Air sports
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Air sports is a generic term for numerous aeronautical activities including aerobatics, air racing, ballooning, gliding, hang gliding, parachuting and paragliding. The world governing body for air sports is the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (International Aeronautical Federation; FIA) which was founded on 14 October 1905 and has its headquarters in Lausanne.