8 February 2007
Sites near London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Moscow (Russia), Odense (Denmark), and Turin (Italy) have been selected today by the Executive Board of the FAI – The World Air Sports Federation – as the candidates for the World Air Games 2009.
The final ‘winner’ will be announced in June, after an Olympics-style campaign.
The World Air Games is the largest gathering of sport aviators in the world, competing in ten different air sport disciplines.