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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 008,396 km 07 Jan 1981 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10211
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 822 km/h 19 Sep 1960 René Bigand (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8927
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 747,29 km/h 08 Jan 1999 Michel Rio (FRA) ratified - current record World 6324
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 39,6 sec 19 Apr 2018 Daniel Gray (USA) ratified - current record World 18457
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 643,00 km/h 25 Feb 1959 André Turcat (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1347
Ballooning AM-04 Duration 1 h 38 min 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 5996
Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 018,2 km 15 Dec 2006 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14371
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 DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 851,6 km 25 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12234
Rotorcraft E former G Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 000 km 14 Nov 1946 D.H Jensen (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13089
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance without landing 1 714,84 km 20 Apr 1974 Siegfried Hoffmann (FRG) ratified - current record World 1257
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 32 sec 21 May 1995 Gary M. Freeman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2674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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 min 42 sec 21 Oct 2016 Oleg Kononenko (RUS) ratified - current record World 18052
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 045,65 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 9235
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 123,63 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9228
Rotorcraft E former G Altitude with 100 kg payload 1 m 14 Sep 1924 Etienne Oehmichen (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13091
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 min 50 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7865
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F3 Open Distance to goal and return: 158 1,90 km 27 May 2003 David L. Hall (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7793
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 192,73 km/h 28 Mar 1985 Brian Walpole (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7426
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 1 757,42 km/h 01 Jan 1993 Peter Horton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7419
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 9 1,48 m 08 Jan 1967 Us Team (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13510
Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 048,5 km 16 Jan 2014 Matt Gage (AUS) ratified - current record Oceanian 17036
Airship BA-08 Altitude 1 898 m 08 Nov 1992 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 1963
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 248,5 km 12 Dec 2013 Guy Bechtold (LUX) ratified - superseded since approved African 16993
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
Experimental / New Technologies I-E Duration 1 min 37,5 sec 25 Sep 2013 Justin Mauch (USA) ratified - current record World 16930
Experimental / New Technologies CS Distance along a course, pre-declared waypoints 1 487,6 km 23 May 2013 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 16816
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 194,17 km/h 30 Jul 2001 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7071
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 250 kg payload 1 h 47 min 08 sec 08 May 1924 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8357
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 014,93 km/h 23 Feb 2025 Thomas Weston (GBR) preliminary record claim received World 20695
Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record African 16528
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 Speed over a distance of 200 km in a closed circuit 1 h 10 min 55 sec 13 Jul 1912 Jules Védrines (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15689
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 1 970 990 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9333
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 608,2 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16138
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 600m, group of 4 1,45 m 16 Jul 1962 Gdr Team (DDR) ratified - superseded since approved World 13357
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 059.07 km/h 20 Jan 1982 Robert F. Olszewski (USA) ratified - current record World 7747
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 172,05 km/h 11 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - current record World 6317
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 195,70 km/h 22 May 1990 Nail Sattarov (URS) ratified - current record World 3894
Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 092,25 km/h 14 Jan 1990 Wielfried Grosskinsky (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10052
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 731,40 km/h 31 Oct 1989 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 3877
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 028,664 km 30 Oct 1959 Anatoli Lipko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8682
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 771 km/h 18 Jun 1959 Gérard Muselli (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8874
Ballooning AM-15 Duration 1 h 38 min 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 6007
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Distance 1 990,183 km 11 Sep 1954 Ivan Tchernov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8110

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