CIMA Annual Meeting / A Selection of the New World Record Claims received during the last 10 days for Aeromodelling, Gliding and Aeroplanes.

CIMA (Microlight Commission) Annual Meeting
CIMA Delegates met on 14 and 15 November 2003 for their Annual Meeting at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (SUI). The organization of the 2004 European Open Microlight Championship has been awarded to Portugal (Castelo Branco / 31 July - 8 August 2004 - Dates to be confirmed) and the 2005 World Microlight Championship to France (Levroux / 12 to 20 August 2005 - Dates to be confirmed). Diamond Colibris have been awarded to Hungarian pilots Csongor LATKY and Andor KANTAS for their humanitarian flight from Budapest to Australia. CIMA President Tormod VEIBY (NOR) has been reelected, together with Carlos TRIGO (Portugal / 1st Vice-President), Tomas BACKMANN (SWE / 2nd Vice-President) and Tom GUNNARSON (Secretary).

FAI has received the following record claims :

Class F (Model Aircraft) / Claim number : 7982
Sub-class : F5-S (Aeroplane, electric motor with rechargeable sources of current)
Category : F5 - Radio Controlled Flight
Type of record : N°173 - Gain in altitude
Course/location : Boralma (Australia)
Performance : 2'573 m
Pilot : Raymond COOPER (Australia)
Date: 09.11.2003
Current record : 2'200 m (19.11.2000 - Wolfgang SCHAEPER, Germany)

Class D (Gliders) / Claim number : 7983
Sub-class : DO - Open Class Gliders, General Category
Type of record : Speed over a triangular course of 100 km
Course/location : Fremont County Airport, Canon City, CO (USA)
Performance : 243.41 km/h
Pilot : Tom K. SERKOWSKI (USA)
Glider : Schleicher ASH 26E
Date: 09.11.2003
Current record : 234.95 km/h (07.05.2000 - James M. PAYNE, USA)

Class C (Aeroplanes) / Claims number : 7989 - 7992
Sub-class : C-1e (Landplanes - Take-off weight 3 000 to 6 000 kg)
Group 2 : turboprop
Pilot : J. Jeffrey BRAUSCH (USA)
Date : 08.11.2003
Type of record : Speed over a recognised course
# 7989 - Course/location : Dayton, OH (USA) - Kitty Hawk, NC (USA) / 564 km/h / New
# 7990 - Course/location : Kitty Hawk, NC (USA) - Dayton, OH (USA) / 314 km/h / New
Type of record : Speed over a recognised course, round trip
# 7991 - Course/location : Dayton, OH (USA) - Kitty Hawk, NC (USA) and return / 403 km/h / New

Class C (Aeroplanes) / Claim number : 7992
Sub-class : C-1d (Landplanes - Take-off weight 1750 to 3000 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Type of record : Speed over a recognised course
Course/location : Dayton, OH (USA) - Kitty Hawk, NC (USA)
Performance : 380 km/h
Pilot : Craig S. KERN (USA)
Date: 07.11.2003
Current record : new

Class D (Gliders) / Claims number : 8076 - 8078
Sub-class : DO - Open Class Gliders / General Category
Course/location : Esquel (Argentina)
Pilots : Terrence Raymond DELORE (New Zealand) and Steve FOSSETT (USA)
Glider : Schleicher ASH 25 Mi
Date: 14.11.2003
# 8076 - Out-and-return distance / 1804.7 km / Current record : 1708.4 km (20.12.02 - K. OHLMANN, GER)
# 8077 - Free out-and-return distance / 2002.44 km / Current record : 1715.5 km (20.12.02 - K. OHLMANN, GER)
# 8078 - Speed over an out-and-return course of 1500 km / 156.61 km/h / Current record : 136.82 km/h (20.12.02 - K. OHLMANN, GER)

Class C (Aeroplanes) / Claims number : 8080 - 8082
Group 1 : piston engine
Course/location : Angleton, TX (USA)
Pilot : Bruce BOHANNON (USA)
Aircraft : Bohannon B-1
Date: 15.11.2003
# 8080 - C-1 (Landplanes) / Altitude in horizontal flight without payload / 14'205 m / Current record : 12'376 m (22.10.02 - Bruce BOHANNON, USA)
# 8081 - C-1b (Landplanes - Take-off weight 500 to 1000 kg) / Altitude in horizontal flight without payload / 14'205 m / Current record : 12'376 m (22.10.02 - Bruce BOHANNON, USA)
# 8082 - C-1b (Landplanes - Take-off weight 500 to 1000 kg) / Altitude without payload / 14'295 m / Current record : 12'683 m (22.10.02 - Bruce BOHANNON, USA)

Class C (Aeroplanes) / Claims number : 8083 - 8089
Sub-class : C-1p (Landplanes - Take-off weight 100 000 to 150 000 kg)
Group 2 : turboprop
Course/location : Kyiv (Ukraine)
Pilot : Vitalii HOROVIENKO (Ukraine)
Crew : Igor KURZANTSEV
Aircraft : Antonov An-70
Date: 10.11.2003
# 8083 - Greatest mass carried to height of 2000 m / 55'063 kg / Current record : new
# 8084 - Altitude with 35 000 kg payload / 7'355 m / Current record : new
# 8086 - Altitude with 40 000 kg payload / 7'355 m / Current record : new
# 8087 - Altitude with 45 000 kg payload / 7'355 m / Current record : new
# 8088 - Altitude with 50 000 kg payload / 7'355 m / Current record : new
# 8089 - Altitude with 55 000 kg payload / 7'355 m / Current record : new

The details shown above are provisional. When all the evidence required has been received and checked, the exact figures will be established and the record ratified (if appropriate).

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Lausanne, 21 November 2003