Air sports

Range of aerial activities

Air Sports
Characteristics
T-6 Gold Start passing the finish pylon at the 2014 Reno Air Races
Highest governing body	Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Contact	No
Mixed-sex	Yes
Type	Outdoor recreation
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide
Olympic	No
Paralympic	No
World Games	1997–2021

The term "air sports" covers a range of aerial activities, including air racing, aerobatics, aeromodelling, hang gliding, human-powered aircraft, parachuting, paragliding and skydiving.^[1]

Recognized and regulated air sports

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)^[2] and the Royal Aero Club (RAeC). The FAI has separate commissions for each air sport. For example, the commission for ballooning is the Commission Internationale de l'Aérostation (CIA).^[3]^[4]

Sports within the categories of air sports and their respective commissions are as follows:^[1]^[5]^[6]

Other activities

Other aerial activities not governed by the FAI rules:

Rocket Racing League (an attempt to create a new air sport)^[10]

Competitions

Notes

^ "Ultralight aircraft provide a new form of air sport and of leisure activity open to all."^[7]
^ "Sailplane soaring is both a safe and widely accessible new air sport."^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Air Sports". topendsports.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^ "Air Sports - NAA: National Aeronautic Association". naa.aero. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA)". fai.org. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ Levinson, D.; Christensen, K. (1996). Encyclopedia of World Sport: Acrobatics to gymnastics. Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present. ABC-CLIO. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-87436-819-2. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "List of Air Sports A-Z". rookieroad.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^ "World Air Sports Federation". fai.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Official Journal of the European Communities: Information and notices. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 1983. p. 288-3. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "The Rotarian". The Rotarian. Rotary International: 28. November 1976. ISSN 0035-838X. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ Technical Soaring. 21–22. Soaring Society of America: 53. 1997. ISSN 0744-8996 https://books.google.com/books?id=NzxWAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 21 October 2021. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Richards, Rashna Wadia (20 May 2021). ""This Isn't Some TV Show, Okay?"". Cinematic TV. Oxford University Press. pp. 154–195. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190071257.003.0005. ISBN 978-0-19-007125-7. Retrieved 11 November 2021.