The International Skydiving Commission (ISC) of the ''

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale The World Air Sports Federation (; FAI) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintains worl ...

'' (FAI) conducts the FAI's

parachuting Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For hu ...

and skydiving activities, particularly the World Records and International Competitions. The commission was formerly known as the International Parachuting Commission, and changed its name on 6 December 2019, at the FAI General Conference in

Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...

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External links

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Old International Parachuting Commission website
Parachuting organizations Organisations based in Lausanne {{Air-sports-stub