aerobatics : 9 videos

Around 150 paragliders entered the air and finally crowned their new European Champions after about two weeks of paragliding action: Theo Warden from Great Britain is the winner of the European Paragliding Championship (EPC) in the overall category (=men & women). He is followed by the German Torsten Siegel on rank 2 and Biagio Alberto Vitale from Italy who came in third.France dominated the women category with the new European Champion Seiko Fukuoka Naville (FRA) and her countrywomen Meryl D...

It was a week full of airsports with breathtaking and spectacular parachuting action at the airfield in Szymanów which is situated near Wroclaw, Poland. Over 5000 spectators witnessed daily 66 of the world`s best canopy piloting athletes who competed from 2nd until 8th for the 7th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships and the premiere of the FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships in Freesyle. Canopy Piloting – also known as Swooping – is a fairly new sport, but often assessed the most spe...

The 2nd FAI World Paragliding Aerobatic Championships came to a successful close today at Lake Annecy in south west France. An impressive seven solo and seven synchro runs were flown over 7 days from 26 August to 3 September, giving the 34 pilots from 16 nations an excellent opportunity to demonstrate their aerobatics skills in a highly competitive environment.

The competition in Hungary was the 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships to be held, and attracted 20 of the world’s best glider aerobatic pilots. The FAI World Glider Aerobatics Championships takes place every year. This year it was at Matko Airport in Hungary, 80km south east of capital Budapest. It took place from 20-30 July and was organised by the Hungarian Aeronautical Association and the Hungarian Aerobatic Club. The clip was recorded using action cameras inside the cockpits...

The competition in Hungary was the 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships to be held, and attracted 20 of the world’s best glider aerobatic pilots. The FAI World Glider Aerobatics Championships takes place every year. This year it was at Matko Airport in Hungary, 80km south east of capital Budapest. It took place from 20-30 July and was organised by the Hungarian Aeronautical Association and the Hungarian Aerobatic Club. RESULTS 1. Ferenc Toth (HUN), 8,578.09 2. Janos Szilagyi (HUN)...

Ferenc Toth from Hungary is one of the world’s best Aerobatic Glider pilots, and won his third world championship title in July 2016 at the 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Hungary. He talks about the sport, competition, and what it takes to be an expert glider pilot – upside down, vertically, on the horizontal and all around…

France takes home all Gold Medals at the 28th World Aerobatics Championships: general rankings, team rankings, individual male and individual female. After ten days of a particularly challenging competition French pilot Capitaine Alexandre Orlowski (FR) is the new World Champion. The French female pilot Aude Lemordant also takes gold at the women’s competition. She finishes fifth in general rankings, just behind Capitaine François Rallet (FR), Castor Fantoba (Spanish), Mikhail Mamistov (Russi...