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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 184 m 18 Apr 1938 Edmée Jarlaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12412
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F3 Open Distance in a closed circuit: 146 1 239,00 km 26 Jul 1986 Gian Maria Aghem (ITA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1769
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 1 h 00 min 09 sec 12 Nov 1994 Robert Gibson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2059
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 2nd category Altitude 1 777 m 10 Dec 1936 Crystal Mowry (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12159
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 012,51 km/h 15 Feb 2022 Gregory E. Madonna (USA) ratified - current record World 19632
Ballooning AX-09 Duration 1 h 1 min 24 Nov 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10738
Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 377,7 km 23 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14443
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 2 000m, group of 6 0.96 m 09 Oct 1969 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11379
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 587,04 km/h 27 Sep 1993 Stuart Robertson (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7444
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 01 min 41 sec 21 Aug 1997 Ivan Pyshny (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4895
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m): 118-c 1 min 18,8 sec 01 Oct 2005 Akihiro Danjo (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 11985
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1927-1931 Distance in a straight line 1 400,80 km 30 Oct 1927 Max Knipping (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9194
Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 043.48 km 01 Dec 1992 Hans Binder (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 4469
Ballooning AM-11 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10476
Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 360
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-6 Streamer Duration Streamer Duration 024 1 min 56 sec 14 Aug 2004 Wladyslaw Starobrat (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9660
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 073,422 km 09 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10248
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 023,52 km/h 02 Oct 1991 Alexander Dronov (UKR) ratified - current record World 8862
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 009,79 km/h 03 Apr 2025 Thomas Weston (GBR) ratified - current record World 20722
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 045,65 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 9234
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 123,63 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9227
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to 3 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 22 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7864
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 500m, group of 4 1,76 m 26 Aug 1962 Canadian Team (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 13429
Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Schauble (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10196
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling over 30m): 118-d 1 min 23 sec 28 May 2003 Jim Buxton (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7795
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 017,81 km/h 28 Dec 2002 David E. Seymour (USA) ratified - current record World 7593
Airship BX-09 Duration 1 h 12 min 26 Aug 1981 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 503
Ballooning AX-10 Distance 1 139,16 km 06 Mar 1981 Kristian L. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 251
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 308,1 km 02 Jan 2015 David Graham Jansen (AUS) ratified - current record Oceanian 16723
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 195,70 km/h 22 May 1990 Nail Sattarov (URS) ratified - current record World 3896
Gliding D2 Straight distance 1 019,598 km 04 Jan 1990 Morris William Walker (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10053
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 060,76 km 16 Jan 2014 Matt Gage (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved Oceanian 17035
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 731,40 km/h 31 Oct 1989 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 3879
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight distance, pre-declared waypoints 1 386,5 km 23 May 2013 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 16815
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 025,32 km/h 18 Jan 1958 Pierre Galland (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1348
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 066,1 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 16527
Rotorcraft E-3a Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 002,75 km 05 Aug 1988 Kenneth H. Wallis (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 278
Rotorcraft E-1c Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 252,57 km 02 Jul 1953 Jean Boulet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 982
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 600,97 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16137
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 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 - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4193
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 15 000 m 1 min 17,042 sec 16 Jan 1975 Gary Peterson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8521
Ballooning AA-05 Distance 1 809,36 km 20 Oct 1995 Carl W. Eidsness (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3221
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 000,03 km/h 06 Sep 1995 Gid Miller (USA) ratified - current record World 2851
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 595,75 km/h 24 Oct 1999 Max Robinson (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6288
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 000,77 km/h 27 Feb 2020 Henry Ross Perot Jr. (USA) ratified - current record World 19249
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 260,44 km 15 May 1973 William C. Holbrook (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5423
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling over 30m): 118-d 1 min 41,2 sec 10 Sep 2008 Mitsuru Ishii (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 15142
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362.68 km 02 May 1986 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 322
Powered Aeroplanes C 1st category 1933-1937 Distance in a straight line 1 444,72 km 24 Oct 1937 Valentina Grisodoubova (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12349
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 139,64 km/h 06 Feb 1995 Irving S. Soble (USA) ratified - current record World 2387

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