Opening Ceremony: FAI World Championships for Electric Powered Thermal Duration Gliders
The 2025 FAI F5J World Championships for Electric Powered Thermal Duration Gliders have officially kicked off in Argentina, with good weather conditions promising some excellent performances during the week of competition flights.
The World Championships is being held in Cordoba, Argentina from 2-8 March, hosted by the Argentine Aeromodelling Federation, and represents a significant moment in aeromodelling, highlighting South America's importance on the world stage.
The competition flights will take place at a military airfield used for skydiving training. Organisers have ensured that facilities will provide plenty of space for the teams, with large tents to protect from the late summer sun.
On Sunday 2 March, the Opening Ceremony was held at the airfield, with teams from 18 nations gathering together. After short speeches from officials, Jury President and FAI Aeromodelling Commission (CIAM) Antonis Papadopoulos declared the competition open. He said:
“I would like to welcome all the participants. For the FAI Aeromodelling Commission, it is really important that a World Championship is taking place in South America. It is going to be a very challenging competition with preliminary and final rounds taking place all week. Weather is expected to be good and this will benefit the performance of all competitors. I wish all of them the best of luck!”
Team Managers' meeting
Model registration and processing was held in the morning of 2 March, with the Team Managers meeting following the Opening Ceremony. Competition flights commence on 3 March with the final fly offs taking place on 7 and 8 March.
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Photo credit: Marcelo Cavaglia; Antonis Papadopoulos
