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08 Sep 2019

Red Bull Air Race: Australia's Matt Hall clinches 2019 World Championship in Chiba

Domina Jalbert awarded FAI Gold Air Medal for the invention of the multi-cell ram-air wing.

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FAI has granted a Gold Air Medal to Canadian-US inventor Domina Jalbert, whose work on canopies and multi-cell wing type aerial devices was a key to modern paragliding, kiting and sky diving. The award ceremony will take place on December 05, 2019. Domina Jalbert was nominated to this highest FAI award by the proposal of CIVL and IPC.

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Events
07 Sep 2019

Red Bull Air Race: Sonka claims 2019 DHL Fastest Lap trophy

1st anniversary of the highest altitude reached by a glider

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One year ago, on September 2nd 2018, the Perlan 2 soared into the record books by reaching 76,000 feet (23km), the highest altitude ever reached by a glider.

The flight took place in El Calafate, Patagonia in Argentina, and was the third time in just a few days that the glider flew above the altitude of its own previous world record, set in 2017. The unique aircraft was flown by US pilots Jim Payne and Tim Gardner.

Events
31 Aug 2019

Vive la France! Medals galore for the impressive French team at the FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2019

Equipment
26 Aug 2019

CCC requirements to be revisited