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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Ballooning AX-08 Distance 1 715,9 km 01 Mar 2005 Andy Cayton (USA) ratified - current record World 10877
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Speed over a recognised course 1 191,76 km/h 01 Jul 1987 Ian T. Gale (GBR) ratified - current record World 2359
Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 752.8 km 17 Dec 2004 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10357
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 273,96 km/h 09 Sep 1995 Richard A. Vandam (USA) ratified - current record World 2857
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a/0 Distance 1 249,52 km 09 Apr 1987 Norman E. Howell (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 8457
Space records K-2 Distance travelled while linked 1 488 320 km 24 Jul 1975 Thomas P. Stafford (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9585
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 137,3 km 17 Dec 2016 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record World 18097
Ballooning AA-05 Distance 1 701,81 km 03 Apr 1939 F. Bourloutski (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 1052
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 804,8 km 14 Nov 2003 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 8076
Powered Aeroplanes C-2b-08 Distance 1 589,88 km 15 Aug 1994 Dan E. Pariseau (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 1864
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 016,20 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 7969
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 037,87 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9221
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 037,43 km/h 08 Oct 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - current record World 7919
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 028,92 km/h 27 Feb 1994 Philip C. Ecklund (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1208
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 48 sec 16 Apr 1985 Charles "Chuck" Yeager (USA) ratified - current record World 3383
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 501,9 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7603
Powered Aeroplanes C.ter Distance in a straight line 1 662.78 km 12 Dec 1935 Hugh F. Mccaffery (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11578
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 101 km 08 Jan 2015 Maxim H.S. Leenders (NED) ratified - superseded since approved African 16536
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F7 Open Duration - Indoor: F228 1 h 38 min 38 sec 05 May 2015 Bernard Bilquey (FRA) ratified - current record World 18570
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Greatest payload carried to a height of 15 000 m 1 015 kg 20 May 1993 Victor G. Pugachev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8703
Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 026,78 km 20 Dec 2013 Lisa Ellen Trotter (AUS) ratified - current record Oceanian 17005
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 528,77 km 17 Apr 1968 Aleksey Anossov (URS) ratified - current record World 1268
Rotorcraft E-1b Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 062 km 02 Feb 2013 Sergey Ananov (RUS) ratified - current record World 16737
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 020,61 km/h 13 May 2001 F. Van Cortland De Peyster (USA) ratified - current record World 6981
Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5014
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 033,2 km/h 01 Feb 1983 R.C. Bowman (USA) ratified - current record World 7666
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Greatest payload 1 000 kg 15 Mar 1972 F. M. Tuytjens (GER) ratified - current record World 19264
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 4 000 kg payload 1 h 47 min 10,5 sec 03 Oct 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8184
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 392,51 km/h 20 Mar 1982 Jean-Paul Le Moel (FRA) ratified - current record World 1270
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Duration: 104 1 h 41 min 32 sec 19 Jun 1964 Valery Fiodorov (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 2106
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration in closed circuit 1 h 05 Jan 1913 Arthur Faller (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 15438
Airship BX-05 Duration 1 h 12 min 26 Aug 1981 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 499
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 763,00 km/h 01 Apr 1981 Pierre Chanoine (FRA) ratified - current record World 1334
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4022
Microlights and paramotors RWL2T Distance in a closed circuit without landing 1 010,9 km 02 Aug 2008 Pal Matuska (HUN) ratified - current record World 15117
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 644,02 km/h 14 Mar 1990 Peter Horton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5620
Ballooning AM-08 Duration 1 h 38 min 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 6000
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 5 1,43 m 06 May 1961 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13400
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F3 Open Distance in a closed circuit: 146 1 301,00 km 03 Aug 1998 Maynard S. Hill (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5665
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 090,32 km/h 14 Apr 1989 R.J.L. Boas (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7439
Ballooning AM-14 Duration 1 h 17 min 33 sec 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5848
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 028,664 km 30 Oct 1959 Anatoli Lipko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8681
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 15 000 m 1 min 10 sec 23 Mar 1988 Nikolai Sadovnikov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6739
Rotorcraft E-1 Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 929,73 km 11 Aug 1956 Harry L. Bush (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2184
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 574 km/h 21 Aug 2005 Anatoly Kvochur (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11874
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 920,07 km/h 07 Feb 1996 L. G. Scott (GBR) ratified - current record World 3110
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 063,53 km 18 Jan 1977 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9987
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4198
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 171.788 km/h 16 Oct 1953 Robert O. Rahn (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8875
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 1 040,6 km/h 29 Apr 2025 Thomas Weston (GBR) preliminary record claim received World 20754

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