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Class Sub-Class Type of recordsort descending Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Ballooning AM-08 Altitude 8 377 m 22 Sep 1996 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3513
Ballooning AM-13 Altitude 12 557 m 23 Mar 2004 David Hempleman-Adams (GBR) ratified - current record World 9749
Ballooning AX-01 Altitude 1 640 m 10 Jan 1988 Coy Foster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 130
Ballooning AX-08 Altitude 10 964 m 14 Jul 1972 Julian R. P. Nott (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10760
Rotorcraft E former G Altitude 2 439 m 25 Jun 1937 Ewald Rohlfs (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13153
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 2nd category Altitude 1 777 m 10 Dec 1936 Crystal Mowry (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12159
Ballooning AM-04 Altitude 4 072,13 m 03 Mar 1987 Jacques W. Soukup (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10512
Powered Aeroplanes C.ter Altitude 5 682 m 29 Jan 1935 Harry Richman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11668
Ballooning AX-12 Altitude 9 954 m 19 Aug 1994 Jetta M. Schantz (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2396
Airship BA-08 Altitude 3 726 m 29 Jun 2002 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 12334
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 1st category 1930-1931 Altitude 4 614 m 04 Jun 1930 Wilhelm Zimmermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 11773
Ballooning AM-11 Altitude 4 442 m 26 Aug 1985 Henk Brink (NED) ratified - superseded since approved World 10467
Ballooning AM-07 Altitude 5 530 m 15 Jun 1994 Troy Bradley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2252
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 17 315 m 18 Mar 1966 Massimo Ralli (ITA) ratified - current record World 1480
Airship BA-09 Altitude 1 898 m 08 Nov 1992 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 1964
Ballooning AA-06 Altitude 11 780 m 10 May 1964 Tracy L. Barnes (USA) ratified - current record World 1019
Ballooning AX-08 Altitude 13 670 m 08 Jun 1983 Josef Starkbaum (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 242
Ballooning AX-03 Altitude 4 272 m 24 Jan 2008 Pauline Baker (IRL) ratified - current record World 14939
Ballooning AM-06 Altitude 5 136 m 12 Jan 1991 Nick Saum (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 653
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Altitude 14 419 m 15 Jun 1981 Joachim H. Blumschein (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 3376
Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Altitude 9 159 m 02 Nov 1977 Eduard Kolkov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 11962
Ballooning AX-15 Altitude 16 154 m 01 Aug 1979 Chauncey M. Dunn (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 249
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Altitude 22 482 m 17 Apr 1989 Jerry Hoyt (USA) ratified - current record World 4131
Ballooning AX-02 Altitude 137 m 16 Apr 1974 Robert Sparks (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10593
Ballooning AM-08 Altitude 10 589 m 25 Nov 1996 Per Axel Lindstrand (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 4872
Microlights and paramotors RPL2T Altitude 4 575 m 26 Dec 2003 Helmut Stern (HUN) ratified - current record World 8306
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 6 802 m 13 May 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17838
Microlights and paramotors RGL1 Altitude 8 399 m 08 Nov 2015 Donatella Ricci (ITA) ratified - current record World 17773
Powered Aeroplanes H Altitude 14 040 m 05 Jan 1971 T.L. Lecky-thompson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5545
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 4th category 1930-1935 Altitude 4 597 m 24 Sep 1935 Benjamin King (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11780
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 12 043 m 20 Jun 1935 Carina Negrone (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12166
Ballooning AX-15 Altitude 10 773 m 19 Aug 2002 Heidrun Prosch (AUT) ratified - current record World 9627
Ballooning AM-04 Altitude 5 816 m 13 Oct 1994 Gunter Schabus (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 2380
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1930-1932 Altitude 4 614 m 11 Apr 1930 Margret Fusbahn (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 12222
Ballooning AS-10 Altitude 5 415 m 20 Nov 1984 Julian R. P. Nott (GBR) ratified - current record World 618
Ballooning AM-10 Altitude 3 372,6 m 18 Aug 1984 Nick Saum (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10495
Ballooning AX-06 Altitude 4 783 m 05 Oct 1965 Donald L. Piccard (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5125
Ballooning AM-11 Altitude 5 603 m 16 Sep 1992 Richard Abruzzo (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 636
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 5 990 m 03 Apr 1919 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15459
Ballooning AM-10 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10475
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 3 494 m 26 Dec 1910 Archibald Hoxsey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15290
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Altitude 6 721 m 02 Sep 2008 Ramón Morillas Salmerón (ESP) ratified - superseded since approved World 15138
Powered Aeroplanes N Altitude 12 309 m 14 May 1999 Lyle H. Schaefer (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6104
Ballooning A-06 Altitude 10 504 m 19 Jul 1961 Donald L. Piccard (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10713
Ballooning AM-08 Altitude 6 866 m 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 5973
Ballooning AM-04 Altitude 6 866 m 04 Nov 1998