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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km without payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4187
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 600m, group of 4 8,425 m 18 Oct 1961 Romanian Team (ROU) ratified - superseded since approved World 11246
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Altitude in horizontal flight 10 148 m 23 Jan 1996 Bruce Bohannon (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3100
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 195,04 km/h 20 Sep 1997 Constantin Manolache (ROU) ratified - current record World 5329
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a recognised course 939,83 km/h 12 Feb 2006 Alan Sowell (USA) ratified - current record World 13109
Experimental / New Technologies U-Absolute Speed 236,89 km/h 30 Aug 2017 The Ohio State University (USA) ratified - current record World 18244
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a/0 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 176,94 km/h 01 Aug 1987 Norman E. Howell (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1108
Rotorcraft E-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 320 km/h 21 Sep 1961 Nikolaï Liochine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13122
Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 739,33 km 30 Oct 1995 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 3027
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to 3 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 02 min 39 sec 14 Sep 1997 Edward D. Mendenhall (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4929
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 379,22 km/h 06 Dec 2005 Michael Brawner (USA) ratified - current record World 12307
Parachuting G-1 4-way - Longest sequence 15 formations 15 Sep 2016 Qatar ratified - superseded since approved World 17947
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Speed over a recognised course 1 191,76 km/h 01 Jul 1987 Ian T. Gale (GBR) ratified - current record World 2359
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 2 000m, group of 5 2.57 m 20 Jul 1961 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12710
Ballooning AA-14 Duration 60 h 12 min 10 Oct 1995 Lesley P. Davies (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4000
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 555,64 km/h 28 Aug 1997 Robert A. Brown (USA) ratified - current record World 4911
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Distance 21 601,33 km 10 Nov 2005 Suzanna Darcy-hennemann (USA) ratified - current record World 12181
Parachuting G-1 4-way - Longest sequence 43 formations 23 Oct 2015 Belgium ratified - superseded since approved World 17738
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 808,06 km/h 13 Jun 1987 Allen E. Paulson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2462
Rotorcraft E-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 281,47 km/h 24 May 1961 Patrick Sullivan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13104
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 1 273,96 km/h 09 Sep 1995 Richard A. Vandam (USA) ratified - current record World 2857
Rotorcraft E-1c Speed over a recognised course 167,62 km/h 02 Aug 1997 Steve Good (GBR) ratified - current record World 4882
Parachuting G-1 2-way - Longest sequence 23 formations 21 Jul 2009 USA WG 2009 (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15514
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Distance to goal and return: 181 24,99 km 07 Oct 2005 Gary B. Fogel (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12006
Parachuting G-2 VFS Large Formation Sequential Head Down - 3 formations 33 skydivers 26 Oct 2014 Team/Crew ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17346
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a/0 Distance 1 249,52 km 09 Apr 1987 Norman E. Howell (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 8457
Rotorcraft E-1b Distance without landing 1 176.79 km 08 Feb 1961 A. P. Averill (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 746
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a closed circuit of 10 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 884,26 km/h 26 Aug 1995 Russell F. Mathers (USA) ratified - current record World 3023
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 76,64 km/h 07 Jul 1997 Dietrich Schmitt (GER) ratified - current record World 4785
Parachuting G-O Largest Canopy Formation 10 parachutists 21 Sep 1985 French Team (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11333
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 665 km/h 29 Aug 2005 Alexander Pavlov (RUS) ratified - current record World 11946
Ballooning AM-10 Altitude 4 072,13 m 03 Mar 1987 Jacques W. Soukup (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10518
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m 2,02 m 14 Sep 1960 Priotr Ostrovsky (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13491
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 230,85 km/h 25 Jul 1995 André Joseph Deberdt (BRA) ratified - current record World 2810
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 94,52 km/h 21 Jun 1997 Dietrich Schmitt (GER) ratified - current record World 4971
Parachuting G-1 Fastest speed 325,4 km/h 06 Nov 2017 Travis Mickle (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18329
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Distance to goal and return: 174 80.43 km 30 Jul 2005 Jüri Laidna (EST) ratified - superseded since approved World 11811
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 143,46 km/h 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5016
Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 607.942 km 18 Jun 1960 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10060
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 341,74 km/h 27 Jun 1995 Geoffrey G. Boot (GBR) ratified - current record World 2763
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 852,50 km/h 14 Apr 1997 James J. Keller (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4354
Rotorcraft E-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 212,23 km/h 09 Jun 2005 Roger André Eilertsen (NOR) ratified - superseded since approved World 11681
Parachuting G-O Canopy formation, 4-way rotation 22 formations within 3 min 26 Sep 1986 Team Chinese (CHN) ratified - superseded since approved World 12823
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 857,277 km/h 01 Apr 1960 Ivan Soukhomline (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8135
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 842,73 km/h 01 Jun 1995 Bryan Y. Godlove (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2702
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 217,41 km/h 04 Mar 1997 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4253
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a recognised course 795,38 km/h 29 Nov 2017 Team/Crew ratified - current record World 18352
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 922,09 km/h 11 Apr 2005 Jan D. Shagam (USA) ratified - current record World 11321
Powered Aeroplanes C-3b-08 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 231.19 km/h 19 Oct 1986 Charles I. Fitzsimmons (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9775
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Distance 11 211,83 km 26 Nov 1959 Maximilian A. Conrad (USA) ratified - current record World 10921

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