Air sports

Air sports

The term Air sports covers a range of aerial activities such as:

* Aerobatics
* Ballooning
* General aviation
* Gliding
* Hang gliding
* Human powered aircraft
* Model aircraft
* Parachuting
* Paragliding
* Ultralight aviation
* Wingsuit flying

The sports listed above (apart from wingsuit flying) are governed internationally by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and at the national level by aero clubs such as the National Aeronautics Association and the Royal Aero Club. The [http://www.fai.org/ FAI web site] contains lists of these national organizations.

ee also

* World Air Games


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