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Anti-Doping
08 Apr 2025

Watch the FAI webinar: "Sick or injured, make sure you FLY CLEAN"

Anti-Doping
05 Mar 2025

Webinar on 2 April - Sick or injured: make sure you FLY CLEAN

Anti-Doping
10 Dec 2024

World Anti-Doping Agency updates prohibited list for 2025

Awards
20 Nov 2024

Gliding pilot Sebastian Kawa awarded with FAI Gold Air Medal

Awards
20 Nov 2024

2024 FAI Awards Ceremony: Honouring air sports’ greatest contributors

Awards
18 Nov 2024

Balloonist Ruth E Wilson awarded 2024 Order of Australia Medal Citation

A soaring legacy: Benvenutas Ivanauskas honoured with the 2024 Phoenix Diploma

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The 2024 Phoenix Diploma, an esteemed FAI Award recognising the best reconstruction or restoration of a vintage (more than 30-year-old) aircraft achieved by an individual amateur, has found its deserving recipient in Benvenutas Ivanauskas from Lithuania.

This prestigious honour, bestowed by the FAI Amateur-Build and Experimental Aircraft Commission (CIACA), acknowledges Ivanauskas' unwavering commitment to the preservation of gliding’s rich heritage.

Neil Robertson and Aleš Kubíček inducted into the CIA International Ballooning & Airship Hall of Fame

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Update - 29 October 2024: Enjoy the video of the Hall of Fame  Induction ceremony held at the Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque Balloon Museum on October 4, 2024, honoring Neil Robertson and Aleš Kubíček!

By Lynne Newton, Exhibitions Curator, Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum

FAI Anti-Doping Manager shares insights from World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium

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The 2024 Annual Symposium of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) took place last week in Lausanne, Switzerland. The event gathered more than 1,100 participants from the global anti-doping community, under this year’s theme: ‘One Mission – One Team’.

Among the attendees was FAI Anti-Doping Manager Kamila Vokoun Hájková who shared her insights from attending the event: