Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

World governing body for air sports

Not to be confused with International Astronautical Federation.

World Air Sports Federation

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

Abbreviation| FAI
Formation| 14 October 1905; 119 years ago (1905-10-14)
Founded at| Paris, France
Type| Nonprofit
Location|

* Lausanne, Switzerland

President

| Greg Principato[1]

Secretary General

| Markus Haggeney[2]
Website| www.fai.org

The World Air Sports Federation (French: Fédération aéronautique internationale; FAI) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.[3] It maintains world records for aeronautical activities, including ballooning, aeromodeling, and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), as well as flights into space.

## History

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The FAI was founded at a conference held in Paris 12–14 October 1905, which was organized following a resolution passed by the Olympic Congress held in Brussels on 10 June 1905 calling for the creation of an Association "to regulate the sport of flying, ... the various aviation meetings and advance the science and sport of Aeronautics."[4] The conference was attended by representatives from 8 countries: Belgium (Aéro Club Royal de Belgique, founded 1901), France (Aéro-Club de France, 1898), Germany (Deutscher Luftschiffer Verband aka "German Airship League", founded 1902), Great Britain (Royal Aero Club, 1901), Italy (Aero Club d'Italia [it], 1904), Spain (Real Aero Club de España [es], 1905), Switzerland (Aero-Club der Schweiz, 1900) and the United States (Aero Club of America, 1905).

On 2 February 2017 the FAI announced its new strategic partnership with international asset management firm Noosphere Ventures. FAI Secretary General Susanne Schödel, FAI President Frits Brink and Noosphere Ventures Managing Partner Max Polyakov signed the agreement, making Noosphere Ventures FAI's Global Technical Partner.[5][6]

The FAI suspended Russia and Belarus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which pilots from Russia and Belarus will not be able to compete in any FAI-sanctioned event in the 13 FAI air sports disciplines, including paragliding, hang gliding, and paramotoring.[7]

## FAI General Conference

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The 117th FAI General Conference took place in Dayton, Ohio, US (the 'Birthplace of Aviation') on 26 and 27 October 2023. [8]

The 118th FAI General Conference was held from 20 to 21 November 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The 119th FAI General Conference will take place in Vantaa, Finland from 22 to 24 October 2025.

## Sports

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13 Sports:

1. Aeromodelling (modelling (space modulation) – Space Modelling)
2. Amateur-Built & Experimental Aircraft
3. Ballooning
4. Drones
5. General Aviation
6. Gliding
7. Hang Gliding
8. Microlights and Paramotors
9. Paragliding
10. Powered and glider aircraft Aerobatics
11. Rotorcraft
12. Parachuting (Skydiving)
13. Space

## Air Sport Commissions

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1. General Air Sports (CASI)
2. Aerobatics (CIVA)
3. Aeromodelling (CIAM)
4. Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft (CIACA)
5. Astronautic Records (ICARE)
6. Ballooning (CIA)
7. General Aviation (GAC)
8. Gliding (IGC)
9. Hang Gliding and Paragliding (CIVL)
10. Microlight and Paramotor (CIMA)
11. Rotorcraft (CIG)
12. Skydiving (ISC)

## Events

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Main article: World Championships in Air Sports

Main article: World Cups in Air Sports

* World Air Games
* World Paragliding Championships
* World Gliding Championships
* World Parachuting Championships
* FAI World Aerobatic Championships
* World Hot Air Ballooning Championships
* FAI World Paramotor Slalom Championships
* 2023 FAI F3P World Championships
* World Cup of Indoor Skydiving
* FAI World Grand Prix
* Red Bull Air Race World Championship
* Parachuting (Skydiving)

All the events sanctioned by the FAI are listed in its events calendar.

### World Championships

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The year that the first World Championship in each class (see Model aircraft competitions and classes took place are as follows:

1. 1951: F1A, F1B, F1C
2. 1960: F2A, F2B, F2C, F3A
3. 1961: F1D
4. 1970: F4B, F4C
5. 1972: S-classes
6. 1977: F3B
7. 1978: F2D
8. 1985: F3C, F3D
9. 1986: F3E (now: F5B)
10. 1989: F1E
11. 1994: F5D (now F3E)
12. 1998: F3
13. 2010: F6A (WAG)
14. 2010: F6B (WAG)
15. 2010: F6D (WAG)
16. 2011: F3K
17. 2012: F3F
18. 2013: F3N
19. 2013: F3P
20. 2014: F4H
21. 2018: F3U
22. 2019: F5J
23. 2024: F3M

## Activities

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The FAI is the international governing body for the following activities:

* Aerobatics through the FAI Aerobatics Commission (Commission Internationale de Voltige Aérienne – CIVA)[9]
* Aeromodeling and drones through the FAI Aeromodelling Commission (Commission Internationale d'Aéro-Modélisme – CIAM)[10]
* Ballooning through the FAI Ballooning Commission (Commission Internationale de l'Aérostation – CIA)[11]
* General aviation through the FAI General Aviation Commission (General Aviation Commission – GAC)[12]
* Gliding through the FAI Gliding Commission (International Gliding Commission – IGC)[13]
* Hang gliding & Paragliding through the FAI Hang Gliding & Paragliding Commission (Commission Internationale de Vol Libre – CIVL)[14]
* Human-powered aircraft through the FAI Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft Commission (Commission Internationale des Aéronefs de Construction Amateur – CIACA)[15]
* Microlighting and Paramotoring through the FAI Microlight & Paramotor Commission (Commission Internationale de Microaviation – CIMA)[16]
* Skydiving through the FAI International Skydiving Commission[17]
* Rotorcraft through the FAI Rotorcraft Commission (Commission Internationale de giraviation – CIG)[18]

The FAI establishes the standards for records in the activities. Where these are air sports, the FAI also oversees international competitions at world and continental levels, and also organizes the World Air Games and FAI World Grand Prix.

The FAI organises the FAI International Drones Conference and Expo. This event offers a platform for organisations, businesses and individuals to discuss how drones are used today and to create a framework for how they will be used and impact on life in the future.

The FAI also keeps records set in human spaceflight, through the FAI Astronautic Records Commission (International Astronautic Records Commission – ICARE)[19]

### Kármán Line definition

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Main article: Kármán line

The FAI defines the limit between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the so-called Karman Line, as the altitude of 100 kilometres (62 miles; 330,000 feet) above Earth's sea level.[20]

## Records

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1971 USSR commemorative stamp depicting the Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal established by FAI

Among the FAI's responsibilities are the verification of record-breaking flights. For a flight to be registered as a "World Record," it has to comply with the FAI's strict rules, which include a proviso that the record must exceed the previous record by a certain percentage. Since the late 1930s, military aircraft have dominated some classes of record for powered aircraft such as speed, distance, payload, and height, though other classes are regularly claimed by civilians.

Some records are claimed by countries as their own, even though their achievements fail to meet FAI standards. These claims are not typically granted the status of official records. For example, Yuri Gagarin earned recognition for the first manned spaceflight, despite failing to meet FAI requirements. The FAI initially did not recognize the achievement because he did not land in his Vostok spacecraft (he ejected from it), but later it recognized that Gagarin was the first human to fly into space. The FAI then established the Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal, which has been awarded since 1968.[21]

### Classes

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Record flight diploma issued by the FAI

The following types of craft have records:[22]

* Class A Free Balloons
* Class B Airships
* Class C Aeroplanes
* Class CS Solar-Powered Aeroplanes
* Class D Gliders & Motorgliders
* Class E Rotorcraft
* Class F Model Aircraft
* Class F1 – Free flight
* Class F2 – Control line
* Class F3 – Radio control
* F3K – Discus Launch Glider
* F3F – Slope Soaring
* Class F4 – Scale model aircraft
* Class F5 – Electrically powered model aircraft[23]
* F5B – Electric powered motor gliders
* F5D – Electric powered pylon racing model aircraft
* Class F8 – Autonomous flight (created by CIAM in 2006, later retired)
* Class F9 – Drone Sports [24]
* F9A – Drone soccer
* F9U – Drone racing
* Class G Parachuting
* Class H Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Aeroplanes
* Class I Manpowered aircraft
* Class K Spacecraft
* Class M Tilt-Wing/Tilt Engine Aircraft
* Class N Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) Aeroplanes
* Class O Hang Gliding & Paragliding
* Class P Aerospacecraft
* Class R Microlights and Paramotors
* Class S Space Models (Model rockets)
* Class U Unmanned aerial vehicles

### Selected records

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Date  | Measurement  | Person  | Aircraft  | Type  | Ref(s)

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Class A: Free balloons
31 January 2015  | 160 hours 34 minutes.  |  Troy Bradley (United States)
Leonid Tyukhtyaev (Russia) | Two Eagles Balloon | Duration  | [25]
31 March 1999  | 40,814 km.  |  Bertrand Piccard (Switzerland)
Brian Jones (Great Britain) | Breitling Orbiter | Distance  | [26]
4 May 1961  | 34,668 meters  |  Malcolm Ross (United States)
Victor Prather (United States) | Winzen  | Absolute altitude  |
Class C: Aeroplanes
11 February 2006  | 41,467.53 km  |  Steve Fossett (United States) | Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer | Flight distance record (without refueling)  |
28 July 1976  | 3,529.56 km/h  |  Eldon W. Joersz (United States) | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird | Flight airspeed record |
31 August 1977  | 37,650 m  |  Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov (Soviet Union) | MiG E-266M | Flight altitude record |
22 October 1938  | 17,083 m  |  Mario Pezzi (Italy) | Caproni Ca.161 | Flight altitude record (piston engine without payload)  |
Class CS: Solar-powered aeroplanes
7 July 2010  | 9,235 m
26 h 10 m 19 s  |  André Borschberg (Switzerland) | Solar Impulse (Prototype)  | Solar powered Duration and Flight altitude record | [27]
25 May 2012  | 1116 km  |  André Borschberg (Switzerland) | Solar Impulse (Prototype)  | Solar powered Distance  |
Class D: Gliders & motorgliders
3 September 2017  | 15,902 m  |  Jim Payne (United States)
Morgan Sandercock (Australia) | Windward Performance Perlan II | Gliding Altitude  | [28]
2 September 2018  | 23,202 m  |  Tim Gardner (United States)
Jim Payne (United States) | Windward Performance Perlan II  | Gliding Altitude (to be ratified)  | [28]
21 January 2003  | 3,008.8 km  |  Klaus Ohlmann (Germany)
Karl Rabeder (Austria) | Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 | Gliding Distance  |
Class E-1: Helicopters
11 August 1986  | 400.87 km/h  |  John Trevor Egginton (Great Britain) | Westland Lynx G-LYNX (modified)  | Speed over a straight 15/25 km course  | [29]
Class G-2: Parachuting performance records
14 October 2012  | 1357.6 km/h  |  Felix Baumgartner (Austria) | Red Bull Stratos | Vertical speed  | [30]
8 February 2006  | 400 Skydivers  | World Team  | 5 Lockheed C-130 | Largest Skydiving Formation  | [31]
Class I-C: Humanpowered aeroplane
23 April 1988  | 115.11 km
3h 54mn 59s  |  Kanellos Kanellopoulos (Greece) | MIT Daedalus 88 | Human powered Distance and Duration  | [32][33]
2 October 1985  | 44.32 km/h  |  Holger Rochelt (West Germany) | Musculair II | Speed over a closed circuit  | [34]
Class I-E: Humanpowered rotorcraft
25 September 2013  | 1min 37.5 sec  |  Justin Mauch (United States) | Gamera | Duration  | [35]
Class O: Hang Gliding & Paragliding
13 October 2016  | 564.3.0 km  |  Donizete Baldessar Lemos (Brazil)
Rafael Monteiro Saladini (Brazil)
Samuel Nascimento (Brazil) | Ozone Enzo 2
Ozone Enzo 2
Gin Boomerang 10 | Straight distance with a paraglider  | [36][37][38][39][40]
Class R: Microlights
14 February 2002  | 187 km/h  |  Julian Harris (Great Britain)
Bob Sharp (Great Britain) | Jabiru Aircraft UL  | 3 axis flight airspeed record | [41]
Class U: Unmanned aerial vehicles
14 August 2001  | 96,863 feet (29,524 m)  |  Piloted remotely by Greg Kendall (United States) | AeroVironment Helios Prototype | Sustained horizontal flight altitude record by a winged aircraft  | [42][43]

## Awards

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Diplome Paul Tissandier

The FAI Gold Air Medal was established in 1924 and was first awarded in 1925. It is reserved for those who have contributed greatly to the development of aeronautics by their activities, work, achievements, initiative or devotion to the cause of Aviation. The FAI has also awarded the Paul Tissandier Diploma since 1952 to those who have served the cause of aviation in general and sporting aviation in particular.[21]

The FAI also makes awards for each of the following air sports.

* Awards for Ballooning:
* The Montgolfier Ballooning Diploma
* The Santos Dumont Gold Airship Medal
* Awards for General Aviation:
* The Charles Lindbergh General Aviation Diploma
* Awards for Gliding:
* The Lilienthal Gliding Medal
* The Pelagia Majewska Gliding Medal
* The Pirat Gehriger Diploma
* Awards for Rotorcraft:
* The FAI Gold Rotorcraft Medal
* Awards for Parachuting:
* The FAI Gold Parachuting Medal
* The Leonardo da Vinci Parachuting Diploma
* The Faust Vrancic Medal
* Awards for Aeromodelling:
* The FAI Aeromodelling Gold Medal
* The Andrei Tupolev Aeromodelling Medal
* The Alphonse Penaud Aeromodelling Diploma
* The Antonov Aeromodelling Diploma
* The Andrei Tupolev Aeromodelling Diploma
* The Frank Ehling Diploma
* Awards for Aerobatics:
* The Leon Biancotto Aerobatics Diploma
* Awards for Astronautics:
* The Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal
* The V.M. Komarov Diploma
* The Korolev Diploma
* The Odyssey Diploma
* Awards for Hang Gliding:
* The Pepe Lopes Medal
* The FAI Hang Gliding Diploma
* Awards for Microlight Aviation:
* The Colibri Diploma
* The Ann Welch Diploma
* Awards for Aviation and Space Education:
* The Nile Gold Medal
* Awards for Amateur-Built Aircraft:
* The Phoenix Diploma
* The Phoenix Group Diploma
* The Henri Mignet Diploma[21]

## FAI Young Artists Contest

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The FAI Young Artists Contest[44] is an international painting competition for youngsters between the ages of 6 and 17. Each FAI Member Country organises the contest in their country, and the national winners are submitted to the International Jury each year.

## Members

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### Active members

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Country  | Member name  | Year of Affiliation

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Albania  | Federata Shqiptare e Aeronautikës | 2000
Algeria  | Federation Algérienne Des Sports Aériens  |
Argentina  | Confederacion Argentina De Entidades Aerodeportivas  | 1910
Australia  | Australian Sport Aviation Confederation | 1948
Austria  | Österreichischer Aero Club  | 1910
Azerbaijan  | Azərbaycan Hava və Ekstremal İdman Növləri Federasiyası  | 2000
Belarus  | Belarusian Federation of Air Sports (suspended)  | 1994
Belgium  | Royal Belgian Aero Club  | 1905
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Vazduhoplovni Savez Bosne I Hercegovine  | 1996
Brazil  | Comissão de Aerodesporto Brasileira  | 1919
Bulgaria  | Bulgarski Natsionalen Aeroklub  | 1934
Canada  | Aero Club of Canada  | 1931
Chile  | Federacion Aerea De Chile  | 1921
People's Republic of China  | Aero Sports Federation of China  | 1921
Republic of China  | Chinese Taipei Aerosports Federation  | 1990
Colombia  | Federacion Colombiana De Deportes Aereos "Federaeros"  | 1951
Croatia  | Hrvatski Zrakoplovni Savez  | 1992
Cuba  | Aviation Club of Cuba  | 1927
Cyprus  | Kypriaki Aerathlitiki Omospondia  | 1961
Czech Republic  | Aeroklub České Republiky  | 1920
Denmark  | Kongelig Dansk Aeroklub  | 1909
Egypt  | Aero Club of Egypt  | 1911
Estonia  | Eesti Lennuspordi Föderatsioon  | 1938
Finland  | Suomen Ilmailuliitto Ry  | 1921
France  | Aero Club de France | 1905
Germany  | Deutscher Aero Club e.V.  | 1905
Greece  | Elliniki Aerathlitiki Omospondia  | 1931
Guatemala  | Asociacion Guatemalteca De Deportes Aereos  | 1953
Hong Kong  | Hong Kong Aviation Club Ltd  | 1977
Hungary  | Magyar Repülö- és Légisport Szövetség  | 1910
Iceland  | Flugmálafélag Íslands  | 1937
India  | Aero Club of India | 1949
Indonesia  | Federasi Aero Sport Indonesia  | 1973
Ireland  | National Aero Club of Ireland  | 1946
Islamic Republic of Iran  | Kanoone Havanavardiye Iran  | 1964
Israel  | Aero Club of Israel  | 1951
Italy  | Aero Club D'Italia  | 1905
Japan  | Nippon Koku Kyokai  | 1919
Jordan  | Royal Aerosports Club of Jordan  | 2005
Kazakhstan  | Kazakhstan Air Sports Federation  | 1994
Kosovo  | Federata Aeronautike e Kosovës  | 2015
Kuwait  | Kuwait Science Club  | 1972
Latvia  | Latvijas Aeroklubs  | 1938
Lebanon  | Aero Club du Liban  | 1924
Libya  | Libyan Airsports Federation  | 1975
Lithuania  | Lietuvos Aeroklubas | 1931
Luxembourg  | Federation Aeronautique Luxembourgeoise  | 1929
Malaysia  | Persekutuan Sukan Udara Malaysia  | 1961
Moldova  | Federatia De Parapantism Din Republica Moldova  | 1997
Mongolia  | Mongolian Air Sports Federation  | 2006
Montenegro  | Vazduhoplovni Savez Crne Gore  | 1922
Morocco  | Federation Royale Marocaine De L'Aviation Legere Et Sportive  | 1952
Mozambique  | Aeroclube De Mocambique  | 1986
Nepal  | Nepal Airsports Association  | 2002
Netherlands  | Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Luchtvaart  | 1909
New Zealand  | Royal New Zealand Aero Club Inc.  | 1952
North Macedonia  | Vozduhoplovna Federacija Na Makedonija  | 1993
Norway  | Norges Luftsportforbund  | 1909
Pakistan  | All Pakistan Aero Modelling & Ultralight Association  | 1955
Philippines  | 3D Air Sports And Hobbies Association, Incorporated  | 1965
Poland  | Aeroklub Polski | 1920
Portugal  | Aero Club De Portugal  | 1913
Qatar  | Qatar Air Sports Committee  | 2002
Republic of Korea  | Daehanmingook Hang Gong Hwe  | 1959
Romania  | Federatia Aeronautica Romana  | 1923
Russia  | Federatsia Avtsionnogo Sporta Rossii (suspended)  | 1909
San Marino  | Federazione Aeronautica Sammarinese  | 1971
Saudi Arabia  | Saudi Aviation Club  | 1997
Serbia  | Vazduhoplovni Savez Srbije  | 1922
Singapore  | Air Sports Federation of Singapore  | 1984
Slovakia  | Slovenský národný aeroklub gen. M.R. Štefánika  | 1920
Slovenia  | Letalska Zveza Slovenija  | 1992
South Africa  | Aero Club of South Africa  | 1938
Spain  | Real FederacIón Aeroáutica Española  | 1905
Sweden  | Svenska Flygsportförbundet  | 1907
Switzerland  | Aero Club Der Schweiz  | 1905
Thailand  | Royal Aeronautics Sports Association of Thailand  | 1979
Tunisia  | Fédération tunisienne d’Aéronautique et d’Aéromodélisme  | 2015
Turkey  | Türk Hava Kurumu  | 1925
Ukraine  | Federation of Aeronautical Sports of Ukraine  | 1992
United Arab Emirates  | Emirates Aviation Association  | 1980
United Kingdom  | Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom  | 1905
United States of America  | National Aeronautic Association Of The USA  | 1905
Uzbekistan  | Texnik Va Amaliy Sport Turlari Markazi  | 1995
Venezuela  | Asociacion Venezolana De Los Deportes Aeronauticos (A.V.D.A.)  | 1952
Vietnam  | Hanoi Air Sports Association  |

### Associate members

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Country  | Member Name

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Liechtenstein  | Modellfluggruppe Liechtenstein
Liechtensteinischer Hängegleiter Verband
Oman  | Oman National Free Fall Team
Paraguay  | Asociacion Paraguaya Paracaidismo Deportivo
Portugal  | Federaçâo Portuguesa De Aeromodelismo
Federaçâo Portuguesa De Voo Livre
Qatar  | Qatar Rc Sport Center
Romania  | Federatia Romana De Modelism
Uruguay  | Asociacion Uruguaya De Parapente

### Affiliate members

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Country  |

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\-  | Colpar
\-  | Europe Airsports
\-  | OSTIV
\-  | Segelflugszene GGMBH

### Temporary members

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Country  | Member name

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Armenia  | National Committee of Aeromodelling And Spacemodelling Sports
El Salvador  | Federacion Salvadoreña De Paracaidismo Y Aerodeportes
Iraq  | Al- Sokoor Aero Club
Laos  | Lao Airsports Club
Paraguay  | Asociacion Paraguaya Paracaidismo Deportivo
Syrian Arab Republic  | Syrian Parachute Federation
Vietnam  | Hanoi Air Sports Association

### Suspended members

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Country  | Member Name

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Botswana  | Parachute Association Of Botswana
Ecuador  | Club De Aeromodelismo Quito
Iraq  | Iraqi Aero Federation
Mexico  | Federacion Mexicana De Aeronautica, A.C.
Monaco  | Aero Club De Monaco
Palestine  | Palestine Air Sports Federation
Peru  | Federacion Peruana Aerodeportiva

## See also

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* Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
* Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
* Hot air ballooning
* List of spaceflight records

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Aerobatics

Aircraft|

* List of aerobatic aircraft

Competitions|

* European Gliding Championships
* FAI European Aerobatic Championships
* FAI World Aerobatic Championships
* FAI World Grand Prix
* Red Bull Air Race World Championship
* World Gliding Championships

Maneuvers|

* Loop (inside & outside)
* Aileron roll
* Barrel roll
* Cuban eight
* Falling leaf
* Hesitation roll
* Immelmann turn
* Kulbit
* Lomcovak
* Cobra maneuver
* Slip
* Spin
* Split S
* Stall turn/hammerhead
* Tailslide
* Scissors
* Whifferdill turn
* Zurabatic cartwheel

Organizations|

* British Aerobatic Association
* Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Aresti Catalog)
* International Aerobatic Club
* International Miniature Aerobatic Club

Pilots|

* Cecilia R. Aragon
* Hannes Arch
* Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad
* Lincoln J. Beachey
* Péter Besenyei
* Ladislav Bezák
* Marta Bohn-Meyer
* Cristian Bolton
* Paul Bonhomme
* Pip Borrman
* Mikaël Brageot
* Kirby Chambliss
* Julie Clark
* Marion Cole
* Vicki Cruse
* Mario de Bernardi
* Giovanni De Briganti
* Tommaso Dal Molin
* Glen Dell
* Matthias Dolderer
* Wilhelm Düerkop
* Walter Extra
* Markus Feyerabend
* Gerhard Fieseler
* Jozef Gabris
* Michael Goulian
* Matt Hall
* Wayne Handley
* Ray Hanna
* Charlie Hillard
* Bob Hoover
* Bevo Howard
* Nicolas Ivanoff
* Nader Jahanbani
* Petr Jirmus
* Steve Jones
* Jurgis Kairys
* Svetlana Kapanina
* Sándor Katona
* Petr Kopfstein
* Charlie Kulp
* Anatoly Kvochur
* Nigel Lamb
* Amanda Lee
* Jim LeRoy
* François Le Vot
* Leo Loudenslager
* Nancy Lynn
* Alejandro Maclean
* Pete McLeod
* Jerzy Makula
* Stanisław Makula
* Mikhail Mamistov
* Mike Mangold
* Scott Manning
* Catherine Maunoury
* Yoshihide Muroya
* Pyotr Nesterov
* Alexandr Panfierov
* Ivy May Pearce
* Adolphe Pégoud
* František Peřina
* Tom Poberezny
* Peter Podlunšek
* Maciej Pospieszyński
* Sergey Rakhmanin
* Amelia Reid
* Olaf Schmidt
* Art Scholl
* Klaus Schrodt
* Betty Skelton Erde
* Skip Stewart
* Martin Šonka
* Gene Soucy
* Chris Sperou
* Victor Tchmal
* Reinhold Tiling
* Ferenc Tóth
* Sean D. Tucker
* Nick Turvey
* Ernst Udet
* Gabor Varga
* Juan Velarde
* Frank Versteegh
* Pavel Vlasov
* Patty Wagstaff
* Kermit Weeks
* Neil Williams
* Walter Wolfrum
* Janusz Żurakowski

Other|

* 3D
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ASOIF (30+2)
Summer Olympics Federations|

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* IJF (judo)
* UIPM (modern pentathlon)
* WSK (roller sports)
* FISA (rowing)
* WR (rugby union)
* WS (sailing)
* ISSF (shooting)
* IFSC (sport climbing)
* ISA (surfing)
* ITTF (table tennis)
* WT (taekwondo)
* ITF (tennis)
* TRI (triathlon)
* FIVB (volleyball)
* IWF (weightlifting)
* UWW (wrestling)

AIOWF (7)
Winter Olympics Federations|

* IBU (biathlon)
* IBSF (bobsleigh and skeleton)
* WC (curling)
* IIHF (ice hockey)
* FIL (luge)
* ISU (skating sports)
* FIS (skiing and snowboarding sports)

ARISF (39)
Others recognised by IOC|

* FAI (air sports)
* IFAF (American football)
* FIA (auto racing)
* FIB (bandy)
* WBSC (baseball, softball and Baseball5)
* FIPV (basque pelota)
* WCBS (billiards sports)
* CMSB (boules)
* IBF (bowling)
* WBF (bridge)
* ICU (cheer)
* FIDE (chess)
* ICC (cricket)
* WDSF (dance sport)
* IFF (floorball)
* WFDF (flying disc)
* IFI (ice stock sport)
* WKF (karate)
* WAKO (kickboxing)
* IKF (korfball)
* WL (lacrosse)
* ILSF (life saving)
* FIM (motorcycle sport)
* UIAA (mountaineering)
* IFMA (muaythai)
* WN (netball)
* IOF (orienteering)
* FIP (polo)
* UIM (powerboating)
* IRF (racquetball)
* FIAS (sambo)
* ISMF (ski mountaineering)
* WSF (squash)
* IFS (sumo)
* TWIF (tug-of-war)
* CMAS (underwater sports)
* FISU (university sports)
* IWWF (waterski and wakeboard)
* IWUF (wushu)

AIMS (20)
Others in SportAccord|

* IAF (aikido)
* WAF (arm wrestling)
* IFBB (bodybuilding)
* ICSF (casting)
* WDF (darts)
* IDBF (dragon boat)
* FMJD (draughts)
* IFA (fistball)
* IGF (go)
* JJIF (ju-jitsu)
* FIK (kendo)
* WMF (minigolf)
* IPF (powerlifting)
* IPSC (practical shooting)
* FISav (savate)
* ISTAF (sepak takraw)
* ISFF (sleddog)
* ISTF (soft tennis)
* CIPS (sport fishing)
* FITEQ (teqball)

former GAISF
observer members (11)|

* WDA (dodgeball)
* FIFG (footgolf)
* IJRU (jump rope)
* IUKL (kettlebell lifting)
* FISO (obstacle)
* IPF (padel)
* IFMP (poker)
* IPSF (pole dance)
* IRF (rafting)
* IRL (rugby league)
* ITSF (table football/soccer)

Others|

* WEKAF (arnis)
* AFLC (Australian rules football)
* WBGF (backgammon)
* ISBHF (ball hockey)
* IBA (bodyboarding)
* WB (bowls)
* IBA1,2 (boxing)
* SJJIF (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)
* IFBA (broomball)
* WCF (croquet)
* WDBF (dodgeball)
* ICFRA (fullbore rifle)
* IGAA (Gaelic football and hurling)
* ATSX (downhill ice cross)
* IKF2 (kabaddi)
* WK2 (kabaddi)
* IKF (kempo)
* FISLY (landsailing)
* IMMAF (mixed martial arts)
* WMRA (mountain running)
* ORSI (ocean rowing)
* IPF (pickleball)
* IQA (quad ball)
* IFMAR (radio-controlled racing)
* IRF (rogaining)
* WSSF (snowshoe running)
* ISF (skyrunning)
* WSSA (sport stacking)
* ITHF (table hockey)
* ITPF (tent pegging)
* FIT (touch football)
* ITRA (trail running)
* IAU (ultra running)

* International Olympic Committee
* International World Games Association
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Records

World records|

* Category: World records
* Guinness World Records
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People|

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Sporting records|

* Archery
* Chess
* Cricket
* Test
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* Cycling
* FIBA Basketball World Cup records
* FIFA World Cup records
* Formula One motorsport
* constructors
* drivers
* Grand Prix motorcycle racing
* Juggling
* World Rally Championship
* Speed skating
* Figure skating
* Swimming

Athletics|

* Athletics record progressions
* Olympic records
* National records

Weightlifting|

* Men
* 1993–1997
* 1998–2018
* Women
* 1998–2018
* Junior
* Youth

In Australia|

* National Rugby League
* Australian Football League

In the US|

* NBA
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* All-Star
* NFL
* Individual
* Quarterback
* Team
* NHL
* Individual
* Team
* All-Star
* Major League Baseball
* Career
* Season
* Game
* Major League Soccer
* Track and field
* WNBA
* Regular season
* Post-season

In India|

* Indian Super League

National records|

* Japan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Thailand

Motion records|

| Speed|

* Wave
* Light
* Sound

Vehicle|

* Spacecraft
* Aircraft
* Propeller-driven
* Transcontinental
* Land vehicle (propulsively-driven
* Wheel-driven
* On rails
* Motorcycle
* Production model
* by top speed
* by acceleration
* Production car
* by top speed
* by acceleration
* Power output
* British
* Water-borne vehicle
* Sailing
* Submerged
* Transatlantic

Distance|

* Furthest spacecraft
* Furthest landing on another world
* Furthest humans
* Furthest travel on another world
* Closest to the Sun)
* Furthest flight
* Highest altitude)
* Deepest ocean vehicle

Endurance|

* Space
* Spaceflight
* On another world
* Person
* Spacecraft population
* Aircraft

* Spaceflight records
* Fédération Aéronautique Internationale records

Structures|

* List of tallest structures
* History of the world's tallest structures
* Tallest structures by category
* Category on tallest structures
* Superlative trees

Physical phenomena|

* Solar System extremes
* Extremes on Earth
* Extreme points of Earth
* List of weather records
* Organisms
* List of longest-living organisms
* Smallest organisms
* Largest organisms

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
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National|

* Germany
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Academics|

* CiNii

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* IdRef
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