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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1n Distance 8 116,83 km 11 Mar 1998 Thomas Scheel (GER) ratified - current record World 5336
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to 6 000 m with 80 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17471
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 8 min 13 sec 24 Sep 1993 Oleg Schepetkov (RUS) ratified - current record World 827
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Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 20 km in a closed circuit 8 min 51 sec 20 Jul 1912 Georges Legagneux (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15339
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Powered Aeroplanes N Time to climb to 6 000 m with 5 000 kg payload 8 min 00 sec 14 May 1999 Lyle H. Schaefer (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6092
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 8 min 00 sec 21 May 1995 Gary M. Freeman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2680
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude 8 864 m 22 May 1937 Pauline Ossipenko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12160
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Greatest payload carried to a height of 2 000 m 8 096 kg 07 Jul 1982 Marina Lavrentryvna Popovitch (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4827
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude 9 290 m 28 Mar 1927 Louis Demougeot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11748
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Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 500 kg payload 9 h 11 min 53 sec 28 Jun 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10840
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1a/0 Speed over a recognised course 9,54 km/h 27 Jul 1982 Peter H. Burgher (USA) ratified - current record World 1137
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 9 min 11 sec 27 May 1972 Richard B. Hunt (USA) ratified - current record World 1490
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Powered Aeroplanes C-3n Time to climb to 6 000 m with 15 000 kg payload 9 min 8 sec 03 Jul 1998 Gennady Parchin (RUS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 5530
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 9 254 m 05 Jul 1957 Jerrie Cobb (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10283
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Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Altitude in horizontal flight 9 493 m 02 Nov 1978 Eduard Kolkov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9136
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Altitude 9 206 m 04 Jan 1951 Caro Bayley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12327
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Altitude 9 640 m 12 Aug 2025 Raphaël Domjan (SUI) preliminary record claim received World 20905
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1o Altitude 9 520 m 07 Aug 1989 Vladimir Sevankaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 3868
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 9 241 m 30 Jul 1919 Roland Rohlfs (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15674
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Powered Aeroplanes C-3 Altitude with 10 000 kg payload 9 352 m 27 Oct 1964 Mickail Mikhailov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3491
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Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 250 kg payload 9 h 11 min 53 sec 28 Jun 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10842
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Altitude in horizontal flight 9 881 m 19 Aug 1978 Malvern Gross (jr.) (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3782
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Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Time to climb to 6 000 m with 15 000 kg payload 9 min 21 sec 03 Jul 1998 Gennady Kalugniy (RUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5521
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Altitude in horizontal flight 9 366 m 24 Sep 1964 Adriano Mantelli (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8071
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Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 700 km in a closed circuit 9 h 31 min 1 sec 11 Sep 1912 Alexandre Fourny (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15333
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 9 232 m 24 Jul 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - current record World 17904
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Powered Aeroplanes N Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 9 min 20 sec 05 Mar 1985 Frank D. Hadden (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1572
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 9 390 m 18 May 1982 Marina Lavrentryvna Popovitch (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5096
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1o Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 9 520 m 07 Aug 1989 Vladimir Sevankaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 3869
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 9 520 m 14 Jun 1919 Jean Casale (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15455
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 9 min 38s 16 Dec 1983 Alexandre Galunenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8632
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Altitude 9 963 m 15 Mar 1972 F. M. Tuytjens (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8092
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Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Distance 9 652 km 08 Oct 1938 Don C.T. Bennett (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 11678
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed around the world over both the Earth's poles 9,6 km/h 15 Dec 2016 Miguel Angel Gordillo Urquia (ESP) ratified - current record World 18103
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Altitude in horizontal flight 9 753 m 16 Jun 1966 James F. Peters (USA) ratified - current record World 3339
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Distance 9 524,6 km 03 Mar 1993 Wayne Altman (USA) ratified - current record World 8721
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 9 390 m 18 May 1982 Marina Lavrentryvna Popovitch (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5097
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1o Altitude in horizontal flight 9 510 m 07 Aug 1989 Vladimir Sevankaev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 3870
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Powered Aeroplanes C 1st category 1939-1949 Altitude 9 075 m 07 Jul 1939 Hermann Illg (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8722
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1g Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 9 min 25,14 sec 07 Jul 1983 Martin P. Sommerard (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 8531
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 9 min 47,53 sec 28 Jun 1988 William Benton (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8530
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Powered Aeroplanes H Altitude 9 100 m 27 May 1969 Drury Wood (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 15151
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Altitude 9 388 m 10 Apr 1972 W. Roy Windover (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 1918
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Altitude with 70 000 kg payload 9 805 m 08 Oct 1993 Pamela A. Melroy (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 850
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude with 500 kg payload 9 374 m 23 Aug 1929 Joanny Burtin (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8369
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Altitude 9 450 m 13 May 1982 Marina Lavrentryvna Popovitch (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 3350
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Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 9 043 m 02 Nov 1977 N. Shkurko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9134
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Speed over a recognised course 9,75 km/h 15 Sep 1991 Victor Davies (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16452
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude with 500 kg payload 9 190 m 14 Sep 1928 Reginald Schinzinger (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8176
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1n Altitude 9 170 m 05 Mar 1991 Valery V. Kuneevskii (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8688
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