Sports & Athletes

This section provides information and references on the Air Sport Events included in the Event Program of the World Air Games 2009 and on the Athletes invited to take part in the Games.

The structure and content of this section will be regularly updated and improved to allow easy access to information and documents, and links with the official Webpages of the World Air Games 2009.




AIR SPORTS

The Air Sport Events proposed by the Turin LOC and approved by FAI for inclusion in the Event Program of the World Air Games 2009 are listed below.

By clicking on the links available in the “Sports” column, you will enter the sections dedicated to each FAI Air Sport Commission. Event Descriptions and extracts from the Turin Bid Book are available in these sections. Competition Rules, Information Bulletins and Athletes Information will be published when available.

Note : information published on this and on subsequent pages is subject to further changes.

Sports Disciplines Venues
Aerobatics Powered Aerobatics
Glider Aerobatics
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Aeromodelling Radio Controlled Artistic Aerobatics
Hand-Thrown Gliders
Indoor AeroMusicals
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Palaruffini
Ballooning Hot Air Balloons
Gas Balloons
Mondovi
Turin City Center
Experimental Aircraft Public Construction of Aircraft
International Fly-In
World Record Attempts
Turin City Center
Converging to Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Gliding Glider Racing Turin Aeritalia
Hang Gliding Aerobatics
Speed Run
Avigliana
Avigliana
Helicopters Parallel Slalom
Parallel Fender
Freestyle
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Microlights Weight-Shift - Long-Distance Flight
Weight-Shift - Pylon Race
Paramotors - Parallel Precision Tasks
Converging to Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Parachuting Freestyle
Landing Accuracy
Formation Skydiving
Canopy Formation
Canopy Piloting
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Turin Aeritalia
Paragliding Aerobatics
Landing Accuracy
Avigliana
Avigliana




RULES FOR THE WORLD AIR GAMES

The World Air Games 2009 shall be held in accordance with the relevant provisions in the FAI Statutes and By-Laws, FAI Sporting Code, Rules and local regulations applied by FAI.

World Air Games General Rules
All Air Sport Events included in the Event Program of the World Air Games are conducted in accordance with the guidelines provided by the World Air Games General Rules (pdf / 70 Kb).

Competition Rules
The FAI Air Sport Commissions are responsible for developing Competition Rules and Local Regulations, including task descriptions and rules for selecting athletes, for each individual Air Sport Event at the World Air Games.

When available, these rules will be published in the section of this Website dedicated to the Air Sports (see links available at preceding paragraph).



REFERENCES

This quick-reference guide lists all documents governing the World Air Games :