Athletes fly over Giza Pyramids in Egypt's first ever air sport festival

In addition to the air shows, the event also witnessed the largest flag flown by a paramotor in an attempt to break a new record for Guinness World Record.

The festival also meant to promote Egypt's ailing tourism which has suffered over the past few years due to political and security unease.

"The event is an amazing and important advertisement which will promote the name of Egypt and the pyramids across the world," Joel Amiable, a member of a French paramotor and parachuting team participating in the festival, told Xinhua.

The man who flew over natural lakes in Egypt's Fayoum last year said he would invite his French colleagues to come and fly in Egypt for its great diving and flying locations and its good weather.