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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Time to climb to 6 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 3 min 58 sec 21 May 1995 Gary M. Freeman (USA) ratified - current record World 2686
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 081,07 km/h 11 Jan 2001 John B. Horner (USA) ratified - current record World 6892
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over 2 000 km with 500 kg payload 468,81 km/h 04 Dec 1938 Angelo Tondi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14551
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 2,404 sec 15 Jun 2012 Greg Windmiller (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16602
Rotorcraft E-1e Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 400,87 km/h 11 Aug 1986 John Trevor Egginton (GBR) ratified - current record World 1842
Ballooning AX-10 Duration 13 h 05 min 28 sec 22 Oct 1973 Malcolm S. Forbes (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5205
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 900,14 km/h 27 Dec 2019 Pankul Mathur (IND) ratified - current record World 19210
Powered Aeroplanes C-1g Speed over a recognised course 616,66 km/h 17 Apr 1995 Svend A. Oversen Jr. (ISV) ratified - current record World 2540
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 6 min 40 sec 05 Nov 2000 Bruce Bohannon (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6744
Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 6 687 m 05 Aug 1938 Walter Drechsel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13588
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 469,7 km/h 20 Mar 2012 Douglas G. Matthews (USA) ratified - current record World 16517
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 187,56 km/h 18 Jun 1986 William Wisner (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16231
Space records K-2 Total duration of flight of spaceships while linked 27 d 06 h 48 min 7 sec 22 Jun 1973 Charles Conrad Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9562
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a recognised course 981,35 km 06 Mar 2020 Felix G. Bonds (USA) ratified - current record World 19250
Ballooning AM-13 Distance 8 748,11 km 22 Feb 1995 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3051
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 875,02 km/h 04 Sep 2000 David H. Friend (USA) ratified - current record World 6700
Powered Aeroplanes C 4th category 1937-1949 Speed over 100 km 174,06 km/h 12 May 1938 Jaroslav Polma (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 11001
Microlights and paramotors RAL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km 255,13 km/h 22 Dec 2011 Eric De Barberin-Barberini (FRA) ratified - current record World 16419
Powered Aeroplanes C-1n Distance 5 561,48 km 22 Mar 1986 Georges Rikir (BEL) ratified - current record World 16400
Parachuting G-O Relay baton jump, group of 4 11,6 sec 10 Mar 1973 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12870
Powered Aeroplanes C-1r Speed over a recognised course 945,8 km/h 04 Jun 2020 David Hall (GBR) ratified - current record World 19290
Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 877,90 km 08 Jan 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 2402
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-5 Straight distance 559,7 km 10 Aug 2000 Davis Straub (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7817
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1937-1949 Altitude 7 113 m 16 Mar 1938 Karel Brazda (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 8725
Experimental / New Technologies CS Free Distance along a course 439,3 km 10 Sep 2011 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16394
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 432,08 km/h 16 Dec 1985 George W. Johnson (USA) ratified - current record World 14103
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 4 0.04 m 18 Oct 1972 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12794
Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 277,43 km 21 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 19288
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Straight distance 182,3 km 19 Nov 1994 Kat Thurston (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 2078
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Duration: 199 21 min 41 sec 08 Jul 2000 Jacques Boyer (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6635
Powered Aeroplanes C 1st category 1937-1949 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 331,74 km/h 27 Dec 1937 Maurice Arnoux (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11922
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 226,51 km/h 19 Nov 1985 Colin W. Yarnton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6520
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 130,73 km/h 06 Aug 1972 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5471
Ballooning AT-15: heating air using solar and/or external rad Distance 667,85 m 25 Jan 2020 Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) ratified - current record World 19365
Parachuting G-1 Longest sequence (working time 150 sec) 13 formations 14 Oct 1994 Team (-) ratified - superseded since approved World 1951
Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 43,98 km/h 11 Jun 2000 Vladimir Bessarabov (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6588
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 313.59 km/h 14 Nov 1937 Maurice Arnoux (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10824
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Speed over an out-and-return course of 100 km 31,92 km/h 22 Apr 2011 Brett Janaway (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 16218
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 291,14 km/h 01 Nov 1985 Millard Harmon (USA) ratified - current record World 13178
Rotorcraft E-1 Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 2 min 59 sec 12 Apr 1972 John C. Henderson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9957
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a recognised course 808,49 km/h 11 Nov 2020 Pierce Brooks (USA) ratified - current record World 19396
Powered Aeroplanes C-2b-08 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 163,10 km/h 14 Aug 1994 Dan E. Pariseau (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 1863
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 35,83 km/h 15 May 2000 Josef Brandner (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 6567
Ballooning A-08 Altitude 9 374 m 25 Sep 1937 Josef Emmer (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 10660
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 051,4 km 26 Dec 2010 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16142
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Altitude 11 530 m 21 Oct 1985 Yuri Kourline (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8052
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 8 624 m 15 Mar 1972 F. M. Tuytjens (GER) ratified - current record World 8093
Rotorcraft E-1d Speed over a recognised course 237,47 km/h 17 Apr 2021 Gary L. Maddux Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 19429
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 813,28 km/h 12 Jul 1994 Robert P. Gross (USA) ratified - current record World 1756
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 161,06 km/h 27 Apr 2000 Hans Georg Schmid (SUI) ratified - current record World 6836

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