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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Ballooning AX-08 Altitude 11 822,91 m 27 Sep 1975 Kingswood Sprott, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10773
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 37,53 km/h 29 Sep 1996 John Fisher (GBR) ratified - current record World 3698
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 110,56 km/h 08 Dec 2003 Jon Johanson (AUS) ratified - current record World 8263
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a given distance of 100 km 818.18 km/h 12 May 1951 Jacqueline Auriol (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10834
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Altitude in horizontal flight 16 637 m 26 Jun 1988 William Benton (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2651
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 455,23 km/h 28 Jul 1975 John P. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1604
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Free Distance around a triangle course 263,93 km 01 May 2019 Yael Margelisch (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 18927
Rotorcraft E-Absolute Speed around the world 91,76 km/h 03 Sep 1996 Joe Ronald Bower (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11661
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Altitude in horizontal flight 14 301 m 15 Nov 2003 Bruce Bohannon (USA) ratified - current record World 8081
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 703,38 km/h 29 Dec 1949 Jacqueline Cochran (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12323
Powered Aeroplanes N Time to climb to 3 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 28 sec 17 May 1988 Oleg Tsoy (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1576
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 60 000 kg payload 11 875 m 04 Jul 1975 Yakov Vernikov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8908
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 33,10 km/h 18 Jul 1996 Jon Johanson (AUS) ratified - current record World 3273
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 016,20 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 7967
Ballooning A-06 Duration 34 h 21 min 36 sec 24 Apr 1948 L. Ivanova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10686
Powered Aeroplanes C-1g Speed over a recognised course 792,60 km/h 10 Apr 2016 Andrew M. Heemstra (USA) ratified - current record World 17825
Airship BX-06 Distance 93,03 km 20 Mar 1988 Oscar Lindstrom (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 548
Rotorcraft E-1e Altitude in horizontal flight 9 010 m 29 Apr 1975 Manuchehr Khosrowdad (IRN) ratified - current record World 9935
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 851,15 km/h 10 Jul 2019 Hamish Harding (GBR) ratified - current record World 18995
Parachuting G-1 8-way speed formation 27.39 s 20 Jun 1996 Team (-) ratified - superseded since approved World 3195
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 037,87 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9219
Ballooning A-5th Duration 69 h 20 min 21 Apr 1947 Boris Nevernov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10703
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 898,56 km/h 22 Feb 1988 Edgar Kaiser (CAN) ratified - current record World 16185
Gliding D2 Straight distance 970,4 km 27 Jan 1975 Ingo Renner (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10049
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 884,33 km/h 05 May 1996 Larry E. Steenstry (USA) ratified - current record World 3159
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 045,97 km/h 08 Oct 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - current record World 7917
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 5 000 kg payload 13 793 m 14 May 1946 John P. Tobison (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8243
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 055,03 km/h 29 Jan 1988 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10338
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 4) 0.38 m at the 2nd round 14 Oct 1974 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11358
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 291,82 km/h 08 Apr 1996 R. W. "Buzz" Kaplan (USA) ratified - current record World 3140
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F8 Open Duration: 907 38 h 52 min 19 sec 11 Aug 2003 Maynard Hill (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 7883
Gliding D2 Straight distance 443,714 km 19 Jun 1940 Olga V. Klepikova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12415
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 832,62 km/h 12 Sep 2015 Scott E. Herman (USA) ratified - current record World 17687
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a recognised course 848,08 km/h 20 Dec 1987 Chris Lumb (GBR) ratified - current record World 16403
Rotorcraft E-3 Distance over a closed circuit without landing 670,26 km 13 Jul 1974 Kenneth H. Wallis (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 318
Rotorcraft E-3a Speed around the world, Eastbound 10,23 km/h 22 Sep 2019 James Ketchell (GBR) ratified - current record World 19101
Ballooning AX-06 Duration 14 h 14 min 04 Feb 1996 William E. Bussey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3106
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 211,35 km/h 19 Jul 2003 Edward B. Sleeper (USA) ratified - current record World 7853
Powered Aeroplanes C 1st category 1939-1949 Altitude 9 075 m 07 Jul 1939 Hermann Illg (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8722
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4203
Ballooning AX-10 Distance 366,99 km 23 Mar 1974 Denise E. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 205
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 828,68 km/h 23 Oct 2019 Pankul Mathur (IND) ratified - current record World 19143
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 842,74 km/h 17 Dec 1995 Dwight N. Bales (USA) ratified - current record World 3061
Airship BA-07 Altitude 6 234 m 12 Jun 2003 Hokan Colting (CAN) ratified - current record World 8312
Powered Aeroplanes C 4th category 1937-1949 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 185,20 km/h 19 Apr 1939 Max Brandenburg (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 11000
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3829
Ballooning AX-13 Duration 16 h 16 min 07 Mar 1974 Matt H. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5191
Ballooning AA-07 Distance 2 331,17 km 10 Oct 1995 Lesley P. Davies (USA) ratified - current record World 3984
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 670,13 km/h 27 Mar 2003 Ward R. Anderson (USA) ratified - current record World 7650
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over 2 000 km 468,81 km/h 04 Dec 1938 Angelo Tondi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14552

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