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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 123,63 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9227
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to 3 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 22 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7864
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling over 30m): 118-d 1 min 23 sec 28 May 2003 Jim Buxton (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7795
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5425
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 017,81 km/h 28 Dec 2002 David E. Seymour (USA) ratified - current record World 7593
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 045,60 km/h 05 Feb 1996 Richard A. Saber (USA) ratified - current record World 3105
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 308,1 km 02 Jan 2015 David Graham Jansen (AUS) ratified - current record Oceanian 16723
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4201
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3827
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 060,76 km 16 Jan 2014 Matt Gage (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved Oceanian 17035
Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 258,19 km 27 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 370
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 098,54 km 15 Oct 1972 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5418
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1 386,5 km 23 May 2013 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 16815
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 267,8 km 27 Feb 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - current record European 20171
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Greatest mass carried to height of 2 000 m 1 000 kg 15 Mar 1972 F. M. Tuytjens (GER) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 8094
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 655,8 km 10 Apr 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved European 20208
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 066,1 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 16527
Rotorcraft E-1f Distance without landing 1 508,91 km 12 Apr 1985 Frederick Jack Schweibold (USA) ratified - current record World 1823
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 600,97 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16137
Ballooning AX-14 Distance 1 470,62 km 26 Jan 1985 Harold A. Warner (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 261
Ballooning AX-08 Distance 1 215,86 km 25 Jan 1993 William E. Bussey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 231
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 172,05 km/h 11 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6316
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 757,42 km/h 01 Jan 1993 Peter Horton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7419
Airship BA-08 Altitude 1 898 m 08 Nov 1992 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 1963
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 404,44 km/h 12 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1702
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 600m, group of 9 0.53 m 21 Mar 1967 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12614
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling over 30m): 118-d 1 min 41,2 sec 10 Sep 2008 Mitsuru Ishii (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 15142
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 001,62 km/h 12 Feb 1999 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - current record World 5942
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 123,36 km/h 19 Nov 1998 Robert Z. Blue (USA) ratified - current record World 5794
Ballooning AM-14 Duration 1 h 38 min 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 6006
Airship BX-04 Duration 1 h 26 min 52 sec 27 Aug 1982 Ronald W. Taaffe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 506
Powered Aeroplanes C Distance in a straight line 1 872,87 km 11 Aug 1919 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15669
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 674 km/h 17 Aug 2005 Anatoly Kvochur (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11839
Space records P-2 Distance travelled 1 508 202 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9247
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Time to climb to 15 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 1 min 21.71s 29 Mar 1990 Viktor C. Pugachev (URS) ratified - current record World 8525
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 600m, group of 4 1,96 m 06 Sep 1959 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12900
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 054,01 km/h 15 Dec 2003 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8283
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 037,87 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7949
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 826,38 km/h 02 Nov 1977 Norman Todd (GBR) ratified - current record World 5633
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 118,7 km/h 15 Oct 1955 Gordon Larimore Gray (jr) (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8859
Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,14 km 17 Dec 1996 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3918
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 042,114 km 06 Feb 1976 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9986
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 063,18 km 04 Feb 2015 Gerrit Kurstjens (AUS) ratified - current record Oceanian 17415
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F3 Open Duration: 148 1 h 2 min 38 sec 13 Sep 2014 Alexander ("Sandy") Pimenoff (FIN) ratified - superseded since approved World 17307
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 078,20 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - current record World 3844
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 32 sec 21 May 1995 Gary M. Freeman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2674
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 086,52 km/h 29 Jan 1995 N. B. Godlove (USA) ratified - current record World 2373
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 020,6 km 25 Nov 2012 Allan John Barnes (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved Oceanian 16711
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 9 0.99 m 16 Sep 1971 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11113
Parachuting G-2 Maximum Vertical Speed without drogue 1 357,6 km/h 14 Oct 2012 Felix Baumgartner (AUT) ratified - current record World 16669

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