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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 813.13 km/h 27 Sep 1989 Vyacheslav N. Gorelov (URS) ratified - current record World 3615
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 056,64 km 09 Oct 1972 James G. Smiley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5419
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 175 000 kg payload 763,20 km/h 11 Sep 2001 Olexander Halunenko (UKR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7289
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 914 km/h 03 Jul 2013 Thomas Horne (USA) ratified - current record World 16860
Ballooning AX-15 Duration 19 h 12 min 15 Mar 1980 Edward J. Chapman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5151
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F7 Open Stationary Flight Duration - Outdoor: F227 1 h 37 min 29 sec 11 Oct 2013 Bernard Bilquey (FRA) ratified - current record World 18573
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Altitude 6 827 m 18 Dec 1937 Maurice Arnoux (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8405
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 305,23 km/h 15 Sep 1989 Eric Howard Wheatley (AUS) ratified - current record World 883
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 51 sec 27 May 1972 Richard B. Hunt (USA) ratified - current record World 1487
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Altitude with 245 000 kg payload 10 750 m 11 Sep 2001 Olexander Halunenko (UKR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7321
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 125.6 km/h 08 Jan 1980 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10228
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 245,22 km/h 02 Jun 2018 John C. Koehler (USA) ratified - current record World 18605
Rotorcraft E-1 Distance without landing 108,97 km 25 Oct 1937 Hanna Reitsch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 2127
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Distance 17 039,00 km 17 Aug 1989 David Massy-Greene (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 2201
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 3 min 30 sec 27 Mar 1972 Donald R. Wilson (USA) ratified - current record World 1377
Experimental / New Technologies U-Absolute Altitude 29 524 m 14 Aug 2001 Greg Kendall (USA) ratified - current record World 7354
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 149,5 km/h 19 Apr 2013 Mark Samson (GBR) ratified - current record World 16805
Ballooning AX-10 Altitude 9 540 m 08 Dec 1979 Carol R. Davis (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 188
Gliding D13.5 Triangle Distance 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18641
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 307,06 km/h 28 Jul 1937 Henry Boris (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11916
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-1 Straight distance to a declared goal 172,3 km 10 Jul 1989 Liavan Mallin (IRL) ratified - superseded since approved World 86
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 45 000 kg payload 593,32 km/h 19 Feb 1972 Marina Lavrentryvna Popovitch (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3727
Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 682,4 km 21 Jul 2001 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7046
Rotorcraft E-1g Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 6 min 54 sec 06 Feb 2013 Alain Di-Bianca (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16743
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 116 411 557 km 19 Aug 1979 Vladimir A. Lyakhov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 9528
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Speed over 2 000 km 319,78 km/h 28 May 1937 Mario Stoppani (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11563
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a 15 km course 487,08 km/h 08 Jun 1989 MayCay Beeler (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 992
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 500m, group of 9 0,09 m 16 Sep 1971 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13530
Gliding DW Triangle Distance 535,92 km 21 Jun 2001 Thomas Wartha (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7017
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a recognised course 808,17 km/h 12 Nov 2012 Brian D. Dickerson (USA) ratified - current record World 16694
Powered Aeroplanes C 4th category 1937-1949 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 179,23 km/h 06 May 1937 Jan Stepan (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 14624
Powered Aeroplanes C-1g Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 3 min 30 sec 18 Apr 1989 Ronald R. Williams (USA) ratified - current record World 8625
Space records K-3 Accumulated extravehicular duration on the surface of the celestial body by an astronaut 18 h 18 min 26 sec 07 Aug 1971 David R. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10289
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-5 Speed over a triangular course of 50 km 40,80 km/h 17 May 2001 Davis Straub (USA) ratified - current record World 7805
Microlights and paramotors RAL2T Speed over a straight course 285,78 km/h 15 Sep 2012 Gilles Michel (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16618
Powered Aeroplanes C Greatest payload carried to a height of 2 000 m 13 000 kg 20 Nov 1936 Michel Nioukhtikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 8729
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 85 000 kg payload 813,09 km/h 22 Mar 1989 Alexandre Galunenko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8945
Ballooning AX-05 Duration 2 h 06 min 40 sec 02 May 1971 Lois Elmstrom (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10946
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 264,61 km/h 17 Mar 2001 Robert Miller (GBR) ratified - current record World 6955
Powered Aeroplanes C-3l Altitude in horizontal flight 10 400 m 07 Sep 2012 Evgenii Yurasov (RUS) ratified - current record World 16664
Parachuting G-2 Largest Formation 25 skydivers 19 Nov 2018 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 18784
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Speed over 1 000 km 313,26 km/h 07 Jul 1936 Mario Stoppani (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15063
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 145 000 kg payload 12 340 m 22 Mar 1989 Alexandre Galunenko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8977
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 806,10 km/h 27 Jan 1971 Donald H. Lilienthal (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8582
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
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 2,404 sec 15 Jun 2012 Greg Windmiller (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16602
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance in a broken line 5 541,39 km 15 Oct 1935 Knefler Mcginnis (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10382
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 130 000 kg payload 813,09 km/h 22 Mar 1989 Alexandre Galunenko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9014
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Duration (ceiling 8 m - 15 m): 115-b 30 min 07 sec 26 Aug 1970 Jiry Kalina (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 856
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

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