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Videos: Watch Highlights from FAI World Air Games

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Key Takeaways:

  • The FAI World Air Games, the "Olympics of aerial sports," are in their second week in Dubai.
  • French pilot Olivier Masurel won gold in powered aerobatics, with Artur Kielak (Poland) taking silver and Rob Holland (U.S.) bronze.
  • In glider aerobatics, Luca Bertossio from Italy secured gold, followed by Ferenc Toth (Hungary) with silver and Premsyl Vavra (Czech Republic) with bronze.
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The FAI World Air Games, essentially the Olympics of aerial sports conducted every four years in different parts of the world, are now in their second week in Dubai where the powered and glider aerobatic champions were crowned over the weekend.

Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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