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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a closed circuit of 4 000 km without payload 142 km/h 28 Aug 1923 Lowell H. Smith (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14805
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 09 sec 20 Jan 1999 Wayne E. Handley (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5917
Rotorcraft E-1 Distance without landing 3 388.70 km 07 Mar 1965 James R. Williford Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2179
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 191,55 km/h 09 Apr 1982 Clifford V. Tait (NZL) ratified - current record World 13735
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 221,2 km/h 28 Dec 2007 Steve Wood (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14913
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 591,63 km/h 26 Mar 1991 Valery Savchuk (URS) ratified - current record World 8931
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration 36 h 4 min 34 sec 17 Apr 1923 Oakley G. Kelly (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9317
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5890
Rotorcraft E-1e Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 266,11 km/h 24 Nov 1964 Eldon F. Sampson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1855
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 430,88 km/h 21 Mar 1982 Robert E. Reinhold (USA) ratified - current record World 4213
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 268,7 km/h 16 Nov 2007 Steve Wood (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14868
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 2 min 31 sec 27 Feb 1991 MayCay Beeler (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1910
Ballooning A-3rd Duration 23 h 28 min 15 May 1922 Jules Dubois (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10608
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 179,65 km/h 14 Nov 1998 Terrance L. Jantzi (CAN) ratified - current record World 5802
Rotorcraft E-1e Distance without landing 2 170,70 km 27 Sep 1964 Michael N. Antoniou (USA) ratified - current record World 1824
Rotorcraft E-1d Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 3 min 11 sec 05 Feb 1982 Byron Graham Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1819
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1L Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m): 116-b 21 min 29 sec 31 Aug 2007 Akihiro Danjo (JPN) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 14801
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 140,426 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10252
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 8 616 m 06 Sep 1919 Rudolph W. Schroeder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15675
Ballooning AM-15 Altitude 6 866 m 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 5980
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 104,22 km/h 28 Jul 1964 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5466
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 828,00 km/h 08 Jan 1982 Harold Curtis (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1723
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 248,3 km/h 01 Aug 2007 Steve Wood (GBR) ratified - current record World 14773
Ballooning AM-02 Distance 551.38 km 09 Nov 1990 Nick Saum (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 654
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 150 km in a closed circuit 201,64 km/h 29 Sep 1913 Marcel Prévost (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15323
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 454,77 km/h 31 Oct 1998 Jon M. Sharp (USA) ratified - current record World 5773
Ballooning AA-10 Altitude 11 780 m 10 May 1964 Tracy L. Barnes (USA) ratified - current record World 1023
Ballooning AX-14 Duration 29 h 05 min 48 sec 26 Nov 1981 Michel Arnould (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10788
Powered Aeroplanes C-1g Speed over a recognised course 729,1 km/h 11 Jul 2007 Michael R Jarret (USA) ratified - current record World 14722
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a recognised course 739,79 km/h 22 Oct 1990 Paul J. Shall (USA) ratified - current record World 2004
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 300 km in a closed circuit 3 h 4 min 50 sec 11 Feb 1913 Ernest Guillaux (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15346
Airship BA-08 Duration 14 h 08 min 06 Sep 1998 James O. Gross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5927
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 83,74 km/h 07 Jan 1964 Helmut Sorg (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5490
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 962,00 km/h 24 Sep 1981 G. Volokhov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4140
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 322,6 km/h 24 May 2007 Barrington Irving (USA) ratified - current record World 14669
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 259,90 km/h 28 Sep 1990 Monie W. Pease (USA) ratified - current record World 12733
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a period of 9 h in a closed circuit 661,20 km 11 Sep 1912 Alexandre Fourny (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15414
Ballooning AM-15 Distance 22 910 km 16 Aug 1998 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5697
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 737,03 km 07 Aug 1963 Benjamin Wayne Greene (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4419
Airship BX-10 Distance 10,64 km 26 Aug 1981 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 496
Microlights and paramotors RAL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km 268,4 km/h 11 Mar 2007 Jiri Unzeitig (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 14500
Parachuting G-2 Lowest Single Round Score 5,56 sec 25 Jul 1990 Eric Lauer (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1625
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 150 km in a closed circuit 52 min 52 sec 13 Jul 1912 Jules Védrines (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15688
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 830,96 km/h 05 Jul 1998 Paul Horsting (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5533
Space records K-2 Altitude in elliptical orbit 231,1 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - current record World 9332
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 8 min 08.5 sec 15 Jun 1981 Joachim H. Blumschein (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 3379
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 834,16 km/h 30 Jan 2007 Robert S. McKenney (USA) ratified - current record World 14455
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 248,67 km/h 09 Jun 1990 Hans Ulrik Von Der Esch (SWE) ratified - current record World 13810
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 50 km in a closed circuit 29 min 37 sec 09 Mar 1911 Edouard Nieuport (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15355
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 186,13 km/h 06 Jun 1998 Robyn Nightingale Harris (NZL) ratified - current record World 5454

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