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[Air sports]

[Aerobatics]

• July 9 – 17: 5th FAI World YAK 52 Aerobatic Championship in Tula
• * Overall winner: Oleg Shpolianskii
• * Overall teams winners:
• July 27 – August 5: 8th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń
• * Overall Advanced winners: 1st. Gustav Salminen, 2nd. Erwin George, 3rd: Michał Klimaszewski
• * Advanced Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd:
• July 27 – August 5: 20th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń
• * Overall Unlimited winners: 1st. Ferenc Tóth, 2nd: János Szilágyi, 3rd: Luca Bertossio
• * Unlimited Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd:
• August 3 – 13: 10th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Chotěboř
• * Winners: 1st: Dmitriy Samokhvalov, 2nd: Loïc Lovicourt, 3rd: Roman Ovchinnikov
• * Teams winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• August 16 – 26: 29th FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Malalane

  [Model aircraft]

Events

• February 19 – 25: 2017 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Strasbourg
• * Winner: Gernot Bruckmann
• * Junior winner: Felix Scander
• * Team winners:
• March 13 – 17: 2017 FAI F1D European Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in Slănic
• * Winner: Ivan Treger
• * Junior winner: Călin Bulai
• * Teams winner:
• * Junior teams winner:
• July 16 – 22: 2017 FAI F3J European Championship for Model Gliders in Martin
• * Seniors winners: 1st place: Arijan Hucaljuk, 2nd place: Oleksander Chekh, 3rd place: Manuel Reinecke
• * Juniors winners: 1st place: Ivaylo Dimitrov, 2nd place: Marco Gallizia, 3rd place: Oskar Stempihar
• * Seniors teams winners: 1st place:, 2nd place:, 3rd place:
• * Juniors teams winners: 1st place:, 2nd place:, 3rd place:
• July 21 – 30: 2017 FAI F3 World Championships for Model Helicopters in Włocławek
• * F3C Seniors winners: 1st place: Ennio Graber, 2nd place: Hiroki Ito, 3rd place: Pierre Gutierrez
• * F3C Juniors winners: 1st place: Axel Mondet, 2nd place: Thomas Rettenbacher, 3rd place: Tianshi AN
• * F3C Teams winners: 1st place:, 2nd place:, 3rd place:
• * F3N Seniors winners: 1st place: Ko Huan-chen, 2nd place: Eric Weber, 3rd place: James Robertson
• * F3N Juniors winners: 1st place: Aaron Cole, 2nd place: Samuel Aunbirk Jensen, 3rd place: Marcel Doring
• * F3N Teams winners: 1st place:, 2nd place:, 3rd place:
• July 24 – 30: 2017 FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders in Lviv
• * Seniors winners: 1st place: Nikola Frančić, 2nd place: Cederic Duss, 3rd place: Pierre Meunier
• * Juniors winners: 1st place: Augis Bražiūnas, 2nd place: Nikita Sholom, 3rd place: Christoph Ogi
• July 25 – 29: 2017 FAI F3D World Championship for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft in Järna
• * Seniors winners: 1st place: Jiří Novotný, 2nd place: Stefan Raeven, 3rd place: Thomas Eriksson
• * Juniors winners: 1st place: Daniel Arapakis, 2nd place: Bram Lentjes, 3rd place: Johannes Reutenberg
• * Teams winners: 1st place:, 2nd place:, 3rd place:
• July 30 – August 6: 2017 FAI F1 Junior European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Prilep
• * F1A winners: 1st place: Martin Bencik, 2nd place: Alexey Khoroshev, 3rd place: Sagi Brudni
• * F1B winners: 1st place: Bojan Gostojic, 2nd place: Sebastian Jäckel, 3rd place: Omri Sela
• * F1P winners: 1st place: Maksim Poliakov, 2nd place: Ilya Trapeznikov, 3rd place: Michał Krężel
• August 5 – 12: 2017 FAI F2 European Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Békéscsaba
• * F2A winners: 1st: Luca Grossi, 2nd: Ferenc Szvacsek, 3rd: Oleksandr Osovyk
• * Junior F2A winners: 1st: Illia Rediuk, 2nd: Alexey Emelyanov, 3rd: Kacper Walania
• * F2B winners: 1st: Igor Burger, 2nd: Marco Valiera, 3rd: Zbynek Kravcik
• * Junior F2B winners: 1st: Yaroslav Fokin, 2nd: Jan Kopriva, 3rd: Mykola Kucher
• * F2B Teams winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• * Junior F2C Teams winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• * F2D winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• August 6 – 12: 2017 FAI F3B World Championship for Model Gliders in Jeseník
• * Winners: 1st: Bernhard Flixeder, 2nd: Andreas Herrig, 3rd: Johannes Krischke
• August 6 – 13: 2017 FAI F1 World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Szentes
• * F1A winners: 1st: Igor Bombek, 2nd: Robert Lesko, 3rd: Julien Sion
• * F1A Teams winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• * F1B winners: Stepan Stefanchuk, Gilad Mark, 3rd: Rolandas Mackus
• * F1B Teams winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• * F1C winners: 1st: Yuri Shvedenkov, 2nd: Edward Burek, 3rd: Raimond Naaber
• * F1C Teams winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• August 19 – 27: 2017 FAI S European Championships for Space Models in Nowy Targ
• August 21 – 27: 2017 FAI F1E World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Turda
• November 18 – 28: 2017 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in

  [Hot air ballooning]

• August 22 – 27: 20th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Brissac-Quincé
• September 4 – 9: 4th FAI Women's European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Leszno
• September 7 – 16: 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gruyères

  [General aviation]

Events

• July 28 – August 3: 23rd FAI World Precision Flying Championship at Spitzerberg Airport
• * Winners: 1st: Krzysztof Skrętowicz, 2nd: Janusz Darocha, 3rd: Michał Wieczorek
• * Teams winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
• September 11 – 16: 1st FAI World Air Navigation Race Championship in Castellón
• September 13 – 17: 54th National Championship Air Races at Reno Stead Airport

  [Gliding]

• January 8 – 21: 34th FAI World Gliding Championships in Benalla
• * 15 m winner: Sebastian Kawa
• * 18 m winner: Killian Walbrou
• * Open winner: Russell Cheetham
• May 17 – June 4: 9th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship in Zbraslavice
• * Club winner: Sabrina Vogt
• * Standard winner: Aude Grangeray
• * 18 m winner: Katrin Senne
• June 10 – 17: Uppsala Masters at Sundbro Airport
• * Class winner: Jan-Ola Nordh
• * Open winner: Börje Eriksson
• June 29 – July 16: 2nd FAI World 13.5m Class Gliding Championship in Szatymaz
• * Winner: Sebastian Kawa, 2nd place: Uli Schwenk, 3rd place: Sebastian Riera
• July 20 – August 6: 19th FAI European Gliding Championships in Moravská Třebová
• * Club winners: 1st: Tim Kuijpers, 2nd: Boris Zorz, 3rd: Fabian Peitz
• * Standard winners: 1st: Pavel Louzecky, 2nd: Miloslav Cink, 3rd: Jeroen Jennen
• * Double Seater winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd:
• July 27 – August 13: 10th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships in Kaunas
• * Club winners: 1st: Julian Klemm, 2nd: Paul Altrichter, 3rd: Stefan Langer
• * Standard winners: 1st: Sjoerd van Empelen, 2nd: Ignas Bitinaitis, 3rd: Joris Vainius
• August 10 – 26: 19th FAI European Gliding Championships at Lasham Airfield
• November 26 – December 8: 2nd FAI Pan-American Gliding Championship in Santa Rosa de Conlara

  2017 [Grand Prix gliding]

• December 14 – 20, 2016: Sailplane Grand Prix #1 in Horsham
• * Winner: Geoff Brown
• March 26 – April 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #2 in Orlando
• * Winner: Jerzy Szemplinski
• April 17 – 22: Sailplane Grand Prix #3 in Magaliesburg
• * Winner: Laurens Goudriaan
• May 7 – 14: Sailplane Grand Prix #4 in Santa Cilia
• * Winner: Jon Gatfield
• May 27 – June 3: Sailplane Grand Prix #5 in Wrocław
• * Winner: Sebastian Kawa
• June 10 – 17: Sailplane Grand Prix #6 in Varese
• * Winner: Giorgio Galetto
• June 25 – July 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #7 in Buno-Bonnevaux
• * Winner: Christophe Abadie
• July 29 – August 5: Sailplane Grand Prix #8 in Partizánske
• * Winner: Roman Mracek
• August 19 – 26: Sailplane Grand Prix #9 in Celje
• * Winner: Boštjan Pristavec
• January 1 – 31, 2018: Sailplane Grand Prix #10 in Vitacura

  [Hang gliding]

• July 24 – August 6: 20th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championship in Aspres-sur-Buëch
• * Class 2 winners: 1st: Manfred Ruhmer, 2nd: Jacques Bott, 3rd: Franz Pacheiner
• * Class 5 winners: 1st: Patrick Chopard Lallier, 2nd: Christopher Friedl, 3rd: Walter Geppert
• August 6 – 19: 14th FAI Women's World Hang Gliding Championship in Brasília
• * Cancelled due to lack of pilots.
• August 6 – 19: 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Brasília
• * Winners: 1st. Petr Beneš, 2nd. Alessandro Ploner, 3rd. Christian Chiech
• * Teams winners: 1st., 2nd., 3rd.

  [Ultralight aviation]

• April 28 – May 7: 2017 FAI Asian-Oceanic Paramotor Championships in Lopburi
• * Winners: 1st place:, 2nd place:, 3rd place:
• August 12 – 19: 14th FAI European Microlight Championships at the Nagykanizsa Airport
• * RAL1 class winner: Jiri Krajcza
• * RAL2 class winners:
• * RGL2 class winners:
• * RWL1 class winner: Andrey Shchekoldin
• * RWL2 class winners:
• August 26 – September 2: 2017 FAI European Paramotor Championships in Přerov
• * Winners: 1st. Alex Mateos. 2nd: Marie Mateos, 3rd: Pierre Lefebvre

  [Parachuting]

Paraski World Cup

• January 20 – 22: Paraski World Cup Series #1 in Bad Leonfelden
• * Winners: Haibel Reinhold / Erica Franz
• * Junior winner: Sebastian Graser
• * Master Mix winner: Andreas Fischer
• * Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1
• * Individual accuracy winner: Milan Palo
• February 3 – 5: Paraski World Cup Series #2 in Unterammergau
• * Winners: Sebastian Graser / Magdalena Schwertl
• * Junior winner: Sebastian Graser
• * Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber
• * Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1
• February 17 – 19: Paraski World Cup Series #3 in Železná Ruda
• * Winners: Sebastian Graser / Magdalena Schwertl
• * Junior winner: Sebastian Graser
• * Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber
• * Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1