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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload 177,786 km/h 24 May 1951 Jan Christie (NOR) ratified - superseded since approved World 8039
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 834,28 km/h 28 Sep 1989 Viktor Naimushin (URS) ratified - current record World 8553
Ballooning AM-06 Altitude 3 723 m 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5822
Ballooning AA-15 Altitude 6 176 m 30 Jul 1975 Renate Peter (FRG) ratified - current record World 1063
Ballooning AT-09: heating air using solar and/or external rad Distance 667,85 m 25 Jan 2020 Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) ratified - current record World 19366
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-5 Out-and-return distance 338,2 km 08 Dec 2006 Gil Souviron (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14379
Ballooning AX-09 Duration 19 h 12 min 15 Mar 1980 Edward J. Chapman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5145
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 703,38 km/h 29 Dec 1949 Jacqueline Cochran (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4476
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 816,25 km/h 26 Sep 1989 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 3599
Gliding DW Out-and-return distance 580,30 km 16 May 1998 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5393
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Greatest payload carried to a height of 2 000 m 70 121 kg 04 Jul 1975 Yakov Vernikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8900
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 840,68 km/h 12 Nov 2020 Pankul Mathur (IND) ratified - current record World 19400
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 756,45 km/h 15 Oct 2006 W. Arthur St. Clair (USA) ratified - current record World 14239
Gliding DO Free Distance 949,70 km 20 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5019
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload 720,13 km/h 22 May 1948 Jacqueline Cochran (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12321
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 184,70 km/h 12 Sep 1989 Poju R. Stephansen (NOR) ratified - superseded since approved World 1711
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 295,97 km/h 20 Apr 1998 Theodore C. Patecell (USA) ratified - current record World 5363
Rotorcraft E-1e Altitude without payload 9 071 m 29 Apr 1975 Manuchehr Khosrowdad (IRN) ratified - current record World 1879
Rotorcraft E-1d Speed over a recognised course 244,33 km/h 17 Apr 2021 Gary L. Maddux Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 19430
Powered Aeroplanes C-3 Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 672,17 km/h 09 Sep 2006 Nikolai Okhotnikov (RUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14399
Ballooning AX-05 Altitude 9 540 m 08 Dec 1979 Carol R. Davis (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 182
Ballooning A-06 Duration 69 h 20 min 21 Apr 1947 Boris Nevernov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10702
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Distance 14 311,738 km 27 Jul 1989 Robert Kay (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8642
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 468,68 km/h 24 Feb 1998 C. Martin Coddington (USA) ratified - current record World 5295
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 140,33 km/h 31 Jan 1975 Malcolm John Jinks (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10039
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Distance to goal and return: 195 67.32 km 16 Aug 2006 David Fratello (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14045
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 380,9 km/h 18 Sep 1979 Vladislav Loichikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8008
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 14 603 m 15 May 1946 Finlay F. Ross (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8194
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 153,03 km/h 11 Jun 1989 Peter H. Norvill (AUS) ratified - current record World 13924
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-1 Out-and-return distance 135,9 km 09 Jan 1998 Nichola Hamilton (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 5266
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 113.9 km/h 16 Oct 1974 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10131
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 729 km/h 13 Jun 2006 Ward R. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13946
Powered Aeroplanes C.ter Greatest payload carried to a height of 2 000 m 5 000 kg 19 Jun 1940 Ivan Soukhomline (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12030
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 273,56 km/h 23 Apr 1989 R.J.L. Boas (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7415
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 944,82 km/h 20 Nov 1997 Douglas Boston (USA) ratified - current record World 5102
Rotorcraft E-3a Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 126,14 km/h 13 Jul 1974 Kenneth H. Wallis (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 317
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 257,57 km/h 04 Apr 2006 Gerald Ratz (USA) ratified - current record World 14220
Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 071 m 10 Jul 1939 E. Zelenkova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12413
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 869,80 km/h 03 Apr 1989 K.D. Leney (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3461
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 863,46 km/h 27 Sep 1997 David F. Specht (USA) ratified - current record World 4997
Ballooning AX-09 Distance 366,99 km 23 Mar 1974 Denise E. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 204
Experimental / New Technologies U-1 True altitude 23 209 m 13 Sep 2021 Airbus Zephyr Programme (USA) ratified - current record World 19562
Ballooning AX-04 Duration 13 h 12 min 18 Feb 2006 Richard L. Jaworski (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13160
Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 363,798 km 21 Apr 1939 Otto Braeutigam (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13614
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 115 000 kg payload 12 340 m 22 Mar 1989 Alexandre Galunenko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8971
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 09 min 37 sec 14 Sep 1997 Edward D. Mendenhall (USA) ratified - current record World 4920
Ballooning AX-12 Duration 16 h 16 min 07 Mar 1974 Matt H. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5190
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Aeroplane Efficiency 3,08 km/kg 30 Oct 2021 Richard L. Kane (USA) ratified - current record World 19600
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 127,5 km 06 Jan 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 12460
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over 2 000 km with 500 kg payload 468,81 km/h 04 Dec 1938 Angelo Tondi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14551

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