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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 258,55 km/h 16 Mar 1990 John Hutchinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 5612
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 731,40 km/h 31 Oct 1989 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 3875
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 367,2 km 10 Dec 2017 Alexander Müller (GER) ratified - current record African 18359
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 028,664 km 30 Oct 1959 Anatoli Lipko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8680
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 1 215,298 km/h 29 Oct 1953 Frank K. Everest (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8868
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 02 sec 03 Dec 1988 Douglas G. Matthews (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2648
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 min 50 sec 31 Aug 1951 Richard B. Prickett (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8588
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a 3 km course 1 047.356 km/h 25 Aug 1947 E. Carl Marion (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9865
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed around the world, Eastbound 1 026,25 km/h 28 Feb 1988 Allen E. Paulson (USA) ratified - current record World 15845
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4189
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 014,64 km/h 09 Sep 1995 Wesley E. Behel Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2860
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Distance 1 549,0 km 13 May 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17839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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 54 sec 21 May 1995 Edward D. Mendenhall (USA) ratified - current record World 2687
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 32 sec 06 Feb 1972 Lyle Shelton (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8114
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 220,44 km 06 Jan 1995 Walter Eisele (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2342
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 308,00 km 05 Aug 2021 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved European 19522
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17029
Ballooning A-7th Distance 1 198,900 km 12 Sep 1927 Edward J. Hill (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10630
Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,16 km 24 Dec 1992 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 404
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 550,20 km 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 6761
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 224,2 km 29 Apr 2012 Mathias Schunk (GER) ratified - current record European 16537
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 600m, group of 5 0.58 m 31 Mar 1966 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12599
Space records K-2 Altitude 1 412 km 15 Sep 2024 Team/Crew preliminary record claim received World 20436
Ballooning AM-07 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10472
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,971 sec 27 Sep 2024 Cornelia Mihai (UAE) ratified - current record Asian 20470
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude with 4 000 kg payload 1 363 m 03 Oct 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8183
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 550 km 23 Jun 1924 F. W. Wead (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11708
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 250 kg payload 1 h 48 min 19,4 sec 27 Mar 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8218
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 256,20 km 14 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 422
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 1 469,09 km/h 30 Oct 1999 Max Robinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 6302
Powered Aeroplanes H Time to climb to 6 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 28,8 sec 25 Apr 1991 Andrei Sinitsine (URS) ratified - current record World 5549
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 600m, group of 3 1,94 m 15 Jun 1962 Gdr Team (DDR) ratified - superseded since approved World 13477
Airship BX-07 Duration 1 h 12 min 26 Aug 1981 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 501
Ballooning AM-04 Distance 1 323 km 16 Nov 2007 Troy Bradley (USA) ratified - current record World 14876
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 1 358,6 km/h 24 Aug 1961 Jacqueline Cochran (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12937
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km without payload 1 017,80 km/h 28 May 1990 Serguei Ossipov (URS) ratified - current record World 4035
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4025
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4056
Ballooning AM-10 Duration 1 h 17 min 33 sec 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5836
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 049,11 km/h 02 Feb 1998 Frederick C. Dauer (USA) ratified - current record World 5284
Rotorcraft E-3b Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 019,09 km 09 Feb 2006 Andrew C. Keech (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13111
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a 3 km course 1 151,88 km/h 16 Jul 1953 Williams F. Barns (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9868
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling over 30m): 118-d 1 min 24,8 sec 27 Jul 2005 Mark A. Benns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 11865
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 591,8 km 25 Apr 2019 Mathias Schunk (GER) ratified - current record European 18924
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc 1,34 mat the 8th round 21 Oct 1974 Vera Koroteeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11402
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 008,73 km/h 06 Feb 1996 Louis D. Pisane (USA) ratified - current record World 3111
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4200
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3825