Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Switzerland, the World Air Sports Federation (FAI), or Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, is a privately owned, non-governmental, non-profit organization. Employing approximately 40 people as of 2023, the FAI serves as the international governing body for air sports. Its primary function is to promote and regulate various aeronautical and astronautical activities globally, including record ratification and the organization of international competitions across a wide range of disciplines such as aerobatics, ballooning, gliding, and drone racing, among others.
The FAI World Gliding Championships in Tábor, Czechia, concluded with Jeroen Jennen winning the Standard Class. A week later, Jennen also secured his third National Champion title and was named the 2025 IGC Champion Pilot of the Year. From September 5th to an unspecified date, the 68th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship, took place in Metz, France, with Team SUI-1 winning their fifth title. Czech pilots Petr Jonáš and Marek Velát won their third FAI World Rally Flying Championship title in Ferrara, Italy, securing overall and team victory for Czechia at the 24th edition of the event. The 2025 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft was held at the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) National Flying Site in Muncie, Indiana, from August 9th to 16th, featuring 62 pilots. Maximilian Seis won his second FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Championship title after an unspecified period of competition.
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