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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
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-1c Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 8 min 52 sec 12 Feb 1984 Wilhelm Heller (FRG) ratified - current record World 1611
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Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Altitude with 2 000 kg payload 8 951 m 03 Nov 1937 Mario Stoppani (ITA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 11574
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Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1930-1932 Duration in closed circuit 8 h 17 min 42 sec 02 Jul 1932 I. Cociasu (ROU) ratified - superseded since approved World 10913
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to 6 000 m with 90 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17472
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Time to climb to 12 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 8 min 13 sec 24 Sep 1993 Oleg Schepetkov (RUS) ratified - current record World 828
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Distance 8 067,23 km 16 Jul 1991 Gene Ed Allen (USA) ratified - current record World 2233
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to 12 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 8 min 44 sec 19 Apr 1990 Oleg G. Smirnov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4094
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude with 500 kg payload 8 037 m 15 Jun 1930 Boris Sergievsky (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11637
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Altitude 8 700 m 24 Feb 1979 Rudolf Fiam (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 4262
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Time to climb to 9 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 8 min 00 sec 21 May 1995 Gary M. Freeman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2681
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Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Altitude 8 303 m 18 Oct 1938 Helmuth Kalkstein (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8403
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude with 2 000 kg payload 8 438 m 12 May 1934 Nicola Di Mauro (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8242
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Powered Aeroplanes N Time to climb to 6 000 m with 10 000 kg payload 8 min 00 sec 14 May 1999 Lyle H. Schaefer (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6093
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1n Greatest mass carried to height of 2 000 m 8 406 kg 22 Mar 1991 Sergei Zhuchkov (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 8907
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Altitude in horizontal flight 8 242 m 31 Jan 1991 Robert Gibson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8474
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Powered Aeroplanes C-2b-08 Altitude 8 321 m 02 Nov 1989 Robert C. Mann (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 2281
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to 6 000 m with 100 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17473
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Time to climb to 12 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 8 min 13 sec 24 Sep 1993 Oleg Schepetkov (RUS) ratified - current record World 829
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to 12 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 8 min 44 sec 19 Apr 1990 Oleg G. Smirnov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4095
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Altitude in horizontal flight 8 683 m 24 Feb 1979 Rudolf Fiam (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 4263
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 8 761 m 06 Mar 1931 Ruth Nichols (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12228
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 8 674 m 14 Feb 1979 Rudolf Fiam (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 4264
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Altitude 8 736 m 16 Apr 1964 Adriano Mantelli (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9972
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Powered Aeroplanes C-2b-08 Altitude in horizontal flight 8 260.08 m 02 Nov 1989 Robert C. Mann (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 2282
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 8 531 m 23 Jun 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17869
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to 6 000 m with 120 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17474
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Distance over a closed course 8 023,15 km 18 Jun 1969 Lubov Oulanova (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4848
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Distance over a closed course 8 549,2 km 07 Sep 1968 Maximilian A. Conrad (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8454
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Distance 8 300,03 km 12 Mar 1990 Larry S. Mueller (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2555
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Altitude with 2 000 kg payload 8 674 m 24 Feb 1979 Rudolf Fiam (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 4265
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Powered Aeroplanes C Distance over a closed circuit without landing 8 188,80 km 02 Jun 1930 Umberto Maddalena (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9516
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 8 min 12 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17464
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Distance 8 873,75 km 01 Feb 1997 Jean Bongiraud (FRA) ratified - current record World 4005
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Powered Aeroplanes C Distance over a closed circuit without landing 8 029.44 km 17 Dec 1929 Dieudonné Costes (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9288
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude with 500 kg payload 8 578 m 21 May 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8361
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Distance over a closed course 8 023,15 km 18 Jun 1969 Lubov Oulanova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4849
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to a height of 20 000 m 8 min 23 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7874
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Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude with 5 000 kg payload 8 116 m 11 Sep 1936 André Youmacheff (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8209
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 2nd category 1930-1937 Altitude 8 411 m 06 Nov 1933 Furio Niclot (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11774
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Powered Aeroplanes C Distance in a straight line 8 065,736 km 30 Jul 1931 Russel N. Boardman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15625
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 8 624 m 15 Mar 1972 F. M. Tuytjens (GER) ratified - current record World 8093
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1g Time to climb to a height of 15 000 m 8 min 09 sec 18 Apr 1989 Ronald R. Williams (USA) ratified - current record World 8627
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Powered Aeroplanes C Distance over a closed circuit without landing 8 822,32 km 01 Mar 1931 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9514
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Greatest payload 8 064 kg 18 Nov 1983 Sergei Maksimov (URS) ratified - current record World 8906
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to 6 000 m with 35 000 kg payload 8 min 12 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17465
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Distance 8 590,81 km 03 Nov 1996 Jean-Michel Quentin (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3714
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 8 min 3,5 sec 16 Feb 1976 Thomas E. Appleton (CAN) ratified - current record World 3399
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1n Greatest payload 8 406 kg 22 Mar 1991 Sergei Zhuchkov (URS) ratified - current record World 19268
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to 20 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 8 min 23 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7875
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