 FAI F1 JUNIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FREE FLIGHT MODEL AIRCRAFT (BRAZOV, ROMANIA) 3rd: HAAS Hermann AUT 3rd: Sweden 10.08.2015 – 16.08.2015 F3D – JUNIORS F3K – TEAM JUNIORS F1A F1A TEAM 1st: GRAVES Dillon USA 1st: Germany 1st: LOMOV Mikhail RUS 1st: Russia 2nd: DUSS Cédric SUI 2nd: Ukraine 2nd: KIDRON Amit ISR 2nd: Czech Republic 3rd: POMOGAEV Oleksandr UKR 3rd: USA 3rd: BABENKO Maksim UKR 3rd: Israel 2015 FAI F3B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MODEL GLIDERS (ARNHEM, NETHERLANDS) F1B F1B TEAM 26.07.2015 – 01.08.2015 1st: LOMOV Pavel RUS 1st: Poland F3B – OVERALL F3B – TEAM 2nd: LIPSKI Dawid POL 2nd: Germany 1st: HERRIG Martin GER 1st: Germany 3rd: LOMOV Mikhail RUS 3rd: Estonia 2nd: HERRIG Andreas GER 2nd: Switzerland F1P F1P TEAM 3rd: BÖHLEN Andreas SUI 3rd: Sweden 1st: KUPEEV Soslan RUS 1st: Russia 2015 FAI F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FREE FLIGHT MODEL AIRCRAFT (ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA) 2nd: POLIAKOV Maksim RUS 2nd: Poland 27.07.2015 – 03.08.2015 3rd: FERLAK Michal POL 3rd: Ukraine F1A F1A – TEAM 2015 FAI S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SPACE MODELS (LVIV, UKRAINE) 1st: EYAL Galor ISR 1st: Israel 21.08.2015 – 28.08.2015 2nd: ENES Pecenkovic BIH 2nd: Russia S1B SENIORS S1B – TEAM SENIORS 3rd: SZIJJARTO Szilard ROU 3rd: France 1st: SHULIAK Sergiy UKR 1st: Ukraine F1B F1B – TEAM 2nd: MAZZARACCHIO Antonio ITA 2nd: Slovakia 1st: GONGOR Mijiddorj MGL 1st: Ukraine 3rd: KOSTRYA Alexander UKR 3rd: Poland 2nd: STEFANCHUK Stepan UKR 2nd: Czech Republic S3A SENIORS S3A – TEAM SENIORS 3rd: KULAKOVSKYY Oleg UKR 3rd: Poland 1st: IVCHENKO Stepan UKR 1st: Poland F1C F1C – TEAM 2nd: PRZYBYTEK Krysztof POL 2nd: Ukraine 1st: VIACHESLAV Alexandrov UKR 1st: China 3rd: LASOCHA Slawomir POL 3rd: Bulgaria 2nd: SUMMERSBY Roy AUS 2nd: Mongolia S4A SENIORS S4A – TEAM SENIORS 3rd: YUAN Gao CHN 3rd: United Kingdom 1st: MALMYGA Leszek POL 1st: Poland 2015 FAI F3A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR AEROBATIC MODEL AIRCRAFT (DÜBENDORF, SWITZERLAND) 2nd: TIMOFEJEV Maksim LTU 2nd: Slovakia 06.08.2015 – 16.08.2015 3rd: STRAZDAS Jurgis LTU 3rd: Lithuania F3A – SENIORS F3A – TEAM S5C SENIORS S5C – TEAM SENIORS 1st: PAYSANT-LE ROUX Christophe FRA 1st: USA 1st: ZITNAN Michal SVK 1st: Poland 2nd: ONDA Tetsuo JPN 2nd: Japan 2nd: BOBROWSKI Wojciech POL 2nd: Romania 3rd: KAISER Stefan LIE 3rd: France 3rd: GORYCZKA Grzegorz POL 3rd: Ukraine F3A – JUNIORS S6A SENIORS S6A – TEAM SENIORS 1st: SZCZUR Joseph USA 1st: MINKEVICH Uladzimir BLR 1st: Lithuania 2nd: VOTAVA Jan CZE 2nd: PETRENKO Anbriy UKR 2nd: Bulgaria 3rd: BRACHT André GER 3rd: PLECHANOV Vladislav LTU 3rd: Poland 2015 FAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FREE FLIGHT SLOPE SOARING MODEL AIRCRAFT (ZLATIBOR, SERBIA) S7 SENIORS S7 – TEAM SENIORS 23.08.2015 – 29.08.2015 1st: PUSHKAR Mykola UKR 1st: Ukraine F1E – SENIORS TEAM SENIORS 2nd: BUJAK Marek POL 2nd: Slovakia 1st: OREL Jaromir CZE 1st: Italy 3rd: GORYCZKA Grzegorz POL 3rd: Poland 2nd: POPESCU Marian ROU 2nd: France S8E / P SENIORS S8E / P – TEAM SENIORS 3rd: ŽUROWSKI Konrad POL 3rd: Germany 1st: SYNIELYTSYI Oleksandr UKR 1st: Ukraine F1E – JUNIOR S TEAM JUNIORS 2nd: SZWED Artur POL 2nd: Poland 1st: STRYJA Mikolaj POL 1st: Italy 3rd: GAKHOV Oleh UKR 3rd: Bulgaria 2nd: ANCA Laurentiu ROU 2nd: Slovakia S9A SENIORS S9A – TEAM SENIORS 3rd: DRMLOVÁ Viktória SVK 3rd: Poland 1st: KICURA Rastislav SVK 1st: Slovakia 2nd: SERCAIANU Florica ROU 2nd: Ukraine CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 3rd: HRICINDA Michal SVK 3rd: Bulgaria S1A JUNIORS S1A – TEAM JUNIORS 2015 FAI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FREE FLIGHT INDOOR MODEL AIRCRAFT (SLANIC PRAHOVA, ROMANIA) 1st: GALKO Denis SVK 1st: Slovakia 28.03.2015 – 02.04.2015 2nd: ZITNAN Michal SVK 2nd: Ukraine F1D SENIORS TEAM SENIORS 3rd: BOLFA Simon SVK 3rd: Poland 1st: SUKOSD Zoltan HUN 1st: Romania S3A JUNIORS S3A – TEAM JUNIORS 2nd: MANGALEA Corneliu ROU 2nd: Ukraine 1st: ZITNAN Michal SVK 1st: Bulgaria 3rd: POPA Aurel ROU 3rd: Hungary 2nd: IVANOVA Kristina BUL 2nd: Slovakia 3rd: SAVOVA Hristina BUL 3rd: Poland

38 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 39 S4A JUNIORS S4A – TEAM JUNIORS 3RD FAI WOMEN’S EUROPEAN HOT AIR BALLON CHAMPIONSHIP (DRENTHE, NETHERLANDS) 1st: CHOLODY Bartlomiej POL 1st: Poland 15.09.2015 – 19.09.2015 2nd: LUKASZEWSKI Maciej POL 2nd: Ukraine OVERALL 3rd: ZAYTSEV Oleg UKR 3rd: Slovakia 1st: PRAWICKA-LINKE Ewa POL S5B JUNIORS S5B – TEAM JUNIORS 2nd: RAKAUSKAITE Daiva LTU 1st: ZHURAVLYOV Vladislav UKR 1st: Ukraine 3rd: KINDERMANN Elisabeth AUT 2nd: KOSZELSKI Wojciech POL 2nd: Poland 3rd: RUSINOWSKI Andrzej POL 3rd: Slovakia S6A JUNIORS S6A – TEAM JUNIORS OTHERS 1st: KARALKEVICIUS Povilas LTU 1st: Poland 59TH COUPE AÉRONAUTIQUE GORDON BENNETT (PAU, FRANCE) 2nd: KACPER Tyburek POL 2nd: Slovakia 27.08.2015 – 04.09.2015 3rd: LITVINENKO Viktor UKR 3rd: Ukraine OVERALL S7 JUNIORS S7 – TEAM JUNIORS 1st: FRIEDEN Kurt / WITPRÄCHTIGER Pascal SUI 1st: RUSINOWSKI Andrzej POL 1st: Ukraine 2nd: EIMERS Wilhelm / ZENGE Matthias GER 2nd: KOSZELSKI Wojciech POL 2nd: Slovakia 3rd: TIECHE Nicolas / SCIBOZ Laurent SUI 3rd: ZAYTSEV Oleg UKR 3rd: Poland 2015 SAGA INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA (SAGA, JAPAN) S8D JUNIORS S8D – TEAM JUNIORS 28.10.2015 – 04.11.2015 1st: PITELGUZOV Anton UKR 1st: Ukraine HOT AIR BALLOON 2nd: OSETROV Denis UKR 2nd: Slovakia 1st: KOSTIUSKEVICIUS Rokas LTU 3rd: BOLFA Simon SVK 3rd: Poland 2nd: PETREHN Johnny USA S9A JUNIORS S9A – TEAM JUNIORS 3rd: FUJITA Yudai JPN 1st: CHIZH Vladislav UKR 1st: Ukraine 2nd: IVANOVA Kristina BUL 2nd: Bulgaria GENERAL AVIATION 3rd: KARALKEVICIUS Povilas LTU 3rd: Poland 2015 FAI F2 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CONTROL-LINE MODEL AIRCRAFT (PAZARDZIK, BULGARIA) WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 22.08.2015 – 29.08.2015 F2A F2A TEAM 22ND FAI WORLD PRECISION FLYING CHAMPIONSHIP (SKIVE, DENMARK) 1st: EISNER Paul GBR 1st: United Kingdom 20.07.2015 – 25.07.2015 2nd: ELEKES Imre HUN 2nd: Hungary OVERALL TEAM 3rd: SZVACSEK Ferenc HUN 3rd: Ukraine 1st: VADON Damien FRA 1st: Poland F2A JUNIORS 2nd: SKALIK Marcin POL 2nd: Czech Republic 1st: SPIRIN Jan RUS 3rd: RADOSKI Boleslaw POL 3rd: France 2nd: EMELYANOV Aleksey RUS 3rd: SMIRNOV Anatoly UKR GLIDING F2B F2B TEAM 1st: BURGER Igor SVK 1st: Ukraine WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2nd: SCHREK Alexander SVK 2nd: Slovakia 3rd: VALLIERA Marco ITA 3rd: Russia 8TH FAI WOMEN’S WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP (ARNBORG, DENMARK) 01.08.2015 – 14.08.2015 F2B JUNIORS 1st: LEONIDOV Mykyta UKR 15 M – OVERALL 2nd: RAZHETDINOV Dmitii RUS 1st: DUCAROUGE Anne FRA 3rd: BEDNAR Tomas CZE 2nd: ABADIE-BÉRARD Marilyne FRA 3rd: SENNE Katrin GER F2C F2C TEAM 1st: SURUGUE Pascal / SURUGUE Georges FRA 1st: France STANDARD – OVERALL 2nd: BONDARENKO Yriy / LERNER Semen UKR 2nd: Russia 1st: GRANGERAY Aude FRA 3rd: MIKHONOV Pavel / CHEREDNICHENKO Alexander RUS 3rd: Ukraine 2nd: NOVAKOVA Dana CZE 3rd: VEPREKOVA Jana CZE F2C JUNIORS 1st: KOCHETYGOV Ilia / VENEDIKTOV Albert RUS CLUB – OVERALL 2nd: PALEZHEV Nikolay / CHOLAKOV Stefan BUL 1st: VOGT Sabrina GER 3rd: SMIRNOV Anatoly / MOISAIDI Artur UKR 2nd: GROTE Christine GER 3rd: SKALSKIENE Edita LTU F2D F2D TEAM 1ST FAI WORLD 13.5 M CLASS GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP (POCIUNAI, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 1st: CHORNYY Stanislav UKR 1st: Spain 01.08.2015 – 15.08.2015 2nd: BORODA Ivan RUS 2nd: Russia OVERALL 3rd: LUIS LOPEZ Jose ESP 3rd: Ukraine 1st: GHIORZO Stefano ITA F2C JUNIOR S– COMBAT 2nd: MOTUZA Vladas LTU 1st: BORODA Ivan RUS 3rd: PIN François G. USA 2nd: RIOJA Ignacio ESP 6TH FAI WORLD SAILPLANE GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP (CALCINATE DEL PESCE, ITALY) 3rd: KOCHUNCS Eriks LAT 05.09.2015 – 12.09.2015 OVERALL BALLOONING 1st: SEIS Maximilian FRA 2nd: RUCH Christophe FRA CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 3rd: KAWA Sebastian POL 9TH FAI JUNIOR WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS (NARROMINE, AUSTRALIA) 19TH FAI EUROPEAN HOT AIR BALLOON CHAMPIONSHIP (DEBRECEN, HUNGARY) 01.12.2015 – 12.12.2015 11.08.2015 – 18.08.2015 STANDARD CLASS – OVERALL OVERALL 1st: SCUTTER Matthew AUS 1st: ZEBERLI Stefan SUI 2nd: SMIT Robin NED 2nd: GÖHLER Sven GER 3rd: NAGEL Sebastian GER 3rd: ROME Vito SLO

40 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 41 CLUB CLASS – OVERALL 8TH FAI WORLD PARAGLIDING ACCURACY CHAMPIONSHIP (PUNCAK, BOGOR, INDONESIA) 1st: ARSCOTT Thomas GBR 09.08.2015 – 17.08.2015 2nd: SCHULZ Philipp GER OVERALL TEAM OVERALL 3rd: RODDIE Samuel GBR 1st: SUPRATMAN Dede INA 1st: Thailand 2nd: SLUGA Matjaž SLO 2nd: Serbia 3rd: LEDNIK Tomas CZE 3rd: Indonesia CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIVIDUAL – WOMEN 1st: PHUCHONG Nunnapat THA 1ST FAI PAN-AMERICAN GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP (CHILHOWEE, BENTON, USA) 2nd: JOUNG CHO Hye KOR 06.04.2015 – 17.04.2015 3rd: ROMANENKO Jolanta LTU 15 M CLASS – OVERALL 1st: SZEMPLINSKI Jerzy CAN 2nd: NELSON Erik USA MICROLIGHTS & PARAMOTORS 3rd: FIDLER Sean USA HANDICAP CLASS – OVERALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1st: GAISFORD Phil USA 2ND FAI WORLD PARAMOTOR SLALOM CHAMPIONSHIPS (LEGNICA, POLAND) 2nd: CLARK Robin USA 27.06.2015 – 05.07.2015 3rd: REINAUDO Sergio ARG RPF 1 RPF 1 – RACING TEAM 18TH FAI EUROPEAN GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS (OCSENY AIRFIELD, HUNGARY) 1st: PÉNONE Jérémy FRA 1st: Poland 12.07.2015 – 25.07.2015 2nd: FICEK Piotr POL 2nd: France OPEN CLASS – OVERALL 3rd: BERNAT Marcin POL 3rd: Spain 1st: WOJCIK Lukasz POL RPL 1 RPL 1 – RACING TEAM 2nd: CZELADZKI Adam POL 1st: BÓGDAL Wojciech POL 1st: Poland 3rd: VERKUIJL Jeroen NED 2nd: MORILLAS SALMERON Ramon ESP 2nd: France 20 METRE MULTI-SEAT CLASS – OVERALL 3rd: GELO Piotr POL 3rd: Poland 1st: LUTZ Andreas / JANOWITSCH Wolfgang AUT RPL 2 RPL 2 – RACING TEAM 2nd: BARSZCZ Jakub / MATKOWSKI Christoph POL 1st: EKIMOV Kirill / KALININA Ekaterina RUS 1st: Poland 3rd: HANSES Marco / BEULE Sebastien GER 2nd: KROTECKI Tomasz / KROTECKA Ewelina POL 2nd: Spain 18 METRE CLASS – OVERALL 3rd: WALKOWIAK Daniel / KARWANSKA Olga POL 3rd: France 1st: KAWA Sebastian POL RPF 1F 2nd: MRACEK Roman CZE 1st: LIEPMANN Marie FRA 3rd: DAVIS Andrew GBR 2nd: MATEOS Coralie FRA 18TH FAI EUROPEAN GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS (RIETI, ITALY) 3rd: ADAMEK Magdalena POL 02.08.2015 – 15.08.2015 RPF 2 CLUB CLASS – OVERALL 1st: NOWICKI Norbert / ROSZKOWSKI Grzegorz POL 1st: DVORAK Ondrej CZE 2nd: LOUDA Jan CZE RPF 1E 3rd: KOZAR Josef SVK 1st: LEFEBVRE Pierre FRA STANDARD CLASS – OVERALL 2nd: LIEPMANN Marie FRA 1st: BLASZCZYK Lukasz POL 2nd: SELEN Sjaak NED 3rd: TIMOSHENKO Dmitriy RUS CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 15 M CLASS – OVERALL 13TH FAI EUROPEAN MICROLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS (KRUSZYN, POLAND) 1st: HAUSS Didier FRA 15.08.2015 – 23.08.2015 2nd: HARTMANN Peter AUT RWL1 OVERALL TEAM 3rd: RUCH Christophe FRA 1st: ORWAT Henryk POL 1st: Poland 2nd: PIECH Błažej POL 2nd: Czech Republic HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING 3rd: WAWRZYNIAK Roman POL 3rd: Russia RWL2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1st: JURKIEWICZ Przemysław / JURKIEWICZ Dominika POL 2nd: VINCE Ferinc / SZABÓ Gabriella HUN 20TH FAI WORLD HANG GLIDING CLASS 1 CHAMPIONSHIP (VALLE DE BRAVO, MEXICO) 3rd: ZITKA Jiˇrí / HANUŠ Jan CZE 28.02.2015 – 13.03.2015 RAL1 OVERALL TEAM 1st: NUEBLING Ralf-Ulrich GER 1st: CIECH Christian ITA 1st: Italy 2nd: BOISSELIER Antoine FRA 2nd: France RAL2 3rd: VOIBLET Christian SUI 3rd: Australia 1st: DOLHAI Kristián / SZONYEGI˝ Lajos HUN 14TH FAI WORLD PARAGLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP (ROLDANILLO, COLOMBIA) 2nd: LENGAL Ivo / GERSL Martin CZE 10.01.2015 – 25.01.2015 3rd: KRAJCAˇ Jiˇrí / RÁZOVÁ Ilona CZE MEN TEAM OVERALL RGL2 1st: HAMARD Honorin FRA 1st: Germany 1st: CHIULA QUINTANA Marcos / CHULIA BARROCANAL Celia ESP 2nd: MAURER Michael SUI 2nd: Slovenia 2nd: DERNBACH Alojzy / KEDZIERSKA Sylwia POL 3rd: SIEGEL Torsten GER 3rd: Spain 3rd: DEME’ Davide / COLLIARD Tiziano ITA WOMEN 1st: FUKUOKA NAVILLE Seiko FRA 2nd: HIRAKI Keiko JPN 3rd: FEDELE Nicole ITA

42 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 43 10TH FAI EUROPEAN ARTISTIC EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS (TEUGE, NETHERLANDS) PARACHUTING 07.09.2015 – 12.09.2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FREESTYLE SKYDIVING 1st: France 1 15TH FAI WORLD PARA-SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNTERAMMERGAU, GERMANY) 2nd: France 2 17.02.2015 – 21.02.2015 3rd: Russia COMBINED – MALE TEAM COMBINED – MALE FREEFLY 1st: BECAN Matej SLO 1st: Germany 1st: Russia 2nd: KARIMOV Ayaz RUS 2nd: Russia 1 2nd: France 3rd: FILIPPOV Anton RUS 3rd: Slovenia 3rd: United Kingdom COMBINED – WOMEN TEAM COMBINED – WOMEN 13TH FAI EUROPEAN FORMATION SKYDIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (TEUGE, NETHERLANDS) 1st: FRANZ Christina SUI 1st: Austria 07.09.2015 – 12.09.2015 2nd: KÜCHER Marina AUT 2nd: Switzerland 4-WAY 3rd: SCHWERTL Magdalena AUT 3rd: Russia 1st: Belgium COMBINED – JUNIORS 2nd: Russia 1st: GRASER Sebastian AUT 3rd: France 2nd: CHLÁDEK Petr Junior CZE 4-WAY WOMEN 3rd: PETRIK Anton RUS 1st: France COMBINED – MASTER 2nd: Russia 1st: KLARMANN Peter GER 3rd: Poland 2nd: FISCHER Andreas GER 8-WAY 3rd: SAURER Thomas SUI 1st: France 1ST FAI WORLD INDOOR SKYDIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC) 2nd: Russia 21.10.2015 – 24.10.2015 3rd: Netherlands FREESTYLE OPEN 4-WAY VFS 1st: Finland 1st: France 2nd: Norway 2nd: Russia 3rd: Russia 1 3rd: Norway FREESTYLE JUNIORS 1st: Poland 1 2nd: Poland 2 OTHERS 3rd: France 2 1ST FAI WORLD CUP OF WINGSUIT PERFORMANCE FLYING (NETHERAVON, UNITED KINGDOM) 4 WAY FEMALE 25.05.2015 – 29.05.2015 1st: USA OVERALL 2nd: France 1st: FADNES Espen NOR 3rd: United Kingdom 2nd: HARPER Spike GBR DYNAMIC 2-WAY 3rd: DENAULT Marc-André CAN 1st: Switzerland 1 8TH FAI WORLD CUP OF CANOPY PILOTING (FARNHAM, CANADA) 2nd: United Kingdom 23.08.2015 – 29.08.2015 3rd: USA OVERALL DYNAMIC 4-WAY 1st: BATSCH Nicholas USA 1st: France 2nd: HERNANDEZ MOLL Pablo ESP 2nd: Czech Republic 3rd: BARTHOLOMEW Curtis USA 3rd: United Arab Emirates INDIVIDUAL – ACCURACY 1st: BARTHOLOMEW Curtis USA 2nd: FATTORUSO Mario ITA CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 3rd: HERNANDEZ MOLL Pablo ESP INDIVIDUAL – DISTANCE 4TH FAI EUROPEAN CANOPY PILOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (FARNHAM, CANADA) 09.08.2015 – 17.08.2015 1st: MIHAI Cornelia UAE OVERALL 2nd: BATSCH Nicholas USA 1st: HERNANDEZ MOLL Pablo ESP 3rd: WINDMILLER Greg USA 2nd: FATTORUSO Mario ITA INDIVIDUAL – SPEED 3rd: VEIGA RIOS Cédric FRA 1st: BATSCH Nicholas USA INDIVIDUAL – ACCURACY 2nd: PRICE Justin USA 1st: FATTORUSO Mario ITA 3rd: WINDMILLER Greg USA 2nd: HERNANDEZ MOLL Pablo ESP 2ND FAI WORLD CUP OF SPEED SKYDIVING (TEUGE, NETHERLANDS) 07.09.2015 – 12.09.2015 3rd: BERNIER Guillaume FRA OVERALL INDIVIDUAL – DISTANCE 1st: WIEDERKEHR Marco SUI 1st: HERNANDEZ MOLL Pablo ESP 2nd: LOVEMORE Michael GBR 2nd: FATTORUSO Mario ITA 3rd: LABHART Christian SUI 3rd: SCHEUERMANN Markus GER 11TH FAI WORLD CUP OF ARTISTIC EVENTS (TEUGE, NETHERLANDS) INDIVIDUAL – SPEED 07.09.2015 – 12.09.2015 1st: HERNANDEZ MOLL Pablo ESP FREESTYLE SKYDIVING 2nd: WESTLEY Wez GBR 1st: France 1 3rd: VEIGA RIOS Cédric FRA 2nd: France 2 3rd: Russia

44 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 45 FREEFLY 1st: Russia Annexes 2nd: France 3rd: United Kingdom 2ND FAI WORLD CUP OF SPEED SKYDIVING (TEUGE, NETHERLANDS) 07.09.2015 – 12.09.2015 List of 2015 International Records 4-WAY Situation as at 6 March 2016 1st: Belgium 2nd: Russia www.fai.org / records 3rd: France 4-WAY WOMEN 1st: France 2nd: Russia NAME COUNTRY ZONE TYPE PERFORMANCE DATE STATUS ID 3rd: Australia AEROMODELLING 8-WAY BILQUEY Bernard FRA World Duration: 228 (Hot Air Balloon) 1h 38 min 38 sec 05.05.15 Current 17516 1st: France BRIDGE Randy USA World Speed in a closed circuit in competition 55.32 sec 10.07.15 Current 17600 (10 laps): 083 (Aeroplane) 2nd: Russia DANJO Akihiro JPN World Duration (ceiling less than 8 m): 125-a (Indoor Aeroplane) 20 min 35 sec 24.07.15 Superseded 17612 3rd: Qatar DEL PONTE Gino USA World Speed in a closed circuit in competition 55.40 sec 08.07.15 Superseded 17599 4-WAY VFS (10 laps): 083 (Aeroplane) 1st: France DUNKEL Miles GER World Speed: 203 (Helicopter) 282.65 km / h 24.07.15 Current 17613 2nd: Russia ELLIAS John A. USA World Distance in a straight line: 156 (Glider) 228.7 km 09.08.15 Current 17625 3rd: Norway KISELEV Vladimir RUS World Distance in a closed circuit: 146 (Aeroplane) 95.00 km 24.07.15 Current 17614 KISELEV Vladimir RUS World Duration: 148 (Seaplane) 2h 18 min 15 sec 21.09.15 Current 17690 KISELEV Vladimir RUS World Distance in a closed circuit: 153 (Seaplane) 76.5 km 14.08.15 Current 17638 LEE YUAN Kang USA World Duration (ceiling less than 8 m): 125-a (Indoor Aeroplane) 22 min 50 sec 15.08.15 Current 17637 MELLIN Andre USA World Distance in a closed circuit: 176 (Aeroplane) 376.00 km 22.09.15 Under review 17691 MYAKININ Valery RUS World Duration: 192 (Aeroplane) 23 min 27 sec 26.09.15 Current 17692 SUKOSD Zoltan HUN World Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m): 125-b (Indoor Aeroplane) 26 min 40 sec 04.07.15 Current 17590 SUKOSD Zoltan HUN World Duration (ceiling over 30m): 125-d (Indoor Aeroplane) 28 min 11 sec 31.03.15 Current 17507 SUKOSD Zoltan HUN World Duration in competition, one flight: 28 min 11 sec 31.03.15 Current 17505 119 (Indoor Aeroplane) Team - World Race Time in Competition (200 laps): 137 (Aeroplane) 6 min 30.5 sec 28.08.15 Current 17672 Team - World Race Time in Competition (100 laps): 136 (Aeroplane) 3 min 10.6 sec 28.08.15 Under review 17671 VON PRONDZINSKI Maximilian GER World Speed: 196 (Aeroplane) 474.95 km / h 26.07.15 Current 17618 WUNDERLICH Fabian GER World Speed: 175 (Aeroplane) 481.56 km / h 26.07.15 Current 17617 BALLOONING BRADLEY Troy USA World Distance 10 711.6 km 31.01.15 Current 17413 BRADLEY Troy USA World Duration 160 h 34 min 31.01.15 Current 17412 ROLFE Sandra CAN World Duration (Female) 7h 24 min 35 sec 13.01.15 Current 17403 EXPERIMENTAL / NEW TECHNOLOGIES BORSCHBERG André SUI World Duration (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) 117h 52min 03.07.15 Current 17594 BORSCHBERG André SUI World Free Distance along a course (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) 7039.9 km 03.07.15 Current 17595 BORSCHBERG André SUI World Straight Distance - Free flight 6449.8 km 03.07.15 Current 17593 (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) BORSCHBERG André SUI World Duration (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) 44 h 10 min 01.06.15 Superseded 17557 BORSCHBERG André SUI World Free Distance along a course 2614.5 km 01.06.15 Superseded 17558 (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) BORSCHBERG André SUI World Straight Distance - Free flight 1720.3 km 01.06.15 Superseded 17556 (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) PICCARD Bertrand SUI World Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1468 km 10.03.15 Current 17429 (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) PICCARD Bertrand SUI World Straight Distance - Free flight 1468 km 10.03.15 Superseded 17430 (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) GLIDING ANDRESEN Sibylle GER North- Speed over a triangular course of 100 km (Female) 193.00 km / h 16.07.15 Under review 17604 American DELORE Terrence Raymond NZL World Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 184.99 km / h 13.11.15 Under review 17750 FACON Ghislaine FRA European Free distance using up to 3 turn points (Female) 487.38 km 23.07.15 Ratified* 17608 FACON Ghislaine FRA European Free triangle distance (Female) 429.8 km 30.07.15 Ratified* 17622 FACON Ghislaine FRA European Triangle Distance (Female) 413.50 km 30.07.15 Ratified* 17620 FACON Ghislaine FRA European Out-and-return distance (Female) 402.00 km 27.05.15 Ratified* 17520 FACON Ghislaine FRA European Free out-and-return distance (Female) 404.4 km 27.05.15 Ratified* 17521 FACON Ghislaine FRA World Triangle Distance (Female) 413.50 km 30.07.15 Ratified* 17619 FACON Ghislaine FRA World Free triangle distance (Female) 429.8 km 30.07.15 Ratified* 17621 HEGEDÜS Laszlo HUN European Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 129.53 km / h 04.07.15 Current 17589 ICHIKAWA Akemi JPN Oceanian Speed over a triangular course of 100 km (Female) 145,46 km / h 24.10.15 Claim 17722 JANSEN David Graham AUS Oceanian Free Distance 1308.1 km 02.01.15 Current 16723 JEFFERY Philip GBR African Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 170.9 km / h 18.12.15 Claim 17789 JEFFERY Philip GBR African Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 170.9 km / h 18.12.15 Claim 17790 KURSTJENS Gerrit AUS Oceanian Free out-and-return distance 1063.18 km 04.02.15 Current 17415 KURSTJENS Gerrit AUS Oceanian Out-and-return distance 1054.90 km 04.02.15 Current 17414 KURSTJENS-HAWKINS Pamela AUS Oceanian Out-and-return distance (Female) 904.04 km 04.02.15 Current 17416 LEENDERS Max H.S. NED African Distance using up to 3 turn points 1255.8 km 22.01.15 Current 17405 LEENDERS Max H.S. NED African Out-and-return distance 1101 km 08.01.15 Current 16536

*Retired by changes of the Sporting Code

46 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 47 LEENDERS Max H.S. NED African Free out-and-return distance 1106 km 08.01.15 Current 16575 GREEN Anthony GBR World Altitude 5066 m 22.04.15 Claim 17498 LUYCKX Johan BEL African Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 156.66 km / h 07.01.15 Current 17400 HOLLERAN Barry GBR World Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km 77.31 km / h 19.09.15 Claim 17694 LUYCKX Johan BEL World Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 149.06 km / h 05.12.15 Claim 17757 MORGAN Mark GBR World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 15 min 25 sec 20.09.15 Claim 17693 MAZALERAT Alain FRA European Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 119.55 km / h 30.07.15 Current 17624 MORGAN Mark GBR World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 13 min 45 sec 09.10.15 Claim 17712 MUSSIO Renato ITA African Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 178.82 km / h 29.11.15 Claim 17754 PORTO Alberto Rodolfo ITA World Speed over a straight course 323,3124 km / h 16.12.15 Claim 17783 MUSSIO Renato ITA African Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 186.89 km / h 03.12.15 Claim 17756 RICCI Donatella ITA World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 13 min 44 sec 08.11.15 Under review 17769 PAYNE James M. USA North- Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 255.03 km / h 05.04.15 Current 17436 RICCI Donatella ITA World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m (Female) 13 min 44 sec 08.11.15 Under review 17770 American RICCI Donatella ITA World Altitude 8.399 m 08.11.15 Under review 17774 PAYNE James M. USA North- Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 255.03 km / h 05.04.15 Current 17437 RICCI Donatella ITA World Altitude (Female) 8.399 m 08.11.15 Under review 17773 American RICCI Donatella ITA World Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 25 min 40 sec 08.11.15 Under review 17771 PAYNE James M. USA World Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 255.03 km / h 05.04.15 Current 17435 RICCI Donatella ITA World Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m (Female) 25 min 40 sec 08.11.15 Under review 17772 POLINSKY Alan M. USA North- Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 163.16 km / h 27.06.15 Current 17579 American SKINNER Karen ESP World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 41 min 25 sec 21.04.15 Current 17497 POLINSKY Alan M. USA North- Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163.16 km / h 27.06.15 Current 17578 PARACHUTING American BAKER Mohammed UAE South- Carved Speed 70m 2.019 sec 24.04.15 Under review 17514 PRISTAVEC Bostjan SLO African Out-and-return distance 1123.6 km 20.12.15 Claim 17809 Asian PRISTAVEC Bostjan SLO African Free out-and-return distance 1126.34 km 20.12.15 Claim 17810 BAKER Mohammed UAE World Carved Speed 70m 2.019 sec 24.04.15 Under review 17513 RITSMA Jan NED African Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 187.38 km / h 08.01.15 Current 17401 BRESSON Jason USA North- Greatest Speed 300.3 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17549 American RITSMA Jan NED African Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 191.7 km / h 23.01.15 Under review 17408 BUTZ Lori USA North- Greatest Distance (Female) 3562 km 27.05.15 Current 17551 RITSMA Jan NED African Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 191.7 km / h 23.01.15 Under review 17407 American SAITO Takeshi JPN Asian Distance using up to 3 turn points 758.8 km 10.05.15 Current 17571 BUTZ Lori USA North- Greatest Speed (Female) 247.2 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17552 SCHMELZER Tiji BEL African Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 205.89 km / h 06.01.15 Current 16564 American TEMPLE Peter Rudi AUS Oceanian Free triangle distance 1095.79 km 02.01.15 Current 16467 BUTZ Lori USA North- Highest Time (Female) 70.00 sec 26.05.15 Current 17550 American TEMPLE Peter Rudi AUS Oceanian Free out-and-return distance 1039.52 km 07.02.15 Under review 17420 BYRNES Chris AUS Oceanian Greatest Distance 4051 km 27.05.15 Current 17546 TEMPLE Peter Rudi AUS Oceanian Out-and-return distance 1032.0 km 07.02.15 Under review 17419 BYRNES Chris AUS Oceanian Highest Time 84.4 sec 27.05.15 Current 17545 HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING DENAULT Marc-André CAN North- Greatest Distance 4471 km 27.05.15 Current 17531 BAZYUK Bogdan UKR European Straight distance 429,2 km 29.06.15 Current 17588 American BELLEMIN Maxime FRA European Speed over a triangular course of 25 km (Multiplace) 27.66 km / h 06.09.15 Current 17666 DENAULT Marc-André CAN North- Highest Time 88.00 sec 27.05.15 Current 17530 BELLEMIN Maxime FRA World Speed over a triangular course of 25 km (Multiplace) 27.66 km / h 06.09.15 Current 17665 American BROWN Frank Thoma BRA World Straight distance 514.00 km 08.10.15 Under review 17704 DENAULT Marc-André CAN North- Wingsuit Time of Fall 270.8 sec 28.05.15 Under review 17661 American CAZAUX Charles FRA World Free distance using up to 3 turn points 476.5 km 16.12.15 Under review 17784 DENAULT Marc-André CAN World Highest Time 88.00 sec 27.05.15 Current 17529 COTET George ROU World Number of consecutive accuracy landing 11 rounds 05.12.15 Under review 17775 with a score = or < than 5cm DENAULT Marc-André CAN World Wingsuit Time of Fall 270.8 sec 28.05.15 Under review 17650 FANIEL Laurent FRA World Distance over a triangular course (Multiplace) 127.1 km 21.04.15 Current 17496 FADNES Espen NOR European Greatest Distance 4501 km 27.05.15 Current 17528 FEDELE Nicole ITA World Straight distance (Female) 395.00 km 03.11.15 Under review 17731 FADNES Espen NOR European Highest Time 87.6 sec 27.05.15 Current 17527 FERARIC Matjaz SLO World Number of consecutive accuracy landing 10 rounds with 10.12.15 Claim 17778 FADNES Espen NOR World Greatest Distance 4501 km 27.05.15 Current 17526 with a score = or < than 5cm a score of 19 cm FADNES Espen NOR World Highest Time 87.3 sec 26.05.15 Superseded 17525 FUKUOKA Naville Seiko FRA World Speed over an out-and-return 30.97 km / h 21.07.15 Current 17606 GRASER Sebastian AUT World Lowest Combined Score (Junior) 70 points 21.02.15 Current 17425 course of 200 km (Female) HARPER Jackie GBR European Greatest Distance (Female) 4059 km 27.05.15 Current 17540 FUKUOKA Naville Seiko FRA World Straight distance (Female) 402.00 km 09.12.15 Under review 17780 HARPER Stephen GBR European Greatest Speed 312.8 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17535 FUKUOKA Naville Seiko FRA World Straight distance to a declared goal (Female) 366.00 km 09.12.15 Under review 17779 HARPER Jackie GBR European Greatest Speed (Female) 271.5 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17541 FUKUOKA Naville Seiko FRA World Free distance using up to 3 turn points (Female) 378.00 km 14.12.15 Under review 17782 HARPER Jackie GBR European Highest Time (Female) 78.4 sec 26.05.15 Current 17539 HAMARD Honorin FRA World Straight distance (Multiplace) 403.4 km 04.11.15 Under review 17740 HARPER Jackie GBR European Highest Time (Female) 80 sec 12.09.15 Under review 17702 HaMARD Honorin FRA World Straight distance to a declared goal (Multiplace) 335.4 km 01.11.15 Under review 17729 HARPER Jackie GBR European Wingsuit Distance of Flight 18.142 km 30.05.15 Under review 17562 HAMARD Honorin FRA World Free distance using up to 3 turn points (Multiplace) 386,9 km 10.11.15 Under review 17743 HARPER Stephen GBR European Wingsuit Time of Fall 358.002 sec 30.05.15 Under review 17560 HIRAKI Keiko JPN World Straight distance to a declared goal (Female) 301.00 km 02.11.15 Under review 17730 HARPER Jackie GBR World Greatest Distance (Female) 4059 km 27.05.15 Current 17537 IRILLI Julien FRA World Straight distance to a declared goal (Multiplace) 319.00 km 02.11.15 Claim 17733 HARPER Stephen GBR World Greatest Speed 312.8 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17534 IRILLI Julien FRA World Free distance using up to 3 turn points (Multiplace) 363.00 km 26.10.15 Claim 17723 HARPER Jackie GBR World Greatest Speed (Female) 271.5 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17538 LAPIERRE HEILMANN BRA American South-Distance over a triangular course 208.00 km 18.08.15 Under review 17640 Konrad Albert HARPER Jackie GBR World Highest Time (Female) 78.4 sec 26.05.15 Current 17536 LAPIERRE HEILMANN BRA American South-Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 36,00 km / h 18.08.15 Under review 1763 HARPER Jackie GBR World Highest Time (Female) 80 sec 12.09.15 Under review 17701 Konrad Albert 36,00 km / h HARPER Jackie GBR World Wingsuit Distance of Flight 18.142 km 30.05.15 Under review 17561 LEMOS DONIZETE Baldessar BRA World Straight distance 514.00 km 09.10.15 Under review 17706 HARPER Stephen GBR World Wingsuit Time of Fall 358.002 sec 30.05.15 Under review 17559 MARRIAN Hunter GBR World Out-and-return distance (Multiplace) 210.4 km 29.01.15 Current 17411 HOLDEN Steve AUS Oceanian Greatest Speed 300.5 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17548 MARRIAN Hunter GBR World Free out-and-return distance (Multiplace) 211.08 km 29.01.15 Current 17410 HOLDEN Steve AUS Oceanian Greatest Distance 3457 km 26.05.15 Superseded 17547 MIEDERHOFF Ralf GER World Out-and-return distance 410.00 km 18.12.15 Claim 17786 HUBBARD Steve USA North- Wingsuit Distance of Flight 7.36 km 26.05.15 Claim 17660 PINTO Glauco BRA South- Straight distance 578.3 km 09.10.15 Under review 17703 American American Largest Formation Records - World Largest Formation Records - Wingsuit Flying no Grip 33 skydivers 17.06.15 Under review 17572 PRIETO Marcelo BRA World Straight distance 514.00 km 09.10.15 Under review 17705 Wingsuit Flying no Grip PROCHAZKA Ondrej CZE World Number of Esfera rotations - airborne launch 9 Esferas 28.12.15 Claim 17788 LOBPRIES Kyle USA North- Vertical Speed Records - without a Drogue 459.18 km / h 22.10.15 Claim 17725 American PUÑET PELLISÉ Carlos ESP World Out-and-return distance 410.00 km 18.12.15 Under review 17785 MIHAI Cornelia UAE World Distance (Female) 164.00 m 24.04.15 Current 17515 RIGG Kathleen GBR European Straight distance to a declared goal (Female) 156.3 km 26.04.15 Current 17499 OLLIVIER DE PURY Léocadie FRA European Lowest Score after 5 rounds (Junior) 40.11 sec 27.08.15 Current 17668 RIGG Kathleen GBR European Out-and-return distance (Female) 229.8 km 05.07.15 Under review 17592 OLLIVIER DE PURY Léocadie FRA World Lowest Score after 5 rounds (Junior) 40.11 sec 27.08.15 Current 17667 RIGG Kathleen GBR European Distance over a triangular course (Female) 200.08 km 01.07.15 Under review 17586 PISTOLESI Marco ITA European Wingsuit Time of Fall 247.7 sec 28.05.15 Under review 17655 RIGG Kathleen GBR European Speed over a triangular course of 200 km (Female) 27.08 km / h 01.07.15 Under review 17587 REPTON Simon USA North- Greatest Speed 273.3 km / h 26.05.15 Superseded 17533 RIGG Kathleen GBR World Out-and-return distance (Female) 229.8 km 05.07.15 Under review 17591 American RIGG Kathleen GBR World Distance over a triangular course (Female) 200.8 km 01.07.15 Under review 17584 REPTON Simon USA World Greatest Speed 273.3 km / h 26.05.15 Superseded 17532 RIGG Kathleen GBR World Speed over a triangular course of 200 km (Female) 27.08 km / h 01.07.15 Under review 17585 SCHWERTL Magdalena AUT World Lowest Combined Score (Female) 38 points 21.02.15 Current 17424 SLUGA Matjaz SLO World Number of consecutive accuracy landing 8 rounds with 10.05.15 Under review 17755 SHATILOv Aleksei RUS European Greatest Speed 271.3 km / h 26.05.15 Superseded 17524 with a score = or < than 5cm a score of 10 cm SIGALOV Leonid RUS European Wingsuit Distance of Flight 7813 km 26.05.15 Claim 17654 STEINGEr Philipp SUI World Free out-and-return distance 294 km 06.08.15 Under review 17626 SIGALOV Leonid RUS World Wingsuit Distance of Flight 7813 km 26.05.15 Claim 17649 VARGA Norbert HUN European Straight distance (Multiplace) 200.35 km 18.06.15 Under review 17576 SZCZEPITKO Kristian USA North- Wingsuit Time of Fall 165.2 sec 26.05.15 Claim 17659 VARGA Norbert HUN European Free distance using up to 3 turn points (Multiplace) 200.35 km 18.06.15 Under review 17577 American MICROLIGHTS & PARAMOTORS TEAGUE Christopher RSA African Carved Speed 70m 2.434 sec 05.04.15 Under review 17438 BÉM Jan CZE World Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 13 min 06 sec 02.11.15 Claim 17728 TEAGUE Christopher RSA African Drag Distance 70 m 168.30 m 05.04.15 Under review 17487 DE BARBERIN-BARBERINI Eric FRA World Speed over a straight course 300.51 km / h 30.06.15 Current 17582 TEAGUE Christopher RSA World Drag Distance 70 m 168.30 m 05.04.15 Under review 17486

48 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 49 Team - Asian Largest Formation Records - Formation Skydiving 24 skydivers 15.02.15 Current 17422 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 35 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17454 Team - European Female 22 skydivers 27.10.15 Claim 17753 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 40 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17455 Team - European Wingsuit Distance of Flight (Team) 2808 km 28.05.15 Claim 17760 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 45 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17456 Team - European Wingsuit Distance of Flight (Team) 3360 km 28.05.15 Claim 17762 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 50 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17457 Team - European Wingsuit Time of Fall (Team) 161.9 sec 28.05.15 Claim 17764 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 60 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17458 Team - European Wingsuit Time of Fall (Team) 189.8 sec 28.05.15 Claim 17766 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 70 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17459 Team FRA European 8-way - Longest sequence 30 formations 08.09.15 Current 17700 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 80 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17460 Team - European 4-way - Longest sequence 43 formations 23.10.15 Under review 17739 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 90 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17461 Team - European - 21 skydivers 26.09.15 Under review 17695 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 100 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17462 Team - European 3 formations (Female) 28 skydivers 11.09.15 Under review 17697 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 3 000 m with 120 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17463 Team - North- 8-way - Longest sequence 32 formations 27.10.15 Claim 17727 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 35 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17465 American FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 40 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17466 Team - North- 8-way - Longest sequence 33 formations 09.12.15 Claim 17777 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 45 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17467 American Team - North- 4-way - Longest sequence (Female) 41 formations 23.10.15 Under review 17737 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 50 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17468 American FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 60 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17469 Team - World 8-way - Longest sequence 32 formations 27.10.15 Claim 17726 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 70 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17470 Team - World 8-way - Longest sequence 33 formations 09.12.15 Claim 17776 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 80 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17471 Team - World Largest Formation Records - VFS Head Down 164 skydivers 31.07.15 Claim 17623 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 100 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17473 Team - World 2 formations 202 skydivers 29.09.15 Claim 17696 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 120 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17474 Team - World Largest Formation Records - Wingsuit Flying no Grip 61 skydivers 17.10.15 Claim 17721 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 35 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17476 Team - World Wingsuit Distance of Flight (Team) 2808 km 28.05.15 Claim 17759 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 40 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17477 Team - World Wingsuit Distance of Flight (Team) 3360 km 28.05.15 Claim 17761 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 45 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17478 Team - World Wingsuit Time of Fall (Team) 161.9 sec 28.05.15 Claim 17763 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 50 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17479 Team - World Wingsuit Time of Fall (Team) 189.8 sec 28.05.15 Claim 17765 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 60 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17480 Team - World 4-way - Longest sequence 43 formations 23.10.15 Under review 17738 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 70 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17481 Team - World 4-way - Longest sequence (Female) 41 formations 23.10.15 Under review 17736 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 80 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17482 Team - World 2 formations 122 skydivers 26.03.15 Under review 17432 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 90 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17483 Team - World Largest Formation Records - Wingsuit Flying no Grip 42 skydivers 18.06.15 Under review 17573 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 100 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17484 THAPAR Udit IND Asian Greatest Distance 3.4 km 13.09.15 Current 17709 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 9 000 m with 120 000 kg payload 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17485 THAPAR Udit IND Asian Greatest Speed 236.60 km / h 13.09.15 Current 17708 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to 6 000 m with 90 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17472 THAPAR Udit IND Asian Highest Time 58.5 sec 13.09.15 Current 17707 GILLEN Justin USA World Speed over a recognised course 300.49 km / h 16.06.15 Current 17575 THAPAR Udit IND Asian Wingsuit Distance of Flight 5.9 km 13.09.15 Current 17711 GURNEY David E. USA World Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 770.99 km / h 18.05.15 Current 17518 THAPAR Udit IND Asian Wingsuit Time of Fall 128 sec 13.09.15 Current 17710 GURNEY David E. USA World Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 733.49 km / h 29.05.15 Current 17522 VERMA Satyendra IND Asian Wingsuit Distance of Flight 4926 km 27.05.15 Claim 17652 HALBOTH GÚNAR Armin BRA World Speed over a 3 km course 521.08 km 22.08.15 Under review 17641 VERMA Satyendra IND Asian Wingsuit Time of Fall 106.00 sec 27.05.15 Claim 17651 HALBOTH GÚNAR Armin BRA World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 2 min 26 sec 22.08.15 Under review 17644 VERMA Satyendra IND Asian Greatest Distance 2400 km 27.05.15 Superseded 17543 HALBOTH GÚNAR Armin BRA World Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 490.14 km / h 22.08.15 Under review 17642 VERMA Satyendra IND Asian Greatest Speed 225.00 km / h 28.05.15 Superseded 17544 HALBOTH GÚNAR Armin BRA World Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 493.74 km / h 23.08.15 Under review 17645 VERMA Satyendra IND Asian Highest Time 46.5 sec 27.05.15 Superseded 17542 HALBOTH GÚNAR Armin BRA World Speed over a 15 km course 511.19 km / h 21.08.15 Under review 17643 WIEDERKEHR Marco SUI European Speed Skydiving 521.89 km / h 09.09.15 Claim 17676 HARRELSON William C. USA World Speed around the world over both the Earth’s poles 70.29 km / h 21.01.15 Current 17406 WIEDERKEHR Marco SUI European Speed Skydiving 533.02 km / h 06.12.15 Claim 17768 HENMAN Eric L. USA World Speed over a recognised course 918.93 km / h 24.04.15 Current 17500 WIEDERKEHR Marco SUI European Vertical Speed Records - without a Drogue 581.03 km / h 06.12.15 Claim 17787 HENMAN Eric L. USA World Speed over a recognised course 997.35 km / h 26.04.15 Current 17501 WIEDERKEHR Marco SUI World Speed Skydiving 521.89 km / h 09.09.15 Claim 17675 HERMAN Scott E. USA World Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 833.00 km / h 12.09.15 Under review 17687 WIEDERKEHR Marco SUI World Speed Skydiving 533.02 km / h 06.12.15 Claim 17767 HILLIS Ed USA World Speed over a recognised course 721.00 km / h 10.09.15 Under review 17688 ZINNER Karsten GER European Wingsuit Time of Fall 178.9 sec 26.05.15 Claim 17653 HILLIS Ed USA World Speed over a recognised course, round trip 640.00 km / h 11.09.15 Under review 17689 ZINNER Karsten GER World Wingsuit Time of Fall 178.9 sec 26.05.15 Claim 17648 HOLLAND Travis P. USA World Speed over a recognised course 511.16 km / h 21.03.15 Current 17431 ZONi Marcelo BRA South- Greatest Distance 3736 km 27.05.15 Current 17554 HOLLAND Travis P. USA World Speed over a recognised course 482.66 km / h 07.07.15 Current 17598 American ISLER Christopher R. USA World Speed over a recognised course 220.00 km / h 20.09.15 Under review 17680 ZONI Marcelo BRA South- Greatest Speed 286 km / h 28.05.15 Current 17555 American JARRET Michael R USA World Speed over a recognised course 780.00 km / h 13.11.15 Claim 17746 ZONI Marcelo BRA South- Highest Time 80.9 sec 26.05.15 Current 17553 JARRET Michael R USA World Speed over a recognised course 980.93 km / h 06.02.15 Current 17418 American JARRETT Michael R. USA World Speed over a recognised course 837.00 km / h 05.11.15 Claim 17732 POWERED AEROPLANES JARRETT Michael R. USA World Speed over a recognised course 819.83 km / h 02.02.15 Current 17409 CAIRNS Douglas USA World Speed over a recognised course 220.00 km / h 20.09.15 Under review 17679 MAYES Bruce J. USA World Speed over a recognised course 311.46 km / h 15.07.15 Current 17603 CLAIRE James T. USA World Speed over a recognised course 317.17 km / h 06.02.15 Current 17417 MEYER Damon G. USA World Speed over a recognised course 315.01 km / h 13.07.15 Current 17602 CURTIS Scott W. USA World Speed over a recognised course 730.00 km / h 13.11.15 Claim 17747 MORENO Frederick AUS World Speed over a recognised course 393.19 km / h 01.04.15 Current 17433 DAVIS SHONIN Casey USA World Speed over a recognised course 676.89 km / h 07.03.15 Current 17426 MORENO Frederick AUS World Speed over a recognised course 427.55 km / h 01.04.15 Current 17434 DAVIS SHONIN Casey USA World Speed over a recognised course 943.30 km / h 12.03.15 Current 17427 PARKER Eric S. USA World Speed over a recognised course 925.00 km / h 14.11.15 Claim 17748 DUBOIS William E. USA World Speed over a recognised course 224.76 km / h 08.04.15 Current 17439 PARKER Eric S. USA World Speed over a recognised course 790.88 km / h 01.06.15 Current 17523 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17441 PEARSON Raymond AUS World Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km without payload 293.77 km / h 24.08.15 Current 17647 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude in horizontal flight 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17440 RAFFAELLI Daniel G. USA World Speed over a recognised course 850.68 km / h 11.04.15 Current 17488 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 35 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17442 RAFFAELLI Daniel G. USA World Speed over a recognised course 715.16 km / h 04.05.15 Current 17517 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 40 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17443 RICE Judith A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 561.42 km / h 15.06.15 Current 17569 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 45 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17444 RUNDLE Brett C. USA World Speed over a recognised course 842.38 km / h 24.04.15 Current 17502 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 50 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17445 RYDER Jason AUS World Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 666.63 km / h 20.07.15 Current 17605 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 60 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17446 SAVIER Klaus H. USA World Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 387.40km / h 17.04.15 Current 17494 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 70 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17447 SAVIER Klaus H. USA World Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload 409.22 km / h 18.04.15 Current 17495 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 80 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17448 SCHNEIDER Jeremy A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 679.55 km / h 23.04.15 Current 17503 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 90 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17449 SCHNEIDER Jeremy A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 846.47 km / h 28.04.15 Current 17512 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 100 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17450 SEGUIN Elliot D. USA World Speed over a 3 km course 625.14 km / h 17.04.15 Current 17492 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Altitude with 120 000 kg payload 11366 m 03.04.15 Current 17451 SEGUIN Elliot D. USA World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 59,5 sec 17.04.15 Current 17493 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Greatest payload 120.338 kg 03.04.15 Current 17452 SEGUIN Elliot D. USA World Speed over a recognised course 398.49 km / h 16.06.15 Current 17574 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 4 min 38 sec 03.04.15 Current 17453 SEGUIN Elliot D. USA World Speed over a 3 km course 628.49 km / h 16.04.15 Current 17491 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 8 min 12 sec 03.04.15 Current 17464 SEGUIN Elliot D. USA World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 2 min 2,6 sec 15.04.15 Current 17490 FLOWERS Jonathan M. USA World Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 13 min 7 sec 03.04.15 Current 17475 SHARP Jon M. USA World Speed over a 15 km course 653.00 km / h 25.10.15 Claim 17720

50 FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2015 51 SHARP Jon M. USA World Speed over a 3 km course 633.00 km / h 02.10.15 Under review 17683 SHARP Jon M. USA World Speed over a 3 km course 669.00 km / h 30.09.15 Under review 17684 SHARP Jon M. USA World Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 640.00 km / h 01.10.15 Under review 17685 Annexes SHARP Jon M. USA World Speed over a 15 km course 656 km / h 28.09.15 Under review 17682 SHAVINSKY John E. USA World Speed over a recognised course 215.00 km / h 22.07.15 Under review 17607 SHAVINSKY John E. USA World Speed over a recognised course 325.00 km / h 25.07.15 Under review 17609 List of 2015 Awards SMITH Billy J. USA World Speed over a recognised course 797.00 km / h 22.10.15 Under review 17715 SMITH Michael AUS World Speed over a recognised course 11.57 km / h 11.06.15 Under review 17566 www.fai.org / awards SMITH Michael AUS World Speed over a recognised course 11.93 km / h 11.06.15 Under review 17567 SMITH Michael AUS World Speed over a recognised course 15.02 km / h 22.07.15 Under review 17610 SMITH Michael AUS World Speed over a recognised course 14.93 km/ h 22.07.15 Under review 17611 STRINGFELLOW Matt USA World Speed over a recognised course 518.00 km / h 23.09.15 Under review 17681 WEGMAN Andrew USA World Speed over a recognised course 875.00 km / h 28.10.15 Claim 17724 WITTKE Jr Donald E. USA World Speed over a recognised course 965.00 km / h 20.10.15 Under review 17716 GENERAL AWARDS WITTKE Jr Donald E. USA World Speed over a recognised course 637.00 km / h 21.10.15 Under review 17717 WITTKE Jr Donald E. USA World Speed over a recognised course 713.00 km / h 21.10.15 Under review 17718 FAI GOLD AIR MEDAL PAUL TISSANDIER DIPLOMAS WITTKE Jr Donald E. USA World Speed over a recognised course, round trip 509.00 km / h 21.10.15 Under review 17719 ÅKERSTEDT Hans SWE ALLEN Dale AUS ROTORCRAFT FAI GOLD SPACE MEDAL ANISIMOV Vladimir RUS CRAPARO John S. USA World Speed over a recognised course 56 km / h 05.10.15 Under review 17678 TSIBLIYEV Vasili RUS BRADER Peter SUI CRAPARO John S. USA World Speed over a recognised course 64.00 km / h 09.10.15 Under review 17713 BUONSANTI Michele ITA CRAPARO John S. USA World Speed over a recognised course 38.00 km / h 14.10.15 Under review 17714 SABIHA GÖKCEN MEDAL MORO Simone ITA World Altitude without payload 6705.00 m 12.11.15 Under review 17749 GUBAR Liubov RUS CALVO Óscar Ayala ESP RICCI Donatella ITA World Altitude without payload 8399 m 08.11.15 Under review 17734 LOUIS BLÉRIOT MEDAL CIACCHELLA Federico ITA RICCI Donatella ITA World Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m (Female) 13 min 44 sec 08.11.15 Under review 17741 OHLMANN Klaus GER DECRE Bernard FRA RICCI Donatella ITA World Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m (Female) 25 min 40 sec 08.11.15 Under review 17742 BEHEL JR Wesley E. USA DEVENOGES Edouard NZL SALMON Paul A. USA World Distance without landing 1653.00 km 10.11.15 Claim 17745 DIPLOMA FOR OUTSTANDING AIRMANSHIP DE SOUSA Cristivao Manuel Furtado Avelar POR SALMON Paul A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 110.00 km / h 05.11.15 Claim 17735 LAING Jason Andrew NZL DIDYASARIN Jitsirin Patty THA SALMON Paul A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 163.00 km / h 10.11.15 Claim 17744 FAI GROUP DIPLOMAS OF HONOUR ERGIN Necdet TUR SALMON Paul A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 110.00 km / h 24.08.15 Under review 17646 Aero Club of America, North Carolina Chapter USA ESCHETTE Claude LUX SALMON Paul A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 107 km / h 26.08.15 Under review 17673 Asahi Gas Balloon Club JPN GREENE Randall A. USA SALMON Paul A. USA World Speed over a recognised course 91.00 km / h 26.08.15 Under review 17674 Royal Swedish Aero Club SWE HANSON Rich USA SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 5 km / h 08.07.15 Current 17601 The Aero club “Aircraft Commander” RUS ILYINSKY Vladimir RUS SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 4.6 km / h 26.07.15 Under review 17615 Vitogas Espana ESP JÖNSSON Pär SWE SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 5.3 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17629 KASZA József HUN SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 76.1 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17630 KIVANC Hasan Nur TUR SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 7.8 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17631 MACHIDA Kozo JPN SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 8.2 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17632 MAZINTAS Jonas LIT SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 7.00 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17633 McMAHON Pau IRE SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 5.00 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17634 MEZÖ György HUN SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 121.7 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17635 NICOLAI Fabio ITA SURPLUS Norman Frank GBR World Speed over a recognised course 85.9 km / h 11.08.15 Under review 17636 SPACE POPESCU Marian ROM PADALKA Gennady RUS World Duration (Spacecraft with more than one astronaut) 878 days 12.09.15 Claim 17803 RENARD Alfred-François BEL 11h 29 min 36 sec SAYOS Domenec ESP SVENSSON Henrik SWE THOMPSON Leonard J. NZL VAN TINE Mark USA VASILYEV Petr RUS VORMEZEELE Eric BEL WINKLER GUNTHER Bruno CHL

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COUNTRY YEAR OF 1ST AFFILIATION CURRENT MEMBER IN THE COUNTRY CLASS INDIVIDUAL DISCIPLINES ACTIVE MEMBERS Albania 2000 FEDERATA SHQIPTARE E AERONAUTIKES 10 Algeria 1963 FÉDÉRATION ALGÉRIENNE DES SPORTS AÉRIENS 10 AEROBATICS MICROLIGHTS Argentina 1910 CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA DE ENTIDADES AERODEPORTIVAS 8 LEON BIANCOTTO AEROBATICS DIPLOMA COLIBRI DIPLOMA Australia 1948 AUSTRALIAN SPORT AVIATION CONFEDERATION 4 BUCKENHAM Nick GBR FOSTER Richard / BIRD Richard GBR AEROMODELLING ANN WELCH DIPLOMA Austria 1910 ÖSTERREICHISCHER AERO CLUB 5 FAI AEROMODELLING GOLD MEDAL ANASTASIOU Alexis / PRINTEZIS Petros – Microlights GRE Azerbaijan 2000 AZARBAYCAN HAVA VA EKSTREMAL IDMAN NÖVLACI FEDERASIYASI 10 SAMUELSSON Bengt-Olof SWE SKINNER Karen – Paramotors ESP Belarus 1994 BELARUSIAN FEDERATION OF AIR SPORTS 9 ANDREI TUPOLEV AEROMODELLING MEDAL PARACHUTING Belgium 1905 ROYAL BELGIAN AERO CLUB 5 DODGE Carl USA LEONARDO DA VINCI PARACHUTING DIPLOMA Bosnia and Herzegovina 1996 VAZDUHOPLOVNI SAVEZ BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE 10 ALPHONSE PENAUD AEROMODELLING DIPLOMA ANANINA Aliya RUS Brazil 1919 COMISSÃO DE AERODESPORTO BRASILEIRA 5 ROUX Alain FRA FAI GOLD PARACHUTING MEDAL Bulgaria 1934 BULGARSKI NATSIONALEN AEROKLUB 10 ANTONOV AEROMODELLING DIPLOMA KLENINA Svetlana RUS Canada 1931 AERO CLUB OF CANADA 4 PELAGIC Miodrag SLO ROTORCRAFT Chile 1921 * FEDERACION AEREA DE CHILE 9 FRANK EHLING DIPLOMA FAI GOLD ROTORCRAFT MEDAL China 1921 * AERO SPORTS FEDERATION OF CHINA 4 YAMASHINA Tatsuo JPN SHPIGOVSKAYA Galina RUS Chinese Taipei 1990 CHINESE TAIPEI AEROSPORTS FEDERATION 9 AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT Colombia 1951 FEDERACION COLOMBIANA DE DEPORTES AEREOS “FEDERAEROS” 10 PHOENIX DIPLOMA Croatia 1992 HRVATSKI ZRAKOPLOVNI SAVEZ 8 CATELLANI Renzo ITA Cuba 1927 AVIATION CLUB OF CUBA 10 PHOENIX GROUP DIPLOMA Cyprus 1961 KYPRIAKI AERATHLITIKI OMOSPONDIA 10 Angers Regional Air Museum GPPA FRA FAI ­– BREITLING AWARD Czech Republic 1920 AEROKLUB CESKÉ REPUBLIKY 6 HENRI MIGNET DIPLOMA Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1959 * CENTRAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION OF D.P.R. KOREA 10 RAYMOND Eric SLO Denmark 1909 KONGELIG DANSK AEROKLUB 6 BREITLING MILESTONE TROPHY AVIATION AND SPACE EDUCATION Ecuador 1953 * CLUB DE AEROMODELISMO QUITO 10 EUSTACE Alan USA NILE GOLD MEDAL Egypt 1911 AERO CLUB OF EGYPT 9 BREITLING YOUNGSTER AWARD GEBB Suzie FRA Estonia 1938 EESTI LENNUSPORDI FÖDERATSIOON 10 MARTIN Jarrett USA BALLOONING Finland 1921 SUOMEN ILMAILULIITTO RY 6 MONTGOLFIER BALLOONING DIPLOMAS FYR of Macedonia 1993 VOZDUHOPLOVNA FEDERACIJA NA MAKEDONIJA 10 ROLFE Sandra CAN France 1905 AERO CLUB DE FRANCE 2 ENVIRONMENT Germany 1905 * DEUTSCHER AERO CLUB e.V. 3 ANGELO D’ARRIGO DIPLOMA Greece 1931 ELLINIKI AERATHLITIKI OMOSPONDIA 9 Ultralight Aviation Club of Moscow Guatemala 1953 * ASOCIACION GUATEMALTECA DE DEPORTES AEREOS 10 Technical University of Civil Aviation RUS Hong Kong, China 1977 HONG KONG AVIATION CLUB LTD 10 GENERAL AVIATION Hungary 1910 MAGYAR REPÜLÖ SZÖVETSÉG 7 CHARLES LINDBERGH GENERAL AVIATION DIPLOMA Iceland 1937 FLUGMÁLAFÉLAG ÍSLANDS 10 JENSEN Vagn DEN India 1949 AERO CLUB OF INDIA 9 GLIDING Indonesia 1973 FEDERASI AERO SPORT INDONESIA 7 LILIENTHAL GLIDING MEDAL Ireland 1946 NATIONAL AERO CLUB OF IRELAND 9 Dr. BOERMANS Loek NLD Islamic Republic of Iran 1964 KANOONE HAVANAVARDIYE IRAN 10 PELAGIA MAJEWSKA GLIDING MEDAL Israel 1951 AERO CLUB OF ISRAEL 9 DE LUY Ritz NLD Italy 1905 AERO CLUB D’ITALIA 1 PIRAT GEHRIGER DIPLOMA Japan 1919 NIPPON KOKU KYOKAI 4 MARTINEZ-MONEO RICO Antonio ESP Jordan 1980 * ROYAL AEROSPORTS CLUB OF JORDAN 10 HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING Kazakhstan 1994 ASSOCIATION OF LIGHT AVIATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN 10 FAI HANG GLIDING DIPLOMA Kosovo 2015 AERONAUTICAL FEDERATION OF KOSOVO 10 RAIBON-PERNOUD Daniel FRA Kuwait 1972 * KUWAIT SCIENCE CLUB 10 Latvia 1938 LATVIJAS AEROKLUBS 10 Lebanon 1924 AERO CLUB DU LIBAN 10 Libya 1975 * LIBYAN AIRSPORTS FEDERATION 10 Lithuania 1931 LIETUVOS AEROKLUBAS 8 Luxemburg 1929 FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE LUXEMBOURGEOISE 10 Malaysia 1961 PERSEKUTUAN SUKAN UDARA MALAYSIA 10 Mexico 1931 FEDERACION MEXICANA DE AERONAUTICA, A.C. 9 Moldova 1997 FEDERATIA DE PARAPANTISM DIN REPUBLICA MOLDOVA 10 Monaco 1947 AERO CLUB DE MONACO 10 Mongolia 2006 MONGOLIAN AIR SPORTS FEDERATION 10 Montenegro 1922 VAZDUHOPLOVNI SAVEZ CRNE GORE 10

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* This country has not been permanently Member of the FAI

DEFINITIONS

CLASS AIR SPORT PERSONS (APS) Lower Upper Lower Upper 1 200,000 & over 6 5,000 10,000 2 100,000 200,000 7 3,000 5,000 3 30,000 100,000 8 2,000 3,000 4 15,000 30,000 9 1,000 2,000 5 10,000 15,000 10 under 1,000

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To fulfil its objectives and meet the evolving needs of each President AIR SPORT COMMISSIONS Expert Groups air sport and area of activity, the FAI has constantly adjusted Dr. John Grubbström its organisational structure. Today, the FAI comprises the The Air Sport Commissions control the activities of the The FAI Expert Groups are persons with expertise in following elements: Executive Directors different disciplines governed by the FAI: Aerobatics, specific areas who are called upon when there is a need Alvaro de Orleans Borbón (Deputy to President) Aeromodelling, Amateur-built and Experimental Aircraft, for technical expertise. They are appointed by the FAI Astronautic Records, Ballooning, General Aviation, Gliding, Executive Board and are on stand-by and assignments GENERAL CONFERENCE Frederik (Frits) Brink (Finance Director) Agust Gudmundsson Hang Gliding and Paragliding, Microlights and Paramotors, are only carried out “on demand“. Parachuting, Rotorcraft. The supreme policy-making body defines the aims of Robert Henderson FAI, determines its Statutes and By-Laws and elects the Technical Commissions Niels-Christian Levin Hansen President and the Executive Board. The General Conference MEMBERS convenes once a year. It consists of Delegates appointed by Gillian Rayner These Commissions control non-sporting activities such Active and Associate Members in good standing, designated The Member Nations of FAI are represented by their “National as aviation medicine and environmental matters. Secretary General representatives of International Affiliate Members in good Air Sport Control” (NAC). At the General Conference, voting Susanne Schödel (non voting member) standing, FAI elected Officers, Presidents of Honour, powers are held by FAI Active Members and by the Air REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS Honorary Patrons of FAI, Companions of Honour, and Sport Commissions. With more than 100 Members, the Commission Presidents. FAI brings together at international level representatives FAI Regional Vice Presidents are appointed by the FAI of all air sport disciplines. Executive Board to increase the management resources of the FAI in a particular region and provide the Executive EXECUTIVE BOARD The FAI Members are categorised as per Statutes: Board with a tool for effective regional presence and a mechanism to promote air sports. The FAI Executive Board is the principal executive body of −− Active Members, being those organisations which FAI, responsible for implementing the policies and decisions represent all the disciplines practiced in their made by the General Conference and exercising those respective country. VICE-PRESIDENTS powers of the General Conference that are delegated to −− Associate Members, which represent only one it by that body. The Executive Board, chaired by the FAI The FAI Vice Presidents consist of the Vice Presidents discipline. There can be no more than two associate President, is jointly responsible to the General Conference representing Active Members and the Presidents of the members in a given country without their forming for all decisions made and actions taken between General Air Sport Commissions. a national organisation and becoming an Active Conferences. Member. HEAD OFFICE −− Temporary Members, being those national organisations which intend to become an Active or The FAI Head Office is managed by the Secretary General, Associate Member of the FAI but are not yet in a who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the position to fulfill all the rights and duties of those federation. members. −− International Affiliate Members, other international organisations sharing common goals with the FAI.

EXPERT SYSTEM

In 2012 the FAI Executive Board started the development of a new FAI Expert System which includes 8 Expert Groups: Airspace, Education, Facilities, IT, Navigation, Regulation, Safety, New Technology.

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