(Left to right: Gernot Bruckman, Maxime Schmitt, Andreas Wildauer)
France's Maxime Schmitt has swooped to the top of the Aerobatics Freestyle to Music (AFM) podium today, 8 February, at the 2025 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Switzerland, with exceptional flights gaining him maximum points across five rounds.
(Left to right: Maxime Schmitt, Gernot Bruckmann, Sylvain Pasini)
The outstanding pilot Gernot Bruckmann of Austria has achieved a maximum number of points across the finals rounds of the F3P-Aerobatics category at the 2025 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Switzerland to win this 'F3P-A' category of the contest.
Ten pilots in the Aerobatics Freestyle to Music (AFM) category at the 2025 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft are through to the finals after an intense competition in which pilots showcased their creative flair.
Crowds in Switzerland and tuning in via livestream from around the world have been able to witness masters at work in the nail-biting 2025 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft, where meticulous control of the aircraft means everything.
After a Judges training session and the Team Managers’ meeting, the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft saw local officials and spectators enjoying a parade, speeches and traditional Swiss Alphorn music on Sunday 2 February.
The most important F3P Aeromodelling event of 2025 – the FAI F3P World Championships for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft starts this Sunday 2 February in Widen, Switzerland, where the world's best senior and junior pilots will put their precision aerobatic manoeuvres to the test in the hopes of gaining a place on the podium.
The inclusion of air sports in The World Games is of paramount importance to FAI and the broader sporting community. Among the variety of disciplines represented, air sports play a crucial role, and in the next edition in August 2025 in Chengdu, China, Drone Racing will make a welcome return to the programme.
