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Exactly what inspires the dazzling imagination of saxophonist and composer Marius Neset to harness wild time signatures and ride off into a landscape which fizzes with chaotic energy and explodes in clouds of steam?

On 14 October 2012, more than eight million people tuned in online to watch Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space. The jump itself was just 09m 03s long, but the achievements of the Stratos team have endured with two of the FAI records set still unbroken.

The FAI Gold Air Medal is reserved for “those who have contributed greatly to the development of aeronautics by their activities, work, achievements, initiative or devotion to the cause of aviation”.

Original article using FAI archives.

Interview with champion pilot Mark de Klerk, who learned to fly after a chance encounter in Botswana left a lasting impression.

Interview with Eric Napoleon, coach for the French national gliding team. He reveals that a combination of planning for the next generation, and good old-fashioned team spirit are the focus of the team's objectives:

Organising a world championship with a difference: Interview with pilot Liz Sparrow, Championship Director of the 11th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championships.

After the Olympic Games, the World Ski Championships is THE biggest international ski event, bringing together 600 athletes from 75 nations. In 2023, Courchevel and Meribel hosted the very best skiers in the world…

Jacqueline Cochran was already a highly decorated pilot with numerous speed records to her name when she slid into the cockpit on 18 May 1953 ready for another record attempt. She became the first woman to break the sound barrier…

If a doctor asks you to "stick out your tongue", do you know what they're looking for? In medicine, the tongue is regularly referred to as an indicator for overall health. The size, shape, coating, and colour of your tongue can impart lots of useful information about your health.

These two cosmic adventurers confidently show us around the outer reaches of their musical universe… Lapprand’s husky sax rises loftily against Manchon’s terricolous keyboards.