Advanced

Records

Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-1 Out-and-return distance 103,9 km 15 Aug 1981 Ernst Reichholf (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 1652
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 5 000 kg payload 12 896 m 04 Aug 1959 Jouri Alacheev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4590
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Speed over a recognised course 221,41 km/h 14 Jul 1990 Victor Davies (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12247
Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 10 408 m 27 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 410
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 292,65 km/h 26 May 1998 Geoffrey G. Boot (GBR) ratified - current record World 5443
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 740,11 km/h 17 Dec 2006 Scott Martin (USA) ratified - current record World 14378
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 11 min 48s 14 May 1981 Oleg Polouda (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 3805
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 3 8,77 m 20 Apr 1959 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11254
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 017,80 km/h 28 May 1990 Serguei Ossipov (URS) ratified - current record World 4041
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Altitude 15 584,6 m 19 Feb 1979 Neil A. Armstrong (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8670
Ballooning AM-12 Duration 1 h 17 min 33 sec 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5842
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload 646,97 km/h 02 Nov 2006 William M. Brooks (USA) ratified - current record World 14262
Ballooning AX-14 Distance 1 139,16 km 06 Mar 1981 Kristian L. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 255
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m 11.22 m 12 Oct 1958 Anna Bondarenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12534
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4031
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 494,92 km/h 17 Dec 1978 John P. Joh Henebry (USA) ratified - current record World 14067
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 521,70 km/h 24 Apr 1998 Kevin G. Dunshee (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5364
Airship BX-02 Duration 60 min 19 Sep 2006 Steven Wayne Griffin (AUS) ratified - current record World 14122
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 311,04 km/h 03 Feb 1981 Marie E. McMillan (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 13701
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 81,35 km/h 12 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5457
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 5 min 46,54 sec 06 Apr 1990 Vladimir V. Arkhipenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8608
Rotorcraft E-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 368.4 km/h 21 Sep 1978 G. Karapetian (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9964
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 197,28 km/h 14 Mar 1998 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5333
Microlights and paramotors RWL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km 146.7 km/h 21 Aug 2006 Richard Meredith-Hardy (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 14048
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 180,59 km/h 03 Dec 1980 Judith M. Chisholm (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 14290
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude 23 449 m 18 Apr 1958 George C. Watkins (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8596
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 548,44 km/h 12 Mar 1990 Roger Hyder (USA) ratified - current record World 14150
Ballooning AM-11 Distance 3 339,086 km 30 Jul 1978 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10532
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 223,05 km/h 18 Jan 1998 Norman F. Carden Iii (USA) ratified - current record World 5278
Parachuting G-1 2-way - Longest sequence 18 formations 09 Sep 2008 Russia 2 (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 15141
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 721 km/h 16 Jul 2006 John Siemens (USA) ratified - current record World 14013
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 101,18 km/h 26 Nov 1980 Judith M. Chisholm (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 14317
Parachuting G-O Altitude jumps, opening without delay, group of 3 8 010 m 10 Sep 1957 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11229
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 257,82 km/h 30 Nov 1989 Leslie R. Thompson (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13780
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc 43 landings on the disc 18 Mar 1978 Frederic W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12438
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 812,77 km/h 11 Dec 1997 Larry S. Mueller (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5239
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 600m, group of 3 5,39 m 17 Oct 1961 Romanian Team (ROU) ratified - superseded since approved World 11241
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 743,29 km/h 18 May 2006 Randall A. Greene (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 13883
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 17,44 km/h 13 Oct 1980 Donald P. Taylor (USA) ratified - current record World 12368
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m 3,80 m 10 Mar 1957 Nadejda Priakhina (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11455
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - current record World 4062
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 152,16 km/h 29 Dec 1977 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10216
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 819,52 km/h 25 Oct 1997 David F. Specht (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5042
Parachuting G-1 4-way - Longest sequence 45 formations 13 Apr 2018 France ratified - superseded since approved European 18447
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 149,6 km 14 Jul 2017 Gilles Navas (FRA) ratified - current record European 18186
Parachuting G-1 Lowest Combined Score 7 points 16 Feb 2019 Sebastian Graser (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved European 18850
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 194,9 km/h 21 Oct 2020 Gil Souviron (FRA) ratified - current record European 19395
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 847,91 km 30 May 2022 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record European 19697
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 559,9 km 16 May 2013 Mathias Schunk (GER) ratified - superseded since approved European 16803
Parachuting G-1 Highest overall average speed 437,78 km/h 23 Aug 2023 Ingrid van Deelen (NED) ratified - current record European 20044

Pages