Advanced

Records

Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 50,05 km/h 11 May 1996 Felix J. Estermann (SUI) ratified - current record World 3177
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 836,87 km/h 03 Oct 2003 Wilson A. Miles (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7912
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 13 min 46 sec 09 Oct 2015 Mark Morgan (GBR) ratified - current record World 17712
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Altitude 7 483 m 27 Dec 1937 Maurice Arnoux (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8404
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 874,20 km/h 29 Jan 1988 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10330
Ballooning AA-01 Distance 28,33 km 12 Aug 1972 Wilma Piccard (USA) ratified - current record World 1084
Ballooning AT-09: heating air using solar and/or external rad Distance 667,85 m 25 Jan 2020 Leticia Noemi Marqués (ARG) ratified - current record World 19359
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 869,10 km/h 21 Apr 1996 Verne Jobst (USA) ratified - current record World 3154
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 2 min 22 sec 01 Aug 2003 Vladimir Gurkin (RUS) ratified - current record World 7868
Rotorcraft E-3b Speed over a recognised course 110,75 km/h 24 Aug 2015 Paul A Salmon (USA) ratified - current record World 17646
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over 1 000 km with 500 kg payload 430,62 km/h 21 Nov 1937 Attilio Biseo (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8800
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 827,55 km/h 22 Dec 1987 John Knapp (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5385
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 6 0,19 m 13 Apr 1972 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12950
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Straight distance to a declared goal 529,5 km 15 Oct 2020 Rafael Monteiro Saladini (BRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 19391
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 302,17 km/h 06 Feb 1996 Jon Johanson (AUS) ratified - current record World 3108
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1D Duration (ceiling over 30m): 125-d 41min 42sec 28 Jun 2003 Popa Aurel (ROU) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7899
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 214,48 km/h 22 Jul 2015 John E. Shavinsky (USA) ratified - current record World 17607
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 1st category 1931-1937 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 210 km/h 02 Oct 1937 P.M. Stefanovsky (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11775
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 054,2 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4199
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 27 min 31 sec 23 Mar 1972 Donald R. Wilson (USA) ratified - current record World 1366
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude in horizontal flight 4 828 m 18 Apr 2021 Miguel A. Iturmendi Copado (USA) ratified - current record World 19423
Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 685,62 km 28 Dec 1995 Otto Schauble (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 3071
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Speed over an out-and-return course of 200 km 26.6 km/h 24 May 2003 Primož Suša (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7788
Experimental / New Technologies CS Duration 44 h 10 min 01 Jun 2015 André Borschberg (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17557
Rotorcraft E former G Duration 1 h 20 min 49 sec 26 Jun 1937 Ewald Rohlfs (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13147
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3823
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course, round trip 937,84 km/h 04 Nov 1971 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - current record World 2537
Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 102,68 km 24 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 19448
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Duration (ceiling less than 8 m): 115-a 38 min 38 sec 13 Oct 1995 Kazumasa Kihara (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 2989
Rotorcraft E-3a Distance without landing 941,25 km 24 Feb 2003 Barry Jones (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 7639
Gliding D1-M Gain of height 2 970 m 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4422
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 897,97 km/h 14 Jun 1987 Allen E. Paulson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2466
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 3 0,00 m 11 Sep 1971 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13500
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 804,27km/h 20 Jun 2021 Gregory E. Madonna (USA) ratified - current record World 19482
Gliding DU Triangle Distance 214,08 km 22 Sep 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5517
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 715,5 km 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7588
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 59,5 sec 17 Apr 2015 Elliot D. Seguin (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 17493
Powered Aeroplanes C 1st category 1937-1949 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 260,00 km/h 12 Apr 1937 Roger Bellon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11906
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1B Height: 042 1 143 m 28 May 1987 Boris Krasnorutsky (RUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2447
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Speed: 107 144.90 km/h 20 Jun 1971 Petras Motekaytice (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 2113
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 212,70 km/h 03 Sep 1995 Christopher Croucher (NZL) ratified - current record World 2866
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 036,19 km/h 07 Nov 2002 Gregory S. Sheldon (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7551
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Time to climb to 3 000 m with 90 000 kg payload 4 min 38 sec 03 Apr 2015 Jonathan M. Flowers (USA) ratified - current record World 17461
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1933-1937 Distance in a straight line 1 654.75 km 31 Aug 1936 Jaroslav Polma (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 9213
Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 554,69 km/h 23 Mar 1987 Dennis Huntington (USA) ratified - current record World 1447
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 9 0.02 m 17 Apr 1971 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12645
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 958,35 km/h 11 Aug 1995 Charles S. Tewksbury (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2817
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-9 Gyrocopter Duration Gyrocopter Duration 134 1 min 5 sec 29 Sep 2002 Andrija Ducak (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7529
Experimental / New Technologies CS Straight Distance - Free flight 1 468 km 10 Mar 2015 Bertrand Piccard (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 17430
Powered Aeroplanes C 4th category 1929-1937 Altitude 5 468 m 24 Apr 1936 Benjamin King (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8358

Pages