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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 001,85 km/h 03 Jan 2004 Douglas L. Rice (USA) ratified - current record World 8325
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 023,04 km/h 17 Aug 1951 Fred J. Ascani (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10429
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 036,71 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 9240
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 256,20 km 14 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 422
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 10) 0.81 m at the 2nd round 10 Apr 1974 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12592
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 2nd category 1938 Distance in a straight line 1 445 km 07 Jan 1939 Eldred Dewitt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11769
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 328,00 km 17 Dec 2014 Guy Bechtold (LUX) ratified - superseded since approved African 17397
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5004
Microlights and paramotors RWL1E Altitude 1 521 m 21 Jun 2014 Gary C. Davis (USA) ratified - current record World 17237
Ballooning AA-05 Distance 1 971,81 km 05 Jan 2002 Troy Bradley (USA) ratified - current record World 7369
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 107 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record African 17012
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 7 1.40 m 30 Oct 1970 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11109
Space records P-2 Distance travelled 1 508 202 km 14 Apr 1981 Sts-1 Crew (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9247
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 195,70 km/h 22 May 1990 Nail Sattarov (URS) ratified - current record World 3892
Ballooning AX-08 Duration 1 h 25 min 17 Dec 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10727
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 258,55 km/h 16 Mar 1990 John Hutchinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 5612
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 134,69 km/h 28 Jul 2001 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - current record World 7070
Ballooning A-6th Distance 1 550 km 27 Sep 1932 Thomas G.W. Settle (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10643
Powered Aeroplanes H Duration 1 h 19 min 30 sec 27 May 1969 Drury Wood (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 15152
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 731,40 km/h 31 Oct 1989 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 3875
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,964 sec 23 Nov 2019 William Sharman (RSA) ratified - current record African 19174
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 500m, group of 9 1,48 m 11 Sep 1967 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12963
Powered Aeroplanes C Distance over a closed circuit without landing with 2 000 kg payload 1 460,54 km 10 Jun 1927 Hermann Steindorff (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 9494
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 500m, group of 3 0.52 m 01 Feb 1967 Us Team (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12651
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 02 sec 03 Dec 1988 Douglas G. Matthews (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2648
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance over a closed circuit without landing with 2 000 kg payload 1 000 km 23 Dec 1926 Alessandro Passaleva (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12092
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 481,35 km/h 04 Nov 1999 Max Robinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 6306
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Duration with 2 000 kg payload 1 h 49 min 12 sec 25 Oct 1924 O.B. Hardison (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11856
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 008,73 km/h 06 Feb 1996 Louis D. Pisane (USA) ratified - current record World 3111
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4200
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 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 - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3825
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Duration 1 h 34 min 51 sec 12 Aug 1922 Henri C. Briard (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 12064
Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - current record World 5887
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 500m 1,56 m 04 Sep 1963 Vladimir Savinov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12991
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 556,3 km 23 Nov 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14352
Space records K-2 Altitude 1 408,16 km 15 Sep 2024 Team/Crew ratified - current record World 20436
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 288,79 km 18 Apr 1997 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4440
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 1 015,866 km/h 01 Aug 1959 Valentine Kovaliev (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9084
Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 394,04 km 01 Jun 1993 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 49
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 313.677 km/h 15 Apr 1959 George A. Edwards (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8858
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to 6 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 7 sec 04 Mar 2005 Viacheslav Brovchenko (BLR) ratified - current record World 10888
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 075,35 km/h 23 Jul 1958 Bernard Witt (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1353
Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 353.28 km 12 Jan 1993 Raymond William Linskey (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 320
Space records P-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 439,8 kg 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) ratified - current record World 10434
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 348,36 km/h 13 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1695
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5425
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 1 300,47 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 7959
Gliding D13.5 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 002,6 km 08 May 2016 Daniel Sazhin (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 17836
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 105,68 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7955
Ballooning AA-06 Distance 1 357,63 km 07 Oct 1982 Nikki Caplan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1064

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