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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 105,68 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7954
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 024,78 km/h 22 Dec 1971 M.C. Wedge (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 7785
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 131,40 km 05 Jan 1995 Walter Eisele (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 2339
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1933-1937 Distance in a straight line 1 051 km 20 May 1936 Robert F. Turner (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9210
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 169,71 km/h 05 Feb 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7619
Ballooning AX-06 Duration 1 h 25 min 17 Dec 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10725
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 008,37 km/h 07 Apr 1994 Michael S. Menser (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1309
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 587,04 km/h 27 Sep 1993 Stuart Robertson (GBR) ratified - current record World 845
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 075,3 km 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 17020
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
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance without landing 1 654,57 km 11 Sep 1967 Valery Aleksandrovitch Larin (URS) ratified - current record World 1868
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1927-1931 Distance in a straight line 1 228 km 09 Sep 1927 Joseph Hamsik (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 9203
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 033,56 km/h 12 May 1984 Donald J. Taylor (USA) ratified - current record World 7767
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 1 063,8 km 04 Apr 2024 Dominic Rivers (GBR) preliminary record claim received World 20204
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance with 1 000 kg payload 1 000 km 23 Dec 1926 Alessandro Passaleva (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11028
Ballooning AM-09 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10474
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 3 000 kg payload 1 h 47 min 10,5 sec 03 Oct 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8187
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude with 1 500 kg payload 1 732 m 07 Jun 1923 H. T. Stanley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11724
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 1 034,28 km/h 24 Mar 1983 Brooke Knapp (USA) ratified - current record World 16345
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 032,52 km/h 12 Feb 1983 C.A. Ryan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5852
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 115,51 km/h 06 Apr 2000 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6512
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 1 590 m 30 Mar 1914 Victor Garaix (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15451
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 296,11 km/h 20 Oct 1982 Pierre Debets (FRA) ratified - current record World 7739
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Gain in altitude: 106 1 732 m 19 Jun 1964 Valery Fiodorov (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 2109
Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 409,2 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15662
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration 1 h 18 min 31 Dec 1912 Arthur Faller (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 15886
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 4 1,92 m 23 Jul 1963 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11257
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 481,35 km/h 04 Nov 1999 Max Robinson (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6305
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Distance over a closed course 1 021,00 km 11 Jul 1991 Vladimir A. Stepanov (URS) ratified - current record World 2482
Ballooning AX-13 Distance 1 154,74 km 26 Nov 1981 Michel Arnould (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6985
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 020,31 km/h 02 Jan 1962 A. Baig (PAK) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16470
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 127,68 km 28 Sep 1981 Doris F. Grove (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 350
Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - current record World 5886
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 017,80 km/h 28 May 1990 Serguei Ossipov (URS) ratified - current record World 4037
Ballooning AX-10 Distance 1 139,16 km 06 Mar 1981 Kristian L. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 251
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4027
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 307,6 km/h 14 Mar 1990 John Hutchinson (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7717
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Distance in a straight line without landing 1 105,0 km 23 Apr 2007 Ramón Morillas Salmerón (ESP) ratified - current record World 14613
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - current record World 4058
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 161,4 km 27 Dec 2017 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record African 18375
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 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
Rotorcraft E-1 Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 252,57 km 02 Jul 1953 Jean Boulet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 977
Ballooning AX-09 Distance 1 715,9 km 01 Mar 2005 Andy Cayton (USA) ratified - current record World 11959
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4202
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3828
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 300,6 km 17 Dec 2016 Valentin Mäder (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved African 18098
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 020,29 km 23 Feb 2020 Santiago J. Koritschoner (USA) ratified - current record World 19247
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 095.69 km 27 Dec 1986 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 3296

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