 | | Goodbye! | 13 December 2015 |
| Thank You For a Great Games |  | | |
The FAI World Air Games 2015 ended in style yesterday, with an outdoor closing ceremony and airshow. About 40 balloons flew from The World, a collection of manmade islands off the coast of Dubai, to the Palm Dropzone, where they landed in front of the crowd. The final medals were awarded.
It has been a great two weeks here in Dubai. Thank you to all those who made it so special. Here’s a round-up from the last couple of days.
Photo: Marcus King / FAI Media Team | |
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Final Medals Awarded |  | | |
The final sets of medals were awarded at the closing ceremony of the FAI World Air Games in Dubai on Saturday 12 December, as the sun set on the two-week event celebrating air sports from around the world...
>Medal Ceremony 1
>Medal Ceremony 2
Photo: James Pagram / FAI Media Team | |
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Head Down Parachuting Highlights |  | | |
"You can train for years and never see these combinations, that's why we need to do so many jumps." Watch the clip featuring Matt Davidson (USA), the Golden Knights and the world's fastest skydiver Marco Wiederkehr.
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>Read an interview with the world’s fastest skydiver
Image: Marco Widerkehr's 533km/h tracklog | |
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Thank You Skydive Dubai |  | | |
The hosts of the FAI World Air Games 2015 were Skydive Dubai. We talk to the people behind it to find out more about this amazing multi-sports venue that has been developed in Dubai, and talk to them about their plans for the future...
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The Fan Men |  | | |
Paramotoring has been wowing the crowds over the past few days at the Palm Dropzone. Alex Mateos won Gold – we track him down and follow him through the air...
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| Snapshot Photos and Media |  | | |
The FAI has had dedicated media teams here at the FAI World Air Games, producing video clips, still photography, reports, press releases and social media throughout each day.
Thank you to the video crew from Quattro Media and the press, photography and social-media team at Cross Country Magazine for their work, as well as the teams at Skydive Dubai and WAGDubai.
Everything the FAI has produced is available to use free of charge – for yourself, for flying and sporting magazines, websites, social media, newspapers etc. You don't need to ask permission – just download it and use it.
>Photos
High resolution images are available through the website Flickr. You don’t need to be a member of the site to download the photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/airsports_fai/albums
>Text
Text reports are all on Facebook.
www.facebook.com/airsports.fai/notes
>Video
FAI Air Sports Channel
www.youtube.com/user/airsportschannel
Skydive Dubai
www.youtube.com/user/skydivedubaivideo
Photo: Marcus King / FAI Media Team | |
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| See You Next Time! |  | | Wherever your travels take you, see next time – in the air!
Photo: Marcus King / FAI Media Team | |
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| About the FAI
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the World Air Sports Federation, is the world governing body for air sports and for certifying world aviation and space records. The FAI was found in 1905 and is a non-governmental and non-profit-making organisation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). FAI activities include Balloons and Airships, Power Flying, Gliding, Helicopter flight, Parachuting, Aeromodelling, Aerobatics, Hang Gliding, Microlight and Paramotor flying, Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft, Manpowered flying, Paragliding and all other Aeronautic and Astronautic sporting activities. | |
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