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The following sports are governed internationally by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and at the national level by aero clubs such as the National Aeronautics Association and the Royal Aero Club. The FAI web site contains lists of these national organizations. In some of the categories listed above are lightweight classes which can be alternatively grouped as Ultralight aviation. Other aerial activities are not governed by the FAI rules Wingsuit flying Rocket Racing League is an attempt to create a new airsport

Ever since the early nineteen hundreds, people have been trying to create aircraft that can fly solely on human power. In the late nineteen seventies a man by the name of Dr. Paul B. MacCready and his team set out to create the most efficient human-powered aircraft ever. While building their first prototype, the Gossamer Condor, they were ultimately more focused on coming up with a design that could transfer a minimum amount of power into a large amount. Because of that the aircraft lacked stability and control. Even with that lack of control it was still the first ever human-powered aircraft (HPA) to complete the Kremer course (a figure eight around two poles nearly a half mile apart). Through the course of trial and error they were able to improve upon the design of the Condor, eventually coming up with the Gossamer Albatross. In this new design they focused a lot more attention and detail on improving the stability and control of the aircraft. In nineteen seventy-nine the aircraft was able to become the very first HPA to successfully fly across the English Channel, the flight lasted roughly two hours and fifty minutes and traveled an impressive twenty two and a half miles. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19830002792.pdf