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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 822.26 km/h 12 May 1950 Jim Reginald Cooksey (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10927
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed around the world, Westbound 87,51 km/h 27 May 1988 Charles C. Classen (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1614
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 40 000 kg payload 857,657 km/h 07 Jul 1975 Alexandre Turumine (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8567
Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 545,2 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8255
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 48,23 km/h 28 Jul 1996 Felix J. Estermann (SUI) ratified - current record World 3262
Rotorcraft E-3b Greatest mass carried to height of 2 000 m 145,00 kg 30 Aug 2016 Paul A Salmon (USA) ratified - current record World 17927
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 69.60 km/h 22 Jul 1948 Siegbert Maurer (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 4342
Microlights and paramotors RWL1T Distance in a straight line with limited fuel 109,20 km 27 Mar 1988 Christian Van Houtte (BEL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4238
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 25 000 m 2 min 34.2s 17 May 1975 Alexandr Fedotov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9069
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed around the world over both the Earth's poles 860,73 km/h 11 Jul 2019 Hamish Harding (GBR) ratified - current record World 18990
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 481,92 km/h 16 Nov 2003 Kent S. Jackson (USA) ratified - current record World 8140
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Speed over a recognised course 146,39 km/h 26 Jun 1996 C. Nelson Gain (CAN) ratified - current record World 3202
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a recognised course 740,72 km/h 30 Jun 2016 Shonin Casey Davis (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 17878
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 368.844 km 16 Jul 1947 Paul B. Macready, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9998
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a recognised course 944,28 km/h 27 Feb 1988 Allen E. Paulson (USA) ratified - current record World 16253
Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 10 809 m 05 Mar 1975 Mary L. Nutt (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 378
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 016,20 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 7964
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 291,16 km/h 13 May 1996 James P. Hanson (USA) ratified - current record World 3707
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Distance to goal and return: 202 50,08 km 22 Apr 2016 John A. McNeil (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17828
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload 708,592 km/h 19 May 1946 John J. Hancock (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8941
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 791,93 km/h 29 Jan 1988 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10326
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc 0.08 m at the 22nd round 23 Oct 1974 Edem Eskenderov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12434
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 037,87 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9217
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 866,54 km/h 21 Apr 1996 Verne Jobst (USA) ratified - current record World 3150
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Straight distance 402,00 km 09 Dec 2015 Seiko Fukuoka Naville (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 17780
Ballooning A-3rd Altitude 7 097,5 m 31 Aug 1940 Boris Nevernov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10693
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 156.93 km/h 02 Jan 1988 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10223
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,24 km/h 14 Aug 1974 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5432
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 689,47 km/h 08 Oct 2003 Mike Bannister (GBR) ratified - current record World 7910
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 869,73 km/h 12 Feb 1996 Mark E. Calkins (USA) ratified - current record World 3115
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a recognised course 874,67 km/h 28 Oct 2015 Andrew Wegman (USA) ratified - current record World 17724
Powered Aeroplanes C Greatest payload carried to a height of 2 000 m 14 135 kg 30 Jul 1939 C. V. Haynes (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8740
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
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 4) 0.42 m at the 3rd round 04 Apr 1974 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11140
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 587,5 km 10 Oct 2019 Rafael de Moraes Barros (BRA) ratified - current record World 19126
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F3D Speed in a closed circuit in competition (10 laps): 083 57,7 sec 25 Aug 2003 Christopher Callow (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8201
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Gain of height 4 380 m 01 Jan 1996 Richard Westgate (GBR) ratified - current record World 3073
Ballooning A-10 Distance 481.121 km 15 May 1939 A. Kondratyeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10685
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
Ballooning AX-10 Distance 542,71 km 07 Mar 1974 Matt H. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5159
Space records K_Absolute Extravehicular duration in space 7 d 37 min 52 sec 20 Nov 1969 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 19148
Parachuting G-2 Accuracy Landing with 0.03 metre disc 0,02 m in 13th round 20 Jul 2003 Hynek Tábor (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 7850
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 194,79 km/h 19 Oct 1995 Thomas Schror (USA) ratified - current record World 3016
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Free out-and-return distance 292,8 km 06 Aug 2015 Philipp Steinger (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17626
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Distance in a straight line without landing 1 678 km 31 Dec 1938 Andrée Dupeyron (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12354
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 272,85 km/h 21 Jun 1987 Erwin Pettirsch (AUT) ratified - current record World 13811
Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 548.542 km/h 28 Oct 1973 Vasily Avershin (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9137
Parachuting G-1 Drag distance 50 m 176,36 m 21 Nov 2019 Cornelia Mihai (UAE) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19203
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Speed over an out-and-return course of 200 km 28,8 km/h 12 Jun 2003 Primož Suša (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7804
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 197,60 km/h 30 Sep 1995 Eric T. Saper (USA) ratified - current record World 2994

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