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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Rotorcraft E-3b Altitude without payload 1 540 m 17 Jul 1985 Paul Rigault (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 311
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 1 822 km/h 10 Mar 1956 Peter Twiss (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8866
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17029
Gliding D2-M Straight distance to a declared goal 1 078,07 km 06 May 1993 Hans-Werner Grosse (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 52
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 1 067, 68 km/h 03 Jun 1953 Jacqueline Cochran (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8870
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 647,94 km/h 29 May 1976 Christopher Joseph Capell Morley (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7430
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 211,44 km/h 13 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1694
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis 2nd category 1938 Distance in a straight line 1 872.9 km 12 Oct 1939 Henry B. Chapman (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11768
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 550,20 km 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 6761
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 1 min 46,7 sec 06 Jun 1974 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12854
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 224,2 km 29 Apr 2012 Mathias Schunk (GER) ratified - superseded since approved European 16537
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 027,55 km/h 16 Feb 2000 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - current record World 6416
Microlights and paramotors RAL2T Distance in a closed circuit without landing 1 036,073 km 10 Oct 2020 Krisztian Dolhai (HUN) ratified - superseded since approved World 19387
Powered Aeroplanes H Time to climb to 3 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 8,5 sec 25 Apr 1991 Andrei Sinitsine (URS) ratified - current record World 5548
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 030,58 km/h 09 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - current record World 6311
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 869,90 km/h 20 Mar 1982 Jean-Paul Le Moel (FRA) ratified - current record World 1283
Microlights and paramotors RPF1T Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 h 12 min 32 sec 02 Sep 2008 Ramón Morillas Salmerón (ESP) ratified - current record World 15140
Airship BX-06 Duration 1 h 12 min 26 Aug 1981 Donald Cameron (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 500
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4024
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 037,29 km 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5879
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Greatest payload carried to a height of 15 000 m 1 503 kg 18 Nov 1998 Bryan Galbreath (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5797
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 307,60 km/h 14 Mar 1990 Peter Horton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5621
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4055
Ballooning A-6th Distance 1 198,900 km 12 Sep 1927 Edward J. Hill (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10629
Powered Aeroplanes C 3rd category 1927-1931 Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 400 km 26 Jul 1927 Joseph Hamsik (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 9205
Ballooning AM-10 Duration 1 h 17 min 33 sec 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5836
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance over a closed circuit without landing with 500 kg payload 1 000 km 23 Dec 1926 Alessandro Passaleva (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11025
Powered Aeroplanes C-1g Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 09 sec 18 Apr 1989 Ronald R. Williams (USA) ratified - current record World 8623
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 049,11 km/h 02 Feb 1998 Frederick C. Dauer (USA) ratified - current record World 5284
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 267,8 km 27 Feb 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - current record European 20171
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 655,8 km 10 Apr 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved European 20208
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, opening without delay, 2 000m 1,15 m 21 Dec 1965 Evdokia Chepelova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12542
Rotorcraft E-3b Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 019,09 km 09 Feb 2006 Andrew C. Keech (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13111
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 017,36 km/h 24 Dec 1988 Don Binard (USA) ratified - current record World 7720
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling over 30m): 118-d 1 min 24,8 sec 27 Jul 2005 Mark A. Benns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 11865
Parachuting G-1 Carved Speed 70m 1,849 sec 27 Sep 2024 Gonçalo Resende (POR) ratified - superseded since approved European 20466
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration in closed circuit 1 h 10 min 17 sec 09 Jan 1913 Arthur Faller (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 15437
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 1 032,58 km/h 19 Dec 2024 Cory Newman (GBR) ratified - current record World 20653
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a given distance 1 h 16 min 51 sec 21 Dec 1910 Ernest Laurens (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15295
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 078,20 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - current record World 3842
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance without landing 1 429,80 km 05 Jul 1962 Chester R. Ratcliffe (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13208
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 137,3 km 17 Dec 2016 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record African 18096
Powered Aeroplanes C-1j Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 31 sec 21 May 1995 Edward D. Mendenhall (USA) ratified - current record World 2672
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 000,07 km/h 10 Mar 1995 David F. Specht (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2485
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 016,20 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 7968
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 117,32 km/h 31 Jan 1995 Robert H. Siteman (USA) ratified - current record World 2375
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 15 000 kg payload 1 037,87 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9220
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 037,43 km/h 08 Oct 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7918
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 25 000 kg payload 1 028,66 km/h 30 Oct 1959 Anatoli Lipko (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8679
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 192,48 km/h 29 Mar 1985 Brian Walpole (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 15668

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