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19 relations: Air racing, Air sports, Competition aerobatics, Dubai, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Gliding, Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Hang gliding, Helicopter, Hot air ballooning, Model aircraft, Olympic Games, Parachuting, Paragliding, Turin, Turkish Aeronautical Association, Ultralight aviation, United Arab Emirates, 1997 World Air Games.
Air racing
Air racing is a highly specialised type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.
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Air sports
The term air sports covers a range of aerial activities such as.
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Competition aerobatics
Competition aerobatics is an air sport in which judges rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatic flying.
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Dubai
Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI; The World Air Sports Federation), is the world governing body for air sports.
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Gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne.
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Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic حمدان بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم) (born 14 November 1982) is the Crown Prince of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Hang gliding
Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider.
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Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.
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Hot air ballooning
Hot air ballooning is the activity of flying hot air balloons.
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Model aircraft
A model aircraft is a small sized unmanned aircraft or, in the case of a scale model, a replica of an existing or imaginary aircraft.
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
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Parachuting
Parachuting, or skydiving, is a method of transiting from a high point to Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent with the use of a parachute/s.
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Paragliding
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.
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Turin
Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.
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Turkish Aeronautical Association
Turkish Aeronautical Association (Türk Hava Kurumu - THK) is a non-profit organization with an aim of increasing public awareness and participation in aviation related activities and the national body governing air sports in Turkey.
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Ultralight aviation
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة), sometimes simply called the Emirates (الإمارات), is a federal absolute monarchy sovereign state in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north.
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1997 World Air Games
1997 World Air Games (1997 WAG) was an international competition of air sports, held between September 15–21, 1997 in Selçuk, Turkey, hosted by Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK).
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