Air sports
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The term "air sports" covers a range of aerial activities, including air racing, aerobatics, aeromodelling, hang gliding, human-powered aircraft, parachuting, paragliding, soaring, and skydiving.
T-6 Gold Start passing the finish pylon at the 2014 Reno Air Races
Hang gliding
The World Air Sports Federation is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausan
Air sports
…gliding, human-powered aircraft, parachuting, paragliding, soaring, and skydiving. Many air sports are regulated internationally by the Switzerland-based Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and nationally by aero clubs such as the National Aeronautics Association (NAA) and the Royal Aero Club (RAeC). The FAI has separate commissions…
1971 USSR commemorative stamp depicting the Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal established by FAI
Record flight diploma issued by the FAI