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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 250 kg payload 1 h 47 min 08 sec 08 May 1924 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8357
Airship BX-04 Duration 1 h 26 min 52 sec 27 Aug 1982 Ronald W. Taaffe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 506
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 200 km in a closed circuit 1 h 10 min 55 sec 13 Jul 1912 Jules Védrines (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15689
Space records K-2 Distance travelled 1 970 990 km 19 Jun 1963 Valentina Vladimirovna Terechkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 9333
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 600m, group of 4 1,45 m 16 Jul 1962 Gdr Team (DDR) ratified - superseded since approved World 13357
Microlights and paramotors RWL2T Distance in a closed circuit without landing 1 010,9 km 02 Aug 2008 Pal Matuska (HUN) ratified - current record World 15117
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 059.07 km/h 20 Jan 1982 Robert F. Olszewski (USA) ratified - current record World 7747
Ballooning AM-08 Duration 1 h 38 min 04 Nov 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - current record World 6000
Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 008,396 km 07 Jan 1981 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10211
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Time to climb to 15 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 1 min 21.71s 29 Mar 1990 Viktor C. Pugachev (URS) ratified - current record World 8525
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 822 km/h 19 Sep 1960 René Bigand (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8927
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F3 Open Distance in a closed circuit: 146 1 301,00 km 03 Aug 1998 Maynard S. Hill (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5665
Ballooning AM-14 Duration 1 h 17 min 33 sec 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5848
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 1 643,00 km/h 25 Feb 1959 André Turcat (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1347
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Gain in altitude: F106 1 732 m 19 Jun 1964 Valery Fiodorov (URS) ratified - current record World 18500
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 574 km/h 21 Aug 2005 Anatoly Kvochur (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11874
Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,14 km 17 Dec 1996 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3918
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 071,24 km/h 07 Mar 2019 Harold R III Ball (USA) ratified - current record World 18862
Rotorcraft E former G Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 000 km 14 Nov 1946 D.H Jensen (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13089
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4191
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 508.42 km 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8249
Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 105,68 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7954
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 024,78 km/h 22 Dec 1971 M.C. Wedge (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 7785
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 131,40 km 05 Jan 1995 Walter Eisele (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 2339
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1933-1937 Distance in a straight line 1 051 km 20 May 1936 Robert F. Turner (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9210
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 169,71 km/h 05 Feb 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7619
Ballooning AX-06 Duration 1 h 25 min 17 Dec 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10725
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 008,37 km/h 07 Apr 1994 Michael S. Menser (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1309
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 587,04 km/h 27 Sep 1993 Stuart Robertson (GBR) ratified - current record World 845
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 075,3 km 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 17020
Microlights and paramotors RAL2T Distance in a closed circuit without landing 1 912, 2 km 19 Aug 2023 Jiří Pruša (CZE) ratified - current record World 20009
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance without landing 1 654,57 km 11 Sep 1967 Valery Aleksandrovitch Larin (URS) ratified - current record World 1868
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1927-1931 Distance in a straight line 1 228 km 09 Sep 1927 Joseph Hamsik (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 9203
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 033,56 km/h 12 May 1984 Donald J. Taylor (USA) ratified - current record World 7767
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 1 063,8 km 04 Apr 2024 Dominic Rivers (GBR) preliminary record claim received World 20204
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance with 1 000 kg payload 1 000 km 23 Dec 1926 Alessandro Passaleva (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11028
Ballooning AM-09 Altitude 1 299,5 m 13 Sep 1983 Max D. Steuer (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10474
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 3 000 kg payload 1 h 47 min 10,5 sec 03 Oct 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8187
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude with 1 500 kg payload 1 732 m 07 Jun 1923 H. T. Stanley (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11724
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 1 034,28 km/h 24 Mar 1983 Brooke Knapp (USA) ratified - current record World 16345
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 032,52 km/h 12 Feb 1983 C.A. Ryan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5852
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 115,51 km/h 06 Apr 2000 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6512
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 1 590 m 30 Mar 1914 Victor Garaix (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15451
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 296,11 km/h 20 Oct 1982 Pierre Debets (FRA) ratified - current record World 7739
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1 Open Gain in altitude: 106 1 732 m 19 Jun 1964 Valery Fiodorov (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 2109
Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 409,2 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15662
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration 1 h 18 min 31 Dec 1912 Arthur Faller (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 15886
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 1 000m, group of 4 1,92 m 23 Jul 1963 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11257
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 481,35 km/h 04 Nov 1999 Max Robinson (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6305

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