The 2020 season of the FAI Drone Racing World Cup will start with a bang at the Race of Drones Oulu in Finland this Friday 13 March.
The Finnish competition will gather an array of world-class pilots from around the world, including Korea, the Philippines and Morocco, for a total number of 43 registered competitors. It will include last year’s winner of the 2019 FAI Drone Racing World Cup series, Tomass Pētersons of Latvia.
One hundred and ten years ago today, on 8 March 1910, Frenchwoman Elise Deroche, aka Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, became the first woman pilot in the world to earn an airplane pilot licence.
The Aero Club de France, FAI Founding Member, issued Laroche’s licence. Aero clubs started to grant licences in 1910, with very few women receiving them.
The FAI is following the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, as it might be disruptive to meetings, competitions and travels in general.
Travel advisories are in place for some 'hotspots', but the situation can change overnight.
The FAI recommends anyone wishing to travel to a meeting or a competition to visit the following websites, as well as to check their travel and/or health insurance coverage:
Suitable for courses involving children and young adults.
Anyone with a serious interest in rubber motorpowered model aircraft will sooner or later encounter the P-30 Class. P-30 are models that are built and flown according to strictly prescribed rules. The competition class originates from the USA and is popular throughout the world.
Today marks 10 years since Swiss pilot Pierrick Duvoisin’s longstanding passion for hot air ballooning led him to break the World Record of Duration in two different categories: AX-06 (1200 to 1600 m³) and AX-07 (1600 to 2200 m³). His records still stand today!
