{"id":30281,"date":"2024-11-25T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=30281"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T15:27:00","slug":"greg-principato-elected-fai-president-at-118th-general-conference-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/uncategorized\/greg-principato-elected-fai-president-at-118th-general-conference-in-riyadh\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Greg Principato Elected FAI President at 118th General Conference in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – New FAI Executive Board. L to R: Timo Hyv\u00f6nen, Agust Gudmundsson, Gillian Rayner, President Greg Principato, Marina Vigorito, Mary Anne Stevens, Igor Erzen, Secretary General Markus Haggeney.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 118th FAI<\/a> General Conference was held November19-21, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 120 registered participants in attendance. The event, hosted by the Saudi Aviation Club (SAC), saw representation from 55 FAI Members and 14 FAI Commissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A significant highlight of the event was the election of Greg Principato as the new FAI President for a two-year mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Greg Principato<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cFAI is the oldest global air sports organization. It has a rich history \u2013 FAI history in many ways is the history of flight,\u201d said Principato. \u201cI am so excited and honored to have been chosen to lead FAI as President. There is much to do, and I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conference commenced with the annual FAI Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 19 November, where the prestigious Medals and Diplomas were presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full minutes of the Conference will be available at the beginning of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg Principato of the USA was elected for a two-year mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the recommendation of the newly elected FAI President and the Royal Aeroclub of the United Kingdom, the FAI General Conference bestowed the title of President of Honor upon David Monks who didn\u2019t stand for re-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six Executive Board members were elected or re-elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Composition of the Executive Board after the Conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Greg Principato, USA, elected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Executive Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Igor Erzen, Slovenia, elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Agust Gudmundsson, Iceland, re-elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Timo Hyv\u00f6nen, Finland, elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Gillian Rayner, France, elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Mary Anne Stevens, Canada, elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Marina Vigorito, Italy, re-elected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Secretary General<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Markus Haggeney, Germany (non-voting member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Budget<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • The 2025 Budget was approved by the Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          New FAI members welcomed (Active, class 10):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Botswana \u2013 Parachute Association of Botswana<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Morocco – Royal Moroccan Federation of Light and Sports Aviation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Montenegro – Aeronautical Sports Federation of Montenegro<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Oman – Oman Air Sports Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Temporary membership for 2025 granted for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • Cambodia – Cambodian Airsport Federation (new)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Laos \u2013 Lao Airsports Club<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Paraguay – Paraguayan Parachutists Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Companions of Honor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              • Jacques Berlo, Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • David Hempleman-Adams, United Kingdom<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Eric Mozer, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Future General Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                • Bid from Finland to host the 119th General Conference 2026 (Vantaa, Finland, 22-24 October 2025) approved<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Bids are open for the 120th General Conference 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Photo above – New FAI Executive Board. L to R: Timo Hyv\u00f6nen, Agust Gudmundsson, Gillian Rayner, President Greg Principato, Marina Vigorito, Mary Anne Stevens, Igor Erzen, Secretary General Markus Haggeney. The 118th FAI General Conference was held November19-21, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 120 registered participants in attendance. The event, hosted by the Saudi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAI-Exec-Board-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30281"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30291,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30281\/revisions\/30291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}