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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C 4th category 1937-1949 Distance in a straight line 1 909,83 km 02 Aug 1939 Heinz Gabler (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 9167
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 231,80 km 16 Apr 1974 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5416
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 056,64 km 09 Oct 1972 James G. Smiley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5419
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 51 sec 27 May 1972 Richard B. Hunt (USA) ratified - current record World 1487
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
Ballooning AA-14 Distance 1 357,63 km 07 Oct 1982 Nikki Caplan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1072
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 7 1.41 m 20 Oct 1970 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11112
Ballooning A-5th Distance 1 650.474 km 18 Sep 1935 Zbigniew Burzynski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10648
Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 153,82 km 26 Jul 1970 Benjamin Wayne Greene (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5408
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 592,67 km/h 28 Mar 1982 A. Gely (FRA) ratified - current record World 5663
Ballooning AX-10 Duration 1 h 25 min 17 Dec 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10729
Ballooning A-3rd Distance 1 238 km 26 Sep 1932 Georges Ravaine (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10637
Ballooning AM-08 Distance 1 705,20 km 03 Oct 1990 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 674
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a recognised course 1 054,01 km/h 15 Dec 2003 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - current record World 8284
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 046,95 km/h 16 Mar 1990 John Hutchinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 5610
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 9 1,49 m 11 Sep 1967 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13553
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 123,63 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7950
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 123,6 km 20 Dec 2015 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved African 17809
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 731,40 km/h 31 Oct 1989 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 3873
Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 112,62 km 28 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5505
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 600m, group of 9 0.73 m 21 Mar 1967 Hungarian Team (HUN) ratified - superseded since approved World 12781
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 01 min 50 sec 17 Apr 1989 Jerry Hoyt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4126
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 361,8 km 10 Dec 2017 Alexander Müller (GER) ratified - current record African 18358
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 044,10 km/h 15 Dec 2001 Glenn W. Stickel (USA) ratified - current record World 7181
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 107 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17026
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 1 600 m 17 Mar 1914 Victor Garaix (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15449
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a/0 Distance 1 527,78 km 08 Jun 1988 Wilhelm Lischak (AUT) ratified - current record World 1938
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration 1 h 35 min 25 Jan 1912 Karl Grulich (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 15885
Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 084,94 km 09 Jan 1988 Otto Schauble (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10212
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km without payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4187
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
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 024,8 km/h 08 Dec 1961 William Miller (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7690
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 708,82 km/h 12 Jan 1961 Henry J. Deutschendorf (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4551
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Greatest payload 1 000 kg 15 Mar 1972 F. M. Tuytjens (GER) ratified - current record World 19264
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
Microlights and paramotors RPF2T Altitude 1 334 m 18 Mar 2000 Kevin Bates (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 6487
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-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
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Distance 1 826,96 km 25 Jul 1951 Albert Rebillon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9109
Ballooning AM-15 Duration 1 h 38 min 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 6007
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 407,06 km 25 Apr 2023 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - current record European 19940
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 406,1 km 27 Feb 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) preliminary record claim received European 20170
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Distance in a straight line without landing 1 678 km 31 Dec 1938 Andrée Dupeyron (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12354
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 244,85 km/h 21 Oct 1982 Pierre Debets (FRA) ratified - current record World 7737
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a recognised course 1 033,22 km/h 05 May 1997 Richard R. Severson (USA) ratified - current record World 4394
Microlights and paramotors RPL1T Distance in a straight line without landing 1 023,1 km 23 Jun 2005 Alexander Bogdanov (RUS) ratified - current record World 11752

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