All artwork for the state competition must be postmarked by Monday, January 28, 2013.
The Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) was established in 1905 to promote Air Sports. Since that time, many new categories of Air Sports have been added to the list of competitions as they were developed around the world. Currently there are eleven categories of Air Sports competitions:
• Aerobatics
• Aeromodelling
• Amateur Built and Experimental Aircraft
• Astronautic Records
• Ballooning
• General Aviation
• Gliding
• Hang Gliding and Paragliding
• Microlight and Paramotor
• Parachuting
• Rotorcraft
• Aerobatics
• Aeromodelling
• Amateur Built and Experimental Aircraft
• Astronautic Records
• Ballooning
• General Aviation
• Gliding
• Hang Gliding and Paragliding
• Microlight and Paramotor
• Parachuting
• Rotorcraft
Research each of the Air Sports listed above and pick out the one that you would most like to try out. Which Air Sport will you choose?
Think about what it would be like to fly upside down or cartwheel across the sky in an aerobatic plane. Perhaps you would enjoy building a model plane or even a real one! Would you like to pilot a balloon, a plane, a helicopter, a glider, or even a space ship? Where will they take you and what would you see? Imagine launching off the side of a hill or mountain, suspended below a hang glider or a paraglider, and silently gliding to earth. If you wish to take off from level ground instead, you might prefer to fly a microlight or a paramotor! Maybe you'll choose to step out of an aircraft, into thin air, and drift down to the ground under a parachute!
Think about where you would do "Your Favorite Air Sport." What will your air or space craft look like? Ah, before you decide, imagine all of the possibilities then pick up your favorite colored pens, pencils, or paint and create a poster of "Your Favorite Air Sport!"
STATE
Entries in each age group are judged and state winners and runners-up are selected. Winners receive recognition from their state. The top three entries in each age group are forwarded to Washington D.C. to be judged in the national competition.
NATIONAL
1st, 2nd and 3rd place national winners are selected from each age group. All national winners receive certificates, ribbons and a framed reproduction of their artwork with the original being forwarded to FAI for the international competition.
INTERNATIONAL
Winners of the international competition receive certificates and gold, silver, or bronze medals.
Click here for contest ELIGIBILITY and RULES.
2013 International Aviation Art Contest application.
