Annual Report 2017 Table of Contents
Annual Report 2017 table of Contents 1 President’s Foreword About FAI 4 Highlight Events The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, FAI – The 6 The World Games 2017 World Air Sports Federation, was founded in 1905. It is an 8 1st FAI International Drones non-governmental and non-profit-making international Conference and Expo organisation, IOC ‒ recognised, with the basic aim of furthering aeronautical and astronautical activities worldwide, ratifying international records and coordinating the organisation of 10 Air Sports international competitions. After over a century of steady 12 Connecting Across Air Sports growth, FAI is now an organisation of more than 100 member countries, forming a strong network linking all those who 14 New Sports participate in air sports worldwide. 16 Championships & Events 18 Events & Athletes Statistics airsports.fai 20 Achievements airsports_fai airsportschannel 22 International Records photos/airsports_fai 24 Awards Ceremony airsports.fai 26 FAI Young Artists Contest 28 General Information 30 General Conference 32 Members 36 Media 38 Sponsorship & Partnership 44 Annexes 46 List of 2017 Competition Results 57 List of 2017 International Records 63 List of 2017 Awards 63 List of Members 65 FAI Structure 66 Credits FAI ANNUAL REPORT – 2017 President’s Foreword Greetings from Lausanne, Switzerland, the Olympic The decision by the International World Games Association Capital, and home of FAI, the World Air Sports Federation. to include these disciplines in The World Games was a The year 2017 was a busy and exciting one for the FAI, with result of our commitment to further the appeal of air a total of 63 FAI World and Continental Championships sports by introducing them to more multi-sport events, a and an incredible 613 FAI-sanctioned events taking place commitment that also shone through during our successful around the world.
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