Paragliding
Paragliding World Cup
March 9 – 16: 2016 Paragliding World Cup Brazil in Castelo Overall winner: Félix Rodriguez (4450 points) Women's winner: Keiko Hiraki (4066 points) June 4 – 11: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - Italy in Gemona del Friuli Overall winner: Andreas Malecki (1463 points) Women's winner: Silvia Buzzi Ferraris (1345 points) July 1 – 9: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - Portugal in Serra da Estrela Overall winner: Donizete Baldessar Lemos (2447 points) Women's winner: Keiko Hiraki (2172 points) September 3 – 10: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - France in Saint-André-les-Alpes Overall winner: Maxime Pinot (2184 points) Women's winner: Kirsty Cameron (1496 points) October 1 – 8: 2016 Paragliding World Cup (final) in Saint-Leu Overall winner: Michael Küffer (2832 points) Women's winner: Klaudia Bulgakow (2259 points)
Paragliding Accuracy World Cup
May 5 – 8: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #1 in Berane Overall winner: Goran Đurković Women's winner: Tamara Kostić May 10 – 15: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #2 in Vlorë Overall winner: Mile Jovanoski Women's winner: Tamara Kostić August 5 – 7: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #3 in Lombok Overall winner: Permadi Chandra Women's winner: Nunnapat Phuchong August 11 – 15: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #4 in Taitung County Overall winner: Zhifeng Zhu Women's winner: Nunnapat Phuchong
International and Continental events
May 27 – June 3: 3rd FAI Asian Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Taldykorgan Overall winner: Tanapat Leangaiem Teams winner: July 10 – 17: 5th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Paluknys Men's winner: Matjaž Sluga Women's winner: Tamara Kostić July 16 – 23: XXXIII Guarnieri International Trophy - Pre-World 2016 in Pedavena Overall winner: Federico Nevastro Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka-Naville August 8 – 20: 14th FAI European Paragliding Championship in Kruševo Overall winner: Honorin Hamard Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka-Naville Teams winners: (Honorin Hamard, Julien Wirtz, Maxime Pinot, Pierre Remy, Alexandre Jofresa, Seiko Fukuoka-Naville) August 26 – September 4: 2nd FAI World Paragliding Championships in Montmin / Doussard Men's winner: François Ragolski Women's winner: Christina Kolb
Parachuting January 15 – 17: Para-ski World Cup #1 in St Johann im Pongau/Alpendorf Men's winner: Ule Uroš Women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl Junior mix winner: Sebastian Graser Master mix winner: Alic Gernot Overall teams winners: February 19 – 21: Para-ski World Cup #2 in Unterammergau Men's winner: Sebastian Graser Women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl Junior mix winner: Sebastian Graser Master mix winner: Marco Valente Overall teams winners: March 4 – 6: Para-ski World Cup #3 in Vrchlabí/Krkonoše Men's winner: Alessandro Di Prisco Women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl Junior mix winner: Sebastian Graser Master mix winner: Tomas Saurer Overall teams winners: no date set from #4 Para-ski World Cup in Srednja Vas v Bohinju July 17 – 29: 40th CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in Kubinka Individual Accuracy winners: Dmitrii Mastafanov (m) / Olga Lepezina (f) Individual Style winners: Libor Jirousek (m) / Olga Lepezina (f) Overall Results winners: Dmitrii Mastafanov (m) / Olga Lepezina (f) Junior Individual Style winners: Andrey Izimetov (m) / Léocadie Ollivier de Pury (f) Junior Individual Accuracy winners: Gao Tinabo (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f) Junior Overall Results winners: Gao Tinabo (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f) Formation Skydiving winners: (m) / (f) Team Accuracy winners: (Tamas Banszki, Szaboles Gal, Gabor Hirschler, Tamás Varga, István Asztalos) (m) / (Nataliya Nikitsiuk, Yuliya Fiodarava, Aksana Famina, Natalia Zimina, Valeryia Osipava) (f) Teams Overall Results winners: (m) / (f) August 20 – 27: 6th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships in Farnham Overall winner: Christopher Bobo Accuracy winners: Curtis Bartholomew & Eric Philippe Distance here was cancelled Speed winner: Christopher Bobo September 11 – 20: 2016 FAI World Parachuting Championships - Mondial in Chicago Freefall Style winners: Libor Jirousek (m) / Olga Lepezina (f) Speed Skydiving winner: Henrik Raimer Accuracy Landing Individual Accuracy Landing winners: Uroš Ban (m) / Nataliya Nikitsiuk (f) Junior Individual Accuracy winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Tiantian ZHAO Team Accuracy Landing winners: (m) / (f) Formation Skydiving 4 Way Formation winners: (m) / (f) 8 Way Formation winners: Vertical Formation winners: Artistic Events Artistic Freefly winners: 1 Artistic Freestyle winners: 2 Canopy Formation 2 Way Sequential winners: 1 4 Way Sequential winners: 4-Way Rotation winners: October 11 – 16: 2nd FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in Warsaw Open Freestyle winner: Inka Tiitto Junior Freestyle winner: Kyra Poh Dynamic 2-WAY winners: 4 Way Formation winners: (m) / 1 (f); Junior winners: Vertical Formation winners: November 3 – 6: 1st FAI World Wingsuit Performance Flying Championships in Zephyrhills, Florida Winner: Chris Geiler
Ultralight aviation June 9 – 18: 2nd FAI European Paramotor Slalom Championships in Bornos PF1 Class winner: Alexandre Mateos Trike Class winner: Alexandre Mateos Racing teams winners: (Alexandre Mateos, Nicolas Aubert, Jérémy Penone, François Blanc) Nations winners: (Bartosz Nowicki, Wojtek Bógdał, Marcin Bernat, Paweł Kozarzewski, Piotr Ficek, Szymon Winkler, Krzysztof Romicki) August 20 – 27: 15th FAI World Microlight Championships in Popham Airfield RAL 1 T winner: RAL 2 T winner: RGL 2 T winner: RWL 1 T winner: RWL 2 T winner: August 20 – 27: 9th FAI World Paramotor Championships in Popham Airfield Winners: , 2. , 3.
Hang gliding July 16 – 30: 19th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Kruševo Winner: Christian Ciech Team winners: (Christian Ciech, Alessandro Ploner, Suan Selenati, Filippo Oppici, Tullio Gervasoni) July 17 – 30: 7th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship in Kruševo Winner: Tim Grabowski Team winners: (Christopher Friedl, Wolfgang Kothgasser, Walter Geppert)
Gliding
Grand Prix gliding January 23 – 30: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #1 in Vitacura Winner: Carlos Rocca April 17 – 23: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #2 in Cerdanya Winner: Louis Bouderlique May 1 – 8: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #3 in Usman Winner: Sebastian Kawa May 14 – 21: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #4 in Varese Winner: Peter Hartmann June 4 – 11: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #5 in Rennes Winner: Louis Bouderlique June 18 – 25: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #6 in Niederöblarn Winner: Boštjan Pristavec July 9 – 17: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #7 in Bicester Winner: Jan Omsels July 24 – 31: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #8 in Ionia Winner: Jerzy Szemplinski August 6 – 13: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #9 in Ebersbach-Musbach Winner: Matthias Sturm November 5 – 12: 7th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship in Potchefstroom Winner: Holger Karow
International Championships July 30 – August 13: 34th FAI World Gliding Championships in Kaunas Standard class winner: Louis Bouderlique Club class winner: Jan Rothhardt 20 metre Multi-Seat class winners: (Duboc & Aboulin)
General aviation September 4 – 9: 20th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Santa Cruz Advanced Category winners: Unlimited Category winners:
2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship March 11 & 12: WARC #1 in Abu Dhabi Master Class winner: Nicolas Ivanoff Challenger Class winner: Daniel Ryfa April 23 & 24: WARC #2 in Spielberg Master Class winner: Matthias Dolderer Challenger Class winner: Florian Berger June 4 & 5: WARC #3 in Chiba Master Class winner: Yoshihide Muroya Challenger Class winner: Cristian Bolton July 16 & 17: WARC #4 in Budapest Master Class winner: Matthias Dolderer Challenger Class winner: Daniel Ryfa August 13 & 14: WARC #5 in Ascot Master Class winner: Matt Hall Challenger Class winner: Kevin Coleman September 3 & 4: WARC #6 in Lausitzring Master Class winner: Matt Hall Chellenger winner: Florian Bergér October 1 & 2: WARC #7 in Indianapolis Master Class winner: Matthias Dolderer Chellenger winner: Luke Czepiela October 15 & 16: WARC #9 in Las Vegas Cancelled due to high winds.
Ballooning February 24 – 29: 3rd FAI European Hot Air Airship Championship in Rottach-Egern Winner: Jacques-Antoine Besnard (6875 points) June 24 – July 4: 3rd FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Marijampolė Winner: Rokas Kostiuškevičius (17035 points) July 5 – 10: 2nd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Birštonas Winner: Nicola Scaife (8713 points) July 21 – 24: 2016 Luxembourg Balloon Trophy in Mersch Winners: 1. Sven Göhler, 2. Matthew Scaife, 3. David Spildooren September 15 – 24: 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gladbeck Winners: 1 (Kurt Frieden & Pascal Witpraechtiger) 2nd place: 2 (Nicolas Tièche & Laurent Sciboz) 3rd place: 1 (Anulfo Gonzalez & Angel Aguirre) October 30 – November 7: 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Saga Winner: Rhett Heartsill
Aerobatics May 28: 2016 Sky GP in Durban Winner: Patrick Davidson July 20 – 30: 7th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Matkopuszta Winner: Sebastian Jansson Team winners: (Dávid Józsa, Miklós Hoós, Péter Szabó) July 20 – 30: 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Matkopuszta Winner: Ferenc Tóth Teams winners: (Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly) August 4 – 14: 12th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Radom Winner: Loïc Lovicourt Teams winners: (Loïc Lovicourt, Romain Vienne, Benoît Faict) August 20 – 27: 20th FAI European Aerobatic Championships in Moravská Třebová Winner: Mikhail Mamistov Teams winner: (Olivier Masurel, Mikael Brageot, Alexandre Orlowski)
Model aircraft April 11– 16: 2016 FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in Slănic Senior Individual winner: Yuan Kang Lee Senior Teams winners: (Istvan Botos, Dezso Orsovai, Zoltan Sukosd) Junior Individual winner: Călin Bulai Junior Teams winners: (Vladyslav Klymenko, Iurii Vytko, Denis Zhariy) May 7 – 13: 2016 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Perth F2A winner: Paul Eisner F2B winner: Orestes Hernández F2C winners: (Robert Fitzgerald & Mark Ellins) F2D winner: Illia Rediuk July 20 – 24: 2016 FAI F1E European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Turda Winner: Franciszek Kanczok Teams winner: July 22 – 31: 2016 FAI F3 European Championships for Model Helicopters in Włocławek F3C winner: Ennlo Graber F3N winner: Eric Weber F3C Teams winners: F3N Teams winners: July 29 – August 6: 2016 FAI F3A European Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Untermünkheim Winner: Gernot Bruckmann Teams winner: July 30 – August 6: 2016 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in Vipava Senior winner: Arijan Hucaljuk Junior winner: Dillon Graves Senior Teams winner: (Manuel Reinecke, Dominik Prestele, Ryan Höllein) Junior Teams winner: (Max Finke, Jan Christoph Weihe, Felix Parsch) August 1 – 7: 2016 FAI F1 Junior World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Prilep F1A winner: Mickail Lomov F1B winner: Dmytro Merzilakov F1P winner: Daniel Bogomaz F1A Teams winner: F1B Teams winner: F1P Teams winner: August 13 – 20: 2016 FAI F1 European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Aradac/Zrenjanin F1A winner: Roland Koglot F1B winner: Aleksey Burdov F1C winner: Artur Kaitschuk F1A Team winners: F1B Team winners: F1C Team winners: August 13 – 20: 2016 FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in Lugo Winner: Johannes Starzinger F5D winner: Tomáš Andrlík Team winners: (Johannes Starzinger, Karl Waser, Franz Riegler) Team F5D winners: August 20 – 28: 2016 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in Ploiești