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Class Sub-Class Type of recordsort descending Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Ballooning AM-15 Altitude 8 377 m 22 Sep 1996 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4376
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude 15 549 m 27 Mar 1972 Donald R. Wilson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1384
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1927-1928 Altitude 6 023 m 30 Sep 1932 J. Drzewiecki (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 8234
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1930-1932 Altitude 4 004 m 19 Oct 1929 F.H. Zwirko (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 8228
Ballooning AM-01 Altitude 5 816 m 13 Oct 1994 Gunter Schabus (AUT) ratified - current record World 1952
Ballooning AM-13 Altitude 7 923 m 08 Jun 1994 Steven Wayne Griffin (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 1986
Ballooning AX-07 Altitude 5 785 m 10 Jul 1966 William R. Berry (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5200
Ballooning AM-15 Altitude 11 737 m 20 Mar 1999 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 5963
Ballooning AX-11 Altitude 4 783 m 05 Oct 1965 Donald L. Piccard (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5130
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude 8 980 m 11 Mar 1924 Joseph Sadi-lecointe (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11750
Ballooning AM-07 Altitude 3 372,6 m 18 Aug 1984 Nick Saum (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10492
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 1 590 m 30 Mar 1914 Victor Garaix (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15451
Ballooning AX-01 Altitude 447 m 26 Jan 2007 Pauline Baker (IRL) ratified - current record World 14436
Ballooning AM-11 Altitude 3 723 m 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5837
Airship BX-01 Altitude 318 m 19 Sep 2006 Steven Wayne Griffin (AUS) ratified - current record World 14117
Ballooning AM-08 Altitude 5 603 m 16 Sep 1992 Richard Abruzzo (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 633
Ballooning AM-07 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10472
Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Altitude 14 062 m 08 Sep 1961 Gueorgui Bourianov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3500
Space records K-1 Altitude 186,307 km 05 May 1961 Alan B. Shepard, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 9519
Powered Aeroplanes C-Absolute Altitude 37 650 m 31 Aug 1977 Alexandr Fedotov (URS) ratified - current record World 2825
Airship BA-09 Altitude 6 234 m 12 Jun 2003 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - current record World 8314
Ballooning AX-12 Altitude 16 154 m 01 Aug 1979 Chauncey M. Dunn (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 246
Ballooning A-06 Altitude 8 448,5 m 04 Oct 1940 Alexei Rostchine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10697
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1937-1949 Altitude 7 113 m 16 Mar 1938 Karel Brazda (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 8725
Airship BX-08 Altitude 5 059 m 05 Aug 1988 Brian J. Boland (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 565
Ballooning A-08 Altitude 9 374 m 25 Sep 1937 Josef Emmer (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 10660
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Altitude 5 051 m 20 Jul 1996 Pierre Allet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3246
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Altitude 12 155 m 09 Jun 1971 Thomas G. Yoha (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3357
Ballooning A-09 Altitude 10 853 m 29 Mar 1936 Zbigniew Burzynski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10655
Microlights and paramotors RWL1T Altitude 9 720 m 18 Sep 1994 Serge Zin (FRA) ratified - current record World 1890
Microlights and paramotors RWL2T Altitude 7 395 m 19 Jan 2008 Mark Jackson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 14936
Ballooning AM-04 Altitude 3 723 m 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5811
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 596 m 20 Dec 1912 Fernand Verschaeve (BEL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 15891
Airship BX-06 Altitude 8 180 m 17 Aug 2006 Stanislaw Fuodoroff (RUS) ratified - current record World 14408
Airship BX-08 Altitude 3 159 m 27 Aug 1982 Ronald W. Taaffe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 526
Airship BX-08 Altitude 6 614 m 13 Dec 2004 David Hempleman-Adams (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 11687
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Altitude 11 590 m 01 Feb 1991 Viktor Krasilnikov (URS) ratified - current record World 8050
Ballooning AX-04 Altitude 7 546,84 m 19 Feb 1979 Carol R. Davis (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10786
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 9 232 m 24 Jul 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - current record World 17904
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Altitude 12 265 m 05 Oct 1989 Igor Malychev (URS) ratified - current record World 3519
Ballooning AA-15 Altitude 6 176 m 30 Jul 1975 Renate Peter (FRG) ratified - current record World 1063
Powered Aeroplanes C 1st category 1937-1949 Altitude 5 268 m 31 Dec 1937 André Japy (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8408
Rotorcraft E-Absolute Altitude 12 442 m 21 Jun 1972 Jean Boulet (FRA) ratified - current record World 11657
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1937-1949 Altitude 6 241 m 05 Nov 1937 Claire Roman (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12165
Experimental / New Technologies U-Absolute Altitude 19 928 m 21 Mar 2001 Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Center (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7352
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 2nd category 1930-1937 Altitude 8 411 m 06 Nov 1933 Furio Niclot (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11774
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude 11 753 m 04 Jun 1929 Apollo Soucek (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11747
Ballooning AX-10 Altitude 9 954 m 19 Aug 1994 Jetta M. Schantz (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2394
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Altitude 10 940 m 24 Oct 1985 Yuri Kourline (URS) ratified - current record World 8049
Ballooning AM-05 Altitude 5 530 m 15 Jun 1994 Troy Bradley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2250

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