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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,978 sec 23 Nov 2019 Leigh McCormack (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved Oceanian 19195
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 600m, group of 3 1,32 m 25 Jul 1962 Bulgarian Team (BUL) ratified - superseded since approved World 13354
Airship BX-03 Duration 1 h 12 min 26 Aug 1981 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 497
Gliding D2-M Straight distance 1 049,43 km 29 May 1990 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 420
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 195,70 km/h 22 May 1990 Nail Sattarov (URS) ratified - current record World 3899
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 307,60 km/h 14 Mar 1990 John Hutchinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 5618
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1 099,3 km 25 May 2012 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 16558
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 178,8 km 05 Aug 2021 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - current record European 19521
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 16530
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 011,57 km/h 22 Dec 2021 John D, McLeroy (USA) ratified - current record World 19619
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m 1,85 m 26 Sep 1959 Alexander Nagy (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 12983
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 015,866 km/h 01 Aug 1959 Valentine Kovaliev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9082
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 071,98 km/h 28 Feb 2000 James C. Phillips (USA) ratified - current record World 6422
Powered Aeroplanes C-1n Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 43 sec 19 Nov 1988 Ira S. Paul (USA) ratified - current record World 3849
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 668,37 km/h 14 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6320
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 min 17,05 sec 16 Feb 1957 André Turcat (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8611
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 004,67 km/h 23 Oct 1999 Roger Mills (GBR) ratified - current record World 6287
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-1m Speed over a recognised course 1 033,7 km/h 04 Apr 2024 Dominic Rivers (GBR) ratified - current record World 20204
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 037,29 km 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5879
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 078,20 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - current record World 3839
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a recognised course 1 126,57 km/h 08 Jun 1995 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - current record World 2986
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 014,00 km/h 29 Mar 2025 Bernard J Ferro (USA) preliminary record claim received World 20715
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362,68 km 02 May 1986 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 325
Ballooning AX-09 Distance 1 434,24 km 06 Feb 1995 William E. Bussey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2842
Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 028,584 km 06 Jan 1986 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10194
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 031,85 km/h 04 Dec 1994 N. B. Godlove (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2220
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 2 000 kg payload 1 1760 m 25 Oct 1985 Alexandre Tkachenko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3515
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 643,67 km/h 16 Sep 1985 J. W. Burton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1246
Airship BA-03 Altitude 1 898 m 08 Nov 1992 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - current record World 1958
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 380,69 km/h 13 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1706
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 9 1,41 m 16 Apr 1967 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11261
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 298,16 km/h 28 Mar 1967 Lidia Zaitseva (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12464
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
Ballooning AA-13 Distance 1 357,63 km 07 Oct 1982 Nikki Caplan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1071
Powered Aeroplanes H-h Time to climb to 3 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 1 min 02,41 sec 12 Apr 1991 Andrei Sinitsine (URS) ratified - current record World 16387
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17029
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,964 sec 23 Nov 2019 William Sharman (RSA) ratified - current record African 19174
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 017,80 km/h 28 May 1990 Serguei Ossipov (URS) ratified - current record World 4042
Ballooning AX-15 Distance 1 139,16 km 06 Mar 1981 Kristian L. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 256
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - current record World 4063
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 687,69 km/h 26 May 1961 William R. Payne (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4855
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 11210
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 761,01 km/h 23 Apr 1989 R.J.L. Boas (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7416
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 398,41 km/h 03 Apr 1989 K.D. Leney (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3462
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

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