Last update: 10 July 1998

Class H / Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aeroplanes


Type of record Site / Course Performance Pilot Aeroplane Date of record
Altitude without payload Boscombe Down (UK) 15499 m Bernard C. SCOTT (UK) BAe (HS) Harrier DB6 12/01/1987
Altitude with 1000 kg payload Podmoskovnoe Aerodrome (USSR) 13115 m Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 25/04/1991
Altitude with 2000 kg payload Podmoskovnoe Aerodrome (USSR) 13115 m Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 25/04/1991
Speed over a recognised course Munich (Germany) - Paris (France) 513.96 km/h Drudy WOOD (Fed. Rep. of Germany) Dornier DO-31E3 27/05/1969
Time to climb to a height of 3000 m Filton (UK) 36s Andy J. SEPHTON (UK) BAe/MDD Harrier Gr-5 14/08/1989
Time to climb to a height of 6000 m Filton (UK) 55s H. FRICK (UK) BAe/MDD Harrier Gr-5 14/08/1989
Time to climb to a height of 9000 m Filton (UK) 1mn 21s Andy J. SEPHTON (UK) BAe/MDD Harrier Gr-5 14/08/1989
Time to climb to a height of 12000 m Podmoskovnoe Aerodrome (USSR) 1mn 56s Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 11/04/1991
Time to climb to 12000 m with 1000 kg payload Podmoskovnoe Aerodrome (USSR) 1mn 56s Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 11/04/1991
Time to climb to 3000 m with 2000 kg payload Podmoskovnoe Aerodrome (USSR) 1mn 8.5s Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 25/04/1991
Time to climb to 6000 m with 2000 kg payload Chkalov Central Aeroclub (USSR) 1mn 29s Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 25/04/1991
Time to climb to 9000 m with 2000 kg payload Chkalov Central Aeroclub (USSR) 1mn 50s Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 25/04/1991
Time to climb to 12000 m with 2000 kg payload Podmoskovnoe Aerodrome (USSR) 2mn 10.5s Andrei SINITSINE (USSR) Yakovlev Yak-141 25/04/1991


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