Federation Aeronautique Internationale
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| Abbreviation | FAI |
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| Formation | 1905 |
| Type | Sports organisation |
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President
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Frits Brink |
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Secretary General
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Susanne Schödel |
| Website | www.fai.org |
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI; English: The World Air Sports Federation), is the world governing body for air sports. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintains world records for aeronautical activities including ballooning, aeromodeling, and unmanned aerial vehicles; and also for human spaceflight.
The FAI was founded at a conference held in Paris 12–14 October 1905, which was organised following a resolution passed by the Olympic Congress held in Brussels on 10 June 1905 calling for the creation of an Association "to regulate the sport of flying, ... the various aviation meetings and advance the science and sport of Aeronautics." The conference was attended by representatives from 8 countries: Belgium (Aero Club Royal de Belgique, founded 1901), France (Aéro-Club de France, 1898), Germany (Deutscher Aero Club e.V.), Great Britain (Royal Aero Club, 1901), Italy (Aero Club d'Italia, 1904), Spain (Real Aero Club de España, 1905), Switzerland (Aero-Club der Schweiz, 1900) and the United States (Aero Club of America, 1905).
The FAI is the international governing body for the following activities:
The FAI establishes the standards for records in the activities. Where these are air sports, the FAI also oversees international competitions at world and continental levels, and also organizes the World Air Games and FAI World Grand Prix.
The FAI also keeps records set in human spaceflight, through the FAI Astronautic Records Commission ("International Astronautic Records Commission – ICARE)
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