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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
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New Technologies CS Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1 099,3 km 25 May 2012 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 16558
Airship BX-06 Duration 1 h 26 min 52 sec 27 Aug 1982 Ronald W. Taaffe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 508
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 16530
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 700,82 km/h 29 Mar 1982 M. Tardieu (FRA) ratified - current record World 5660
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 071,98 km/h 28 Feb 2000 James C. Phillips (USA) ratified - current record World 6422
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 668,37 km/h 14 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6320
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 004,67 km/h 23 Oct 1999 Roger Mills (GBR) ratified - current record World 6287
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 161,816 km 03 Jan 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9989
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 725 km/h 18 Aug 1978 Pierre Chanoine (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7745
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 826,38 km/h 02 Nov 1977 Norman Todd (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5634
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Distance over a closed course 1 839,70 km 21 Feb 1955 Elisabeth Boselli (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12380
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 634,70 km 09 May 1977 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5424
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 413,69 km/h 08 Jan 1999 Michel Rio (FRA) ratified - current record World 6334
Ballooning AM-06 Duration 1 h 38 min 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 5998
Powered Aeroplanes C 4th category 1937-1949 Distance in a straight line 1 909,83 km 02 Aug 1939 Heinz Gabler (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 9167
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 231,80 km 16 Apr 1974 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5416
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-9 Gyrocopter Duration Gyrocopter Duration 232 1 min 24 sec 16 Sep 2006 Krzysztof Arasimowicz (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 14116
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 056,64 km 09 Oct 1972 James G. Smiley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5419
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 51 sec 27 May 1972 Richard B. Hunt (USA) ratified - current record World 1487
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 717 km/h 21 Aug 2005 Anatoly Kvochur (RUS) ratified - current record World 11872
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 078,20 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4164
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 665 km/h 10 Mar 2005 Alexander Bochkarev (BLR) ratified - current record World 10928
Powered Aeroplanes H Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 min 1,1 sec 12 Jan 1987 Bernard C. Scott (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5543
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 6 1,62 m 02 Oct 1969 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11378
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a/0 Distance over a closed course 1 502,20 km 21 Jun 1986 Wilhelm Lischak (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 3333
Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Distance over a closed course 1 072,70 km 12 Oct 1968 Evgueny M. Nikitin (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3540
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Distance 1 549,0 km 13 May 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17839
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 9 1,49 m 11 Sep 1967 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13553
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
Microlights and paramotors RPF2T Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 h 39 min 30 sec 23 Dec 2023 Ramón Morillas Salmerón (ESP) ratified - current record World 20157
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 295,3 km 30 Mar 2024 Benjamin Bachmaier (GER) ratified - current record European 20200
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 587,04 km/h 27 Sep 1993 Stuart Robertson (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7444
Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 043.48 km 01 Dec 1992 Hans Binder (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 4469
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,691 sec 30 Nov 2024 Gonçalo Resende (POR) ratified - current record European 20637
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17029
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 1 600 m 17 Mar 1914 Victor Garaix (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15449
Ballooning AM-11 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10476
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration 1 h 35 min 25 Jan 1912 Karl Grulich (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 15885
Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 360
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 073,422 km 09 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10248
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 550,20 km 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 6761
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 023,52 km/h 02 Oct 1991 Alexander Dronov (UKR) ratified - current record World 8862
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 224,2 km 29 Apr 2012 Mathias Schunk (GER) ratified - superseded since approved European 16537
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 024,8 km/h 08 Dec 1961 William Miller (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7690
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 708,82 km/h 12 Jan 1961 Henry J. Deutschendorf (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4551
Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Schauble (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10196
Ballooning AX-15 Distance 1 154,74 km 26 Nov 1981 Michel Arnould (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6987
Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 000.88 km 28 Sep 1981 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10077
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
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

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