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24 Oct 2023

CIACA President's Report to the 116th FAI General Conference 2023

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24 Oct 2023

CIVL Plenary 2024

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10 Oct 2023

CIAM Flyer 4-2023: Today's youth - Active Aeromodelling

John Dickenson - 1934-2023 - RIP

John Dickenson, inventor of the modern hang-glider, died on July 5, 2023. His funeral will be held on August 25 in Mona Vale, NSW, Australia. John was the holder of the highest FAI award, the FAI Gold Air Medal.

A Short Story of Hang Gliding

Hang gliding began with Otto Lilienthal in 1891. The German engineer completed over 2000 flights. His gliders were very complex and difficult to build or repair, with a control system that proved inadequate to deal with turbulence. Lilienthal died following a crash; still, he proved that flying was possible.

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04 Jul 2023

FAI Hot Air TV Logo Contest

Roland Pré takes Captain's seat at FAI Education Commission

For Roland Pré, newly elected President of the FAI Education Commission (Educ), learning not only from successes, but also failures, is integral to embedding the spirit of aviation in the hearts and minds of young people.

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CIAM Flyer 3-2023: No future without a look to the past - Building and flying old Scale Model Gliders

The history of aviation reveals a wealth of old aircraft. Even experts and insiders have difficulty keeping track of them all. An astonishing number of gliders were designed and built as early as the 1930s, and in particular after the Second World War.

As these gliders were exclusively built from wood, more and more aeromodellers are building and flying replicas which are built to scale and, of course, also from wood.