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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 002,00 km 21 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5504
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 over a straight 15/25 km course 1 323,312 km/h 20 Aug 1955 H.A. Hanes (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8867
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
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 4) 0.95 m at the 4th round 04 Dec 1975 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11127
Ballooning AX-01 Duration 1 h 26 min 04 Jan 1987 Coy Foster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 127
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Gain in altitude: 173 1 236 m 28 Sep 1986 Tamara Voitenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10879
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 1 min 21 sec 15 Nov 1974 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12907
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Distance 1 549,0 km 13 May 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17839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C.bis 2nd category 1930-1937 Distance in a straight line 1 174.80 km 21 Oct 1937 Nicolas Fedosseev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11771
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
Powered Aeroplanes H Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 1 min 44,7 sec 05 Jan 1971 T.L. Lecky-thompson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5546
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17029
Gliding D2-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 196,11 km 30 Nov 1992 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 419
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 01 min 53 sec 20 Feb 1984 Douglas G. Matthews (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4121
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 058,43 km/h 13 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1690
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 2 000m, group of 9 0.748 m 20 Sep 1968 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13541
Ballooning AM-13 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10478
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 - superseded since approved European 16537
Ballooning A-5th Distance 1 198,900 km 12 Sep 1927 Edward J. Hill (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10628
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 031 km/h 01 Oct 1991 Vladimir Jashanov ratified - current record World 8887
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 500m 1,56 m 21 Dec 1965 Antonina Kencitskaia (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12505
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.bis Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 275 km 12 Jun 1923 M.-A. Schur (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11716
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 1 025,54 km/h 18 Nov 2024 Dominic Rivers (GBR) dossier under review World 20618
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
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
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 500m, group of 3 1,91 m 26 Jul 1963 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11164
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
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m 1,80 m 18 Sep 1962 Anita Storck (DDR) ratified - superseded since approved World 11458
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - current record World 4062
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 recognised course 1 273,56 km/h 23 Apr 1989 R.J.L. Boas (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7415
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
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 600m 1,87 m 24 Mar 1960 Ruzena Rybova (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 11383
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
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 D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 254.26 km 14 Jan 1978 Bruce Lindsey Drake (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 341
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - current record World 3832
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 1 139,219 km/h 01 Sep 1953 Harold E. Collins (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8869
Powered Aeroplanes N Time to climb to a height of 15 000 m 1 min 16 sec 11 Mar 1987 Nikolai Sadovnikov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1580
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 126,57 km/h 08 Jun 1995