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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 105,68 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7954
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 3 1,42 m 13 May 1962 Czechoslovakian Team (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 11158
Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 0483 m 16 Dec 1960 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5397
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 094,57 km/h 14 Mar 1990 John Hutchinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 7673
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - current record World 4057
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 169,71 km/h 05 Feb 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7619
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 015,866 km/h 01 Aug 1959 Valentine Kovaliev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9081
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 075,3 km 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 17020
Rotorcraft E-1 Distance without landing 1 958,80 km 17 Sep 1952 Elton J. Smith (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 976
Rotorcraft E-1e Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 58 sec 29 Apr 1975 Manuchehr Khosrowdad (IRN) ratified - current record World 1850
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 045,60 km/h 05 Feb 1996 Richard A. Saber (USA) ratified - current record World 3105
Gliding D2 Gain of height 1 634 m 10 Jul 1939 Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4320
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4201
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3827
Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 258,19 km 27 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 370
Rotorcraft E-1 Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 22,2 sec 12 Apr 1972 John C. Henderson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9942
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 115,51 km/h 06 Apr 2000 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6512
Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 409,2 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15662
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 481,35 km/h 04 Nov 1999 Max Robinson (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6305
Ballooning AX-06 Duration 1 h 1 min 24 Nov 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10719
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 192,73 km/h 28 Mar 1985 Brian Walpole (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7426
Ballooning AX-14 Distance 1 470,62 km 26 Jan 1985 Harold A. Warner (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 261
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 054,40 km/h 14 Dec 1998 James O. Gross (USA) ratified - current record World 5864
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a recognised course 1 038,28 km/h 09 Oct 2023 Michael J. Goggins (USA) ratified - current record World 20117
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Distance in a straight line without landing 1 105,0 km 23 Apr 2007 Ramón Morillas Salmerón (ESP) ratified - current record World 14613
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 709,9 km 16 Apr 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - current record European 20209
Ballooning AX-08 Distance 1 215,86 km 25 Jan 1993 William E. Bussey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 231
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 757,42 km/h 01 Jan 1993 Peter Horton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7419
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 9 1,48 m 08 Jan 1967 Us Team (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13510
Airship BA-08 Altitude 1 898 m 08 Nov 1992 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 1963
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 404,44 km/h 12 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1702
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,747 sec 27 Sep 2024 Curtis Bartholomew (USA) ratified - current record North-American 20464
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 250 kg payload 1 h 47 min 08 sec 08 May 1924 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8357
Airship BX-04 Duration 1 h 26 min 52 sec 27 Aug 1982 Ronald W. Taaffe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 506
Ballooning AX-09 Distance 1 715,9 km 01 Mar 2005 Andy Cayton (USA) ratified - current record World 11959
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 200 km in a closed circuit 1 h 10 min 55 sec 13 Jul 1912 Jules Védrines (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15689
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 1 970 990 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9333
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 600m, group of 4 1,45 m 16 Jul 1962 Gdr Team (DDR) ratified - superseded since approved World 13357
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 059.07 km/h 20 Jan 1982 Robert F. Olszewski (USA) ratified - current record World 7747
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 300,6 km 17 Dec 2016 Valentin Mäder (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved African 18098
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 016,20 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 7970
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 037,87 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9222
Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 008,396 km 07 Jan 1981 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10211
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Time to climb to 15 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 1 min 21.71s 29 Mar 1990 Viktor C. Pugachev (URS) ratified - current record World 8525
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 822 km/h 19 Sep 1960 René Bigand (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8927
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 161,4 km 27 Dec 2017 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record African 18375
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Duration: 199 1 h 10 min 50 sec 16 Mar 2003 Mark Hopkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 7648
Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 449,3 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7604
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 643,00 km/h 25 Feb 1959 André Turcat (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1347
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 106 km 08 Jan 2015 Maxim H.S. Leenders (NED) ratified - superseded since approved African 16575

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