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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 65 000 kg payload 11 875 m 04 Jul 1975 Yakov Vernikov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8909
Rotorcraft E-3a Speed over a recognised course 3,8 km/h 05 Jul 2019 James Ketchell (GBR) ratified - current record World 18989
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 64,78 km/h 18 Jul 1996 Jon Johanson (AUS) ratified - current record World 3550
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 321,96 km/h 13 May 2004 William M. Brooks (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9371
Ballooning A-07 Duration 34 h 21 min 36 sec 24 Apr 1948 L. Ivanova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10687
Airship BX-07 Distance 93,03 km 20 Mar 1988 Oscar Lindstrom (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 549
Powered Aeroplanes C-3 Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 27 min 3,4 sec 29 Apr 1975 Vladimir Efimov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 11932
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Declared distance around a triangular course 53,1 km 19 Jun 1996 Bernhard Koller (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 3193
Ballooning AM-10 Altitude 12 557 m 23 Mar 2004 David Hempleman-Adams (GBR) ratified - current record World 9746
Ballooning A-08 Duration 69 h 20 min 21 Apr 1947 Boris Nevernov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10704
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 392,00 km 09 Dec 2016 Seiko Fukuoka Naville (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18091
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 835,56 km/h 22 Feb 1988 Edgar Kaiser (CAN) ratified - current record World 16186
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 25 000 m 2 min 41.025s 26 Jan 1975 David W. Peterson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9070
Parachuting G-1 Fastest speed 312,8 km/h 28 May 2015 Stephen Harper (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 19066
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Altitude 10 676 m 05 May 1996 James A. Price (USA) ratified - current record World 3165
Parachuting G-2 Largest Formation 357 skydivers 06 Feb 2004 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 8429
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 2 000 kg payload 14 180 m 13 May 1946 Elbert D. Reynolds (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8208
Microlights and paramotors RPF2T Distance in a straight line without landing 568,47 km 28 Oct 2016 Rubén Vicente Crespo (ESP) ratified - current record World 18059
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Speed over a recognised course 1 055,03 km/h 29 Jan 1988 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - current record World 10339
Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 11 min 57,4 sec 14 Oct 1974 Eugène Nikitine (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 11965
Microlights and paramotors RWL2T Distance in a straight line without landing 783,9 km 14 Sep 2019 Colin Fargher (FRA) ratified - current record World 19089
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 250,72 km/h 08 Apr 1996 R. W. "Buzz" Kaplan (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3736
Airship BX-06 Speed 25,71 km/h 17 Dec 2003 David Hempleman-Adams (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 9174
Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 495,020 km 19 Jun 1940 I.L. Kartachev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13622
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 436,85 km/h 20 Sep 2016 Travis P. Holland (USA) ratified - current record World 17940
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 792.26 km 19 Dec 1987 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10246
Rotorcraft E-3a Distance over a closed circuit without landing 670,26 km 13 Jul 1974 Kenneth H. Wallis (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 319
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 587,5 km 10 Oct 2019 Marcelo Prieto (BRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19124
Ballooning AX-07 Duration 15 h 11 min 04 Feb 1996 Jetta M. Schantz (USA) ratified - current record World 3107
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Distance 12 145,39 km 06 Dec 2003 William J. Watters (USA) ratified - current record World 8204
Gliding D1 Straight distance 749,20 km 06 Jul 1939 Olga V. Klepikova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4386
Rotorcraft E-3a Highest take-off 3 025 m 11 Aug 2016 Paul A Salmon (USA) ratified - current record World 17917
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4204
Ballooning AX-10 Duration 11 h 10 min 23 Mar 1974 Denise E. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 206
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 794,09 km/h 10 Nov 2019 Paul Anthony Lucas (AUS) ratified - current record World 19166
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 330,92 km/h 16 Dec 1995 Kevin Janiak (USA) ratified - current record World 3056
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 952,43 km/h 10 Nov 2003 Gregory S. Sheldon (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7994
Ballooning A-4th Distance 1 701.81 km 06 Apr 1939 F. Bourloutski (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10666
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 8 531 m 23 Jun 2016 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17869
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3830
Ballooning AX-14 Duration 16 h 16 min 07 Mar 1974 Matt H. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5192
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed around the world, Westbound 222,16 km/h 16 Dec 2019 William C. Harrelson (USA) ratified - current record World 19200
Ballooning AA-08 Distance 2 331,17 km 10 Oct 1995 Lesley P. Davies (USA) ratified - current record World 3985
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 045,65 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 9233
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 472,83 km/h 04 Dec 1938 Angelo Tondi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14553
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 774,95 km/h 14 Jun 1987 Allen E. Paulson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2471
Ballooning AX-12 Duration 13 h 05 min 28 sec 22 Oct 1973 Malcolm S. Forbes (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5207
Ballooning AX-04 Altitude 4 628 m 07 Feb 2020 Alicia Hempleman-Adams (GBR) ratified - current record World 19239
Parachuting G-1 8-way - Longest sequence 25 formations 14 Sep 1995 Team (-) ratified - superseded since approved World 2849
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 123,63 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9226

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