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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 311,00 km 21 Jul 2025 Jim Lee (USA) dossier under review North-American 20880
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 134,16 km/h 27 Feb 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (20172) ratified - current record European 20172
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Gliding DU Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 91,95 km/h 18 May 2009 James M. Payne (USA) (15453) ratified - current record World 15453
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 588,0 km 25 Apr 2019 Mathias Schunk (GER) (18925) ratified - current record European 18925
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1713,1 km 07 Jan 2017 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (18110) ratified - current record World 18110
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Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 60,43 km/h 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (19456) ratified - current record World 19456
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) (16528) ratified - current record African 16528
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5887) ratified - current record World 5887
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Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 144,51 km/h 11 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19449) ratified - current record World 19449
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 145,53 km/h 24 Oct 2015 Akemi Ichikawa (JPN) (17722) ratified - current record Oceanian 17722
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 151,28 km/h 10 Jul 2024 Steve J. Koerner (USA) (20338) ratified - current record North-American 20338
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 190,5 km 18 Dec 2019 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (19207) ratified - current record World 19207
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Gliding D13 Triangle Distance 555,7 km 29 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) (19462) ratified - current record World 19462
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 756,1 km 12 Jan 2011 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16152) ratified - current record World 16152
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 22 657 m 02 Sep 2018 James M. Payne (USA) (18705) ratified - current record South-American 18705
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 781,7 km 14 Aug 2019 Christoph Matkowski (POL) (19439) ratified - current record European 19439
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 117,17 km/h 19 Jul 2012 Pilar Muñoz Lopez (ESP) (16587) ratified - current record European 16587
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 367,2 km 10 Dec 2017 Alexander Müller (GER) (18359) ratified - current record African 18359
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 152,72 km/h 14 Aug 2016 Alan M. Polinsky (USA) (17919) ratified - current record North-American 17919
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 178,8 km 05 Aug 2021 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (19521) ratified - current record European 19521
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 027,66 km 20 Dec 2013 Lisa Ellen Trotter (AUS) (17004) ratified - current record Oceanian 17004
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Gliding DU Free triangle distance 772,4 km 03 Jul 2014 Morgan Sandercock (AUS) (17247) ratified - current record North-American 17247
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 643,2 km 28 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (15695) ratified - current record World 15695
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Gliding D13 Distance using up to 3 turn points 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (19434) ratified - current record World 19434
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 063,18 km 04 Feb 2015 Gerrit Kurstjens (AUS) (17415) ratified - current record Oceanian 17415
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 066,1 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) (16416) ratified - current record World 16416
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 255,13 km/h 16 Feb 2018 Keith Essex (USA) (18389) ratified - current record Oceanian 18389
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 965,3 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7595) ratified - current record World 7595
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 295,3 km 30 Mar 2024 Benjamin Bachmaier (GER) (20200) ratified - current record European 20200
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 121,5 km/h 28 Dec 2007 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (14905) ratified - current record World 14905
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 965,02 km 06 Jul 2019 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (18988) ratified - current record North-American 18988
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 2 000 km 152,5 km/h 02 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (8205) ratified - current record World 8205
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Gliding D13 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 113,19 km/h 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19461) ratified - current record North-American 19461
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 138,1 km/h 31 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (17025) ratified - current record World 17025
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Gliding DO Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) (5027) ratified - current record World 5027
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 194,9 km/h 21 Oct 2020 Gil Souviron (FRA) (19395) ratified - current record European 19395
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Gliding D13 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19447) ratified - current record North-American 19447
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Gliding DO Gain of height 12 731 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew (18250) ratified - current record South-American 18250
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 967,44 km 09 Jul 2021 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19499) ratified - current record World 19499
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 198,0 km/h 13 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (15680) ratified - current record World 15680
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 148,2 km 27 Dec 2018 Makoto Ichikawa (JPN) (18826) ratified - current record Oceanian 18826
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Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 758,8 km 10 May 2015 Takeshi Saito (JPN) (17571) ratified - current record Asian 17571
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 126,1 km/h 30 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) (16425) ratified - current record African 16425
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (17872) ratified - current record North-American 17872
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 847,91 km 30 May 2022 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (19697) ratified - current record European 19697
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 026,78 km 20 Dec 2013 Lisa Ellen Trotter (AUS) (17008) ratified - current record Oceanian 17008
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 102,09 km/h 30 Jun 2014 Morgan Sandercock (AUS) (17248) ratified - current record North-American 17248
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 622,44 km 18 May 2009 James M. Payne (USA) (15452) ratified - current record World 15452
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1713,1 km 07 Jan 2017 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (18109) ratified - current record World 18109
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Gliding D13 Free triangle distance 506,7 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (19444) ratified - current record European 19444
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