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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 434,99 km 12 May 1994 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1466
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to 6 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 50 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7867
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight Distance - Free flight 1 720,3 km 01 Jun 2015 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17556
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 013,04 km/h 01 Dec 1993 Gordon R. Beck (USA) ratified - current record World 905
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 100,05 km/h 27 Sep 1993 Stuart Robertson (GBR) ratified - current record World 7445
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 708,4 km 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7587
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1 468 km 10 Mar 2015 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - current record World 17429
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 342,8 km 18 Dec 2014 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record African 17395
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 254,26 km 14 Jan 1978 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 335
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 19 sec 20 Feb 1984 Douglas G. Matthews (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2645
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 008,41 km/h 14 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1708
Experimental / New Technologies I-E Duration 1 min 26 sec 23 Sep 2013 Trefor Evans (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 16933
Powered Aeroplanes C-2b-08 Distance 1 523,62 km 12 Jun 1952 Harold E. Mistele (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2271
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 4) 0.87 m at the 3rd round 17 Oct 1975 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11359
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 011,5 km/h 27 Mar 2019 Kerry J. Swanson (USA) ratified - current record World 18884
Ballooning AM-12 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10477
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 4) 0.74 m at the 6th round 03 Apr 1974 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12679
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 Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 16530
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 2nd category Altitude 1 777 m 10 Dec 1936 Crystal Mowry (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12159
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 392,19 km/h 19 Mar 1982 Jean-Paul Le Moel (FRA) ratified - current record World 1272
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 030,58 km/h 09 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - current record World 6311
Ballooning AX-09 Duration 1 h 1 min 24 Nov 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10738
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 2 000m, group of 6 0.96 m 09 Oct 1969 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11379
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 017,80 km/h 28 May 1990 Serguei Ossipov (URS) ratified - current record World 4040
Ballooning AX-13 Distance 1 139,16 km 06 Mar 1981 Kristian L. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 254
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4030
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
Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 261.36 km 01 Dec 1989 Morris William Walker (NZL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 361
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - current record World 4061
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
Microlights and paramotors RAL2T Distance in a closed circuit without landing 1 912, 2 km 19 Aug 2023 Jiří Pruša (CZE) ratified - current record World 20009
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 3rd category 1927-1931 Distance in a straight line 1 400,80 km 30 Oct 1927 Max Knipping (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9194
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 833,79 km/h 24 Sep 1979 Pierre Chanoine (FRA) ratified - current record World 1279
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 301,00 km 30 Apr 2024 Wolfgang Janowitsch (AUT) ratified - current record European 20254
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 221,63 km/h 14 Apr 1989 R.J.L. Boas (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7442
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,971 sec 27 Sep 2024 Cornelia Mihai (UAE) ratified - current record Asian 20470
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Speed around the world, Eastbound 1 003,53 km/h 29 Jan 1988 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - current record World 10347
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3831
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 500m, group of 4 1,76 m 26 Aug 1962 Canadian Team (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 13429
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362,68 km 02 May 1986 Robert L. Robertson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 323
Ballooning AX-07 Distance 1 434,24 km 06 Feb 1995 William E. Bussey (USA) ratified - current record World 2840
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
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Duration (ceiling over 30 m): F115-d 1 h 00 min 01 sec 01 Jun 1997 Stephen Brown (USA) ratified - current record World 18496
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 025,32 km/h 18 Jan 1958 Pierre Galland (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1348
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 082,84 km/h 09 Feb 1993 Vance H. Weir (USA) ratified - current record World 7664
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17029

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