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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Ballooning AX-07 Distance 621,15 km 01 Mar 1980 Edward J. Chapman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5166
Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 517,80 km 06 Jul 1959 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4606
Powered Aeroplanes C-3 Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 4 min 23 sec 21 Apr 1998 Bobby K. Wilkes (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5368
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 344,05 km/h 14 Sep 1989 Eric Howard Wheatley (AUS) ratified - current record World 13825
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Altitude in horizontal flight 7 955 m 22 Mar 1979 J. G. Mercer (USA) ratified - current record World 2609
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 928,48 km/h 21 Apr 2018 Brian D. Dickerson (USA) ratified - current record World 18468
Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 651,02 km/h 09 Sep 2006 Nikolai Kuleshov (RUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14397
Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 013,21 km 31 Dec 1979 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10193
Parachuting G-O Altitude jumps, opening without delay, group of 3 10 249 m 23 Dec 1958 Bulgarian Team (BUL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12545
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 724,39 km/h 28 Feb 1998 Steven A. Shatto (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5300
Powered Aeroplanes H Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 36,38 sec 14 Aug 1989 Andy J. Sephton (GBR) ratified - current record World 5539
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 161,816 km 03 Jan 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9989
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Duration: F108 6 h 01 min 06 Aug 1952 Igor Koulakovsky (URS) ratified - current record World 18499
Airship BX-10 Altitude 8 180 m 17 Aug 2006 Stanislaw Fuodoroff (RUS) ratified - current record World 14412
Ballooning AX-14 Altitude 9 540 m 08 Dec 1979 Carol R. Davis (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 192
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 948,35 km/h 17 Sep 1958 Charles E. Gibbs (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4539
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 903,65 km/h 09 Jan 1998 Richard W. Wiley (USA) ratified - current record World 5263
Gliding D2-M Straight distance 969,75 km 07 Jul 1989 Jerry W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10243
Space records K-2 Duration 139 d 14 h 47 min 32 sec 02 Nov 1978 Vladimir Kovalyonok (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9447
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F2 Open Speed (swept volume 5,01 to 10,00 cm3): F133 345 km/h 25 Aug 2003 Ken Morrissey (GBR) ratified - current record World 18530
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1D Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m): 125-b 32 min 52 sec 17 Jun 2006 Dezso Orsovai (HUN) ratified - superseded since approved World 13948
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Gain in altitude: 110 5809 m 05 Aug 1979 Yin Chengbo (CHN) ratified - superseded since approved World 2334
Rotorcraft E-1b Altitude without payload 10 984 m 13 Jun 1958 Jean Boulet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9872
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 825,77 km/h 27 Nov 1997 Daniel J. Clisham (USA) ratified - current record World 5103
Microlights and paramotors RWL1T Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 6 min 32 sec 03 Jun 1989 Roland Coddens (BEL) ratified - superseded since approved World 158
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 725 km/h 18 Aug 1978 Pierre Chanoine (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7745
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-4 Boost Glider Duration Boost Glider Duration S045 4 min 21 sec 30 May 1998 Leszek Pienkowski (POL) ratified - current record World 18584
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 256,60 km/h 06 Apr 2006 Gerald Ratz (USA) ratified - current record World 14222
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 970,821 km/h 24 Sep 1957 Valentine Kovaliev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9086

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