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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 1 min 51,224 sec 22 May 1958 Edward N. Le Faivre (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8594
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-1 Altitude Altitude 004 1 396 m 21 Apr 1987 Vladimir Minakov (RUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2435
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 045,206 km/h 03 Sep 1954 John L. Armstrong (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8860
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a 3 km course 1 171 km/h 07 Sep 1953 N.F. Duke (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9869
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Gain in altitude: 106 1 442 m 31 Aug 1948 Roland Poich (HUN) ratified - superseded since approved World 2110
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 036,71 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 9237
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to 6 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 50 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7867
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight Distance - Free flight 1 720,3 km 01 Jun 2015 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17556
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 708,4 km 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7587
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1 468 km 10 Mar 2015 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - current record World 17429
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 342,8 km 18 Dec 2014 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record African 17395
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 051,20 km 25 Apr 1972 Klaus Tesch (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5406
Ballooning AX-09 Distance 1 215,86 km 25 Jan 1993 William E. Bussey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 792
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 2 000m, group of 7 1.03 m 30 Oct 1970 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11115
Experimental / New Technologies I-E Duration 1 min 26 sec 23 Sep 2013 Trefor Evans (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 16933
Ballooning AX-09 Duration 1 h 25 min 17 Dec 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10728
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Distance over a closed course 1 003,6 km 21 Apr 2022 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 19690
Parachuting G-1 Lowest Score after 8 rounds 1,16 m 25 May 2019 USA ratified - superseded since approved North-American 19728
Rotorcraft E former G Altitude with 100 kg payload 1 m 14 Sep 1924 Etienne Oehmichen (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13091
Ballooning A-5th Distance 1 550 km 27 Sep 1932 Thomas G.W. Settle (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10644
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1 099,3 km 25 May 2012 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 16558
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 16530
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 5 0.92 m 11 Sep 1967 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13547
Airship BX-08 Duration 1 h 26 min 52 sec 27 Aug 1982 Ronald W. Taaffe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 510
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 027,55 km/h 16 Feb 2000 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - current record World 6416
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 140,426 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10252
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 030,58 km/h 09 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - current record World 6311
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude with 3 000 kg payload 1 942 m 17 May 1924 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8226
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 h 12 min 32 sec 02 Sep 2008 Ramón Morillas Salmerón (ESP) ratified - current record World 15140
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 195,70 km/h 22 May 1990 Nail Sattarov (URS) ratified - current record World 3898
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 271,98 km 09 Dec 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 331
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 644,02 km/h 14 Mar 1990 Peter Horton (GBR) ratified - current record World 5617
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 037,29 km 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5879
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Greatest payload carried to a height of 15 000 m 1 503 kg 18 Nov 1998 Bryan Galbreath (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5797
Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 002,00 km 21 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5504
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 3 1.33 m 26 Apr 1962 Bulgarian Team (BUL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12619
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F3 Open Gain in altitude: 143 1 500 m 11 Jun 1961 Keith E. Hearn (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 7976
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m 1,45 m 02 Nov 1960 Gheorghe Iancu (ROU) ratified - superseded since approved World 13493
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 015,866 km/h 01 Aug 1959 Valentine Kovaliev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9085
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4195
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 729,38 km/h 13 Jul 1987 John Cook (GBR) ratified - current record World 7448
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed around the world, Eastbound 1 305,93 km/h 16 Aug 1995 Michel Dupont (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2822
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a 3 km course 1 590.45 km/h 24 Oct 1977 Darryl G. Greenamyer (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8515
Ballooning AX-01 Duration 1 h 26 min 04 Jan 1987 Coy Foster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 127
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Gain in altitude: 173 1 236 m 28 Sep 1986 Tamara Voitenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10879
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5426
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Distance 1 549,0 km 13 May 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17839
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 105,68 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7952
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 4) 0.76 m at the 4th round 12 Oct 1974 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12562
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 587,04 km/h 27 Sep 1993 Stuart Robertson (GBR) ratified - current record World 7446

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