Air sports
The term "air sports" covers a range of aerial activities, including air racing, aerobatics, aeromodelling, hang gliding, human-powered aircraft, parachuting, paragliding, soaring, and skydiving.
Recognized and regulated air sports
Many air sports are regulated internationally by the Switzerland-based Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and nationally by aero clubs such as the National Aeronautics Association and the Royal Aero Club. The FAI has separate commissions for each air sport. For example, the commission for ballooning is the Commission Internationale de l'Aérostation and Federation of International Dronesoccer Association.Sports within the categories of air sports and their respective commissions are as follows:
Motorized
- Aerobatics
- Aeromodelling
- Air racing
- Drone racing
- Dronesoccer
- Flyboarding
- Powered hang gliding
- Powered paragliding
- Rally flying
- Rotorcraft
- Ultralight aviation
Wind/Gliding
- Ballooning
- * Cluster ballooning
- * Hopper ballooning
- Canopy piloting
- Gliding
- Hang gliding
- Human-powered flying
- Kiteboarding/kitesurfing
- Kiting
- *Kite fighting
- Paragliding
Gravity
- BASE jumping
- * Cliff jumping
- Bodyflight
- Bungee jumping
- High diving
- Parachuting/skydiving
- * Banzai skydiving
- * Skysurfing
- Trapeze
- Wingsuit flying
Other activities