Gliding |
D2 |
Absolute altitude |
3 304 m |
18 Sep 1937 |
Erwin Ziller (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
13609 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Absolute altitude |
10 809 m |
05 Mar 1975 |
Mary L. Nutt (USA) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
378 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Speed over a closed circuit without landing upper than one km |
54,55 km/h |
05 May 1927 |
Ferdinand Schulz (GER) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
4436 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
55 h 52 min 12 sec |
22 Sep 1943 |
Ernst Jachtmann (GER) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
4455 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
45 h 28 min 51 sec |
19 Nov 1942 |
Erich Vergens (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4456 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
50 h 26 min |
09 Dec 1938 |
August Boedecker (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4467 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
38 h 21 min 24 sec |
18 Jun 1942 |
Eric Nessler (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4457 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
40 h 38 min |
08 Sep 1938 |
Toni Kahlbacher (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4466 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
23 h 41 min |
05 Sep 1938 |
Toni Kahlbacher (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4465 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
19 h 08 min |
09 Apr 1938 |
N. Makaroff (URS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4463 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
57 h 10 min |
06 Apr 1954 |
Bertrand Dauvin (FRA) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
4459 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
21 h 34 min |
17 Dec 1931 |
William A. Cocke, Jr (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4458 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
53 h 04 min |
04 Feb 1952 |
Albert Carraz (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4461 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
56 h 11 min |
30 Dec 1953 |
Claude Fronteau (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4460 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
13 h 59 min |
26 Nov 1937 |
Ernst Jachtmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4462 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
137,32 km/h |
27 Dec 1986 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
366 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
149,2 km/h |
12 Jul 2007 |
Steve Fossett (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
14732 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
166,00 km/h |
06 Jan 2018 |
Pieter Nouwens (RSA) |
ratified - current record |
World |
18371 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
166,00 km/h |
06 Jan 2018 |
Pieter Nouwens (RSA) |
ratified - current record |
African |
18372 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
143,46 km/h |
10 Jan 1987 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
365 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
132,73 km/h |
03 Jan 1993 |
Klaus Holighaus (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
19193 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
133,24 km/h |
09 Dec 1980 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
330 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
127,17 km/h |
21 Dec 1992 |
Klaus Holighaus (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4468 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
143,46 km/h |
10 Jan 1987 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5016 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
139,96 km/h |
07 Jan 1993 |
Klaus Holighaus (GER) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
398 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
109,5 km/h |
23 Jan 2007 |
Klaus Ohlmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
14444 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
118,75 km/h |
30 Nov 2009 |
Diether Memmert (GER) |
ratified - current record |
World |
15664 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
151,5 km/h |
19 Dec 2007 |
Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
14903 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2-M |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
128,04 km/h |
14 Dec 1991 |
Walter Binder (FRG) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
421 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Distance in a straight line |
837 km |
19 Apr 1977 |
Adela Dankowska (POL) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
6977 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Free Distance |
950 km |
|
_unknown (-) |
minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim |
World |
15810 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
1 078,2 km |
05 Jan 2003 |
Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) |
ratified - current record |
World |
7596 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free Distance |
382,12 km |
15 Jul 1995 |
William G. Osoba (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5514 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
949,70 km |
20 Jan 1980 |
Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5019 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free Distance |
102,9 km |
26 Aug 2001 |
Jana Koutna (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
7099 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Free Distance |
1 401,4 km |
20 Dec 2012 |
Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) |
ratified - current record |
World |
16722 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free Distance |
156,1 km |
24 May 2003 |
Tanja Pristavec (SLO) |
ratified - current record |
World |
7791 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
2 174,5 km |
23 Nov 2003 |
Klaus Ohlmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
8154 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
2 192,9 km |
04 Dec 2004 |
Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10316 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free Distance |
508,10 km |
21 Apr 1998 |
William G. Osoba (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5360 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Free Distance |
405,1 km |
03 Jun 2013 |
Ghislaine Facon (FRA) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
16823 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
1 687 km |
21 Nov 2003 |
Klaus Ohlmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
8152 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Free Distance |
635,20 km |
15 May 1999 |
Michael Noel Parker (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
6123 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Free Distance |
405,1 km |
03 Jun 2013 |
Ghislaine Facon (FRA) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
European |
16824 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
1 460,80 km |
25 Apr 1972 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5004 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
1 196,02 km |
17 Jan 2014 |
Christopher John Ndrilo Woolley (AUS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
Oceanian |
17037 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free Distance |
627,60 km |
09 Jul 2004 |
Leonardo R. Benetti-longhini (USA) |
ratified - current record |
World |
9636 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
1 501,9 km |
09 Jan 2003 |
Klaus Ohlmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
7603 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free Distance |
1 308,1 km |
02 Jan 2015 |
David Graham Jansen (AUS) |
ratified - current record |
Oceanian |
16723 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Free Distance |
741,57 km |
22 Jul 2001 |
William B. Snead (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
7054 |
|
→ |
⌄ |