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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 291,16 km/h 13 May 1996 James P. Hanson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3983
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km 77,29 km/h 19 Sep 2015 Barry Holleran (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 17694
Microlights and paramotors RPL1T Distance in a closed circuit without landing 249,9 km 28 Dec 2019 Martin Carpio Garcia (ESP) ratified - superseded since approved World 19208
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 952,8 km/h 29 Jan 1988 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10328
Rotorcraft E-1 Altitude with 15 000 kg payload 2 326 m 23 Sep 1961 G. Alfierov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13138
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 812,20 km/h 29 Jul 2003 Ehab Hanna (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7859
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 862,88 km/h 21 Apr 1996 Verne Jobst (USA) ratified - current record World 3152
Rotorcraft E-3a Speed over a recognised course 5,00 km/h 11 Aug 2015 Norman Frank Surplus (GBR) ratified - current record World 17634
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 949,39 km/h 23 Feb 2020 Henry Ross Perot Jr. (USA) ratified - current record World 19248
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 779,04 km/h 28 Dec 1987 Robert F. Olszewski (USA) ratified - current record World 7695
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 9 7.42 m 25 Jul 1961 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12695
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 911,74 km/h 12 Jun 2003 James P. Dwyer (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7799
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 920,07 km/h 07 Feb 1996 L. G. Scott (GBR) ratified - current record World 3109
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight Distance - Free flight 6 449,8 km 03 Jul 2015 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - current record World 17593
Parachuting G-1 8-way - Longest sequence 32 formations 27 Oct 2015 Golden Knights (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 17726
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 463,96 km/h 30 May 2020 Korey E. Stafford (USA) ratified - current record World 19286
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4197
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m 0,00 m 31 May 1961 Gheorghe Iancu (ROU) ratified - superseded since approved World 12984
Rotorcraft E-1b Speed over a recognised course 174,18 km/h 29 Apr 2003 Claude Meunier (AUS) ratified - current record World 7661
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 407,97 km/h 30 Dec 1995 Peter J. Sones (USA) ratified - current record World 3078
Rotorcraft E-1 Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 3 min 33 sec 30 Dec 1968 James P. Ervin (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13145
Parachuting G-2 Largest Formation 126 skydivers 11 Jul 1987 Team (-) ratified - superseded since approved World 1786
Gliding DO Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - current record World 5010
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 180,28 km/h 05 Feb 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - current record World 7621
Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 546.57 km 16 Oct 1995 Kai Gertsen (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3012
Ballooning AT-12: heating air using solar and/or external rad Distance 667,85 m 25 Jan 2020 Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) ratified - current record World 19362
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed around the world, Westbound 810,98 km/h 14 Jun 1987 Allen E. Paulson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2451
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude 11 257 m 20 Sep 1960 Jerrie Cobb (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10284
Rotorcraft E-3 Speed over a 3 km course 207,7 km/h 16 Nov 2002 Kenneth H. Wallis (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7601
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 856,43 km/h 24 Sep 1995 N. B. Godlove (USA) ratified - current record World 2929
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Altitude with 40 000 kg payload 11 366 m 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17443
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Altitude in horizontal flight 11 560 m 03 Jun 1987 Vladimir Tkatchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8699
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 006,59 km 24 Jun 1960 Fiodor Belouchkine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 14944
Space records K_Absolute Assembled mass of spaceships linked in flight 264 432,8 kg 18 Oct 2002 Sts-112 And Iss Crews (-i-) ratified - superseded since approved World 7541
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 164,42 km/h 04 Sep 1995 Maree Mazure (NZL) ratified - current record World 2870
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 13 min 7 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17475
Space records K_Absolute Greatest mass lifted to altitude 6 575 kg 30 Oct 1968 Georgy Timofeevitch Beregovoi (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9360
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 360,77 km/h 31 Mar 1987 Adam Boyd Munro (AUS) ratified - current record World 3468
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 959,94 km/h 02 Apr 1960 Viktor Kovalev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4558
Powered Aeroplanes C-3k Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 3 min 35 sec 07 Sep 2002 Nikolai Kuleshov (RUS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 7610
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 395,16 km/h 14 Aug 1995 Claude Meunier (AUS) ratified - current record World 2819
Ballooning AA-14 Distance 10 711,6 km 31 Jan 2015 Troy Bradley (USA) ratified - current record World 17974
Gliding D13 Distance using up to 3 turn points 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 19434
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 266,25 km/h 07 Feb 1987 Richard Norton (USA) ratified - current record World 9670
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 878.67 km/h 11 Dec 1959 Joseph H. Moore (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8873
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 402,3 km/h 16 Aug 2002 J. Jeffrey Brausch (USA) ratified - current record World 7485
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 506,76 km/h 19 Jul 1995 Claude Meunier (AUS) ratified - current record World 2785
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 989,4 km/h 29 Nov 2014 Johannes Hesshaimer (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 17378
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Free Distance 609,9 km 20 Jun 2021 Sebastien Kayrouz (USA) ratified - current record World 19487
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-1 Speed over a triangular course of 50 km 31,53 km/h 02 Jan 1987 Denis Cummings (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 2289

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