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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 500 km 119.11 km/h 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) (8250) ratified - superseded since approved World 8250
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 122,42 km/h 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5877) ratified - superseded since approved World 5877
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 171,83 km/h 11 Dec 2013 Makoto Ichikawa (JPN) (16995) ratified - superseded since approved African 16995
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 143.48 km/h 09 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5860) ratified - superseded since approved World 5860
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 142,75 km/h 30 Dec 2016 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (18107) ratified - current record African 18107
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 156,66 km/h 31 May 2012 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (16557) ratified - superseded since approved European 16557
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 687 km 21 Nov 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (8152) ratified - superseded since approved World 8152
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 139,73 km/h 17 Aug 2022 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (19767) ratified - current record European 19767
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 168,31 km 06 Aug 2016 Alan M. Polinsky (USA) (17910) ratified - superseded since approved North-American 17910
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 167,2 km/h 02 Dec 2011 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (16391) ratified - superseded since approved African 16391
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 078,2 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7596) ratified - current record World 7596
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 166,00 km/h 06 Jan 2018 Pieter Nouwens (RSA) (18372) ratified - current record African 18372
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 170,91 km/h 18 Dec 2015 Philip Jeffery (GBR) (17790) ratified - superseded since approved African 17790
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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 1 000 km 213,2 km/h 26 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (15694) ratified - superseded since approved World 15694
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 163,16 km/h 27 Jun 2015 Alan M. Polinsky (USA) (17579) ratified - superseded since approved North-American 17579
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 181,99 km/h 16 Dec 2018 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (18819) ratified - current record African 18819
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 205,89 km/h 06 Jan 2015 Tiji Schmelzer (BEL) (16564) ratified - superseded since approved African 16564
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 289,4 km/h 18 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14380) ratified - current record World 14380
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 220,6 km 28 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12268
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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) (17018) ratified - current record African 17018
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 187 km 30 Dec 2004 Reiko Morinaka (JPN) (10367) ratified - current record World 10367
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 172,2 km/h 06 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (8207) ratified - superseded since approved World 8207
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 140,97 km/h 29 Jul 2017 Alberto Sironi (ITA) (18209) ratified - superseded since approved European 18209
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 559,9 km 16 May 2013 Mathias Schunk (GER) (16803) ratified - superseded since approved European 16803
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Gliding DO Free Distance 949,70 km 20 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (5019) ratified - superseded since approved World 5019
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 158,7 km/h 24 Dec 2011 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (16418) ratified - superseded since approved African 16418
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 405,2 km 27 Feb 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (20170) ratified - current record European 20170
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (17874) ratified - current record North-American 17874
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 750,6 km 12 Jan 2011 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16151) ratified - current record World 16151
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,06 km/h 14 Dec 2002 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7585) ratified - superseded since approved World 7585
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 255,13 km/h 16 Feb 2018 Keith Essex (USA) (18388) ratified - current record Oceanian 18388
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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 255,03 km/h 05 Apr 2015 James M. Payne (USA) (17436) ratified - current record North-American 17436
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 116,38 km 04 Jan 2019 Makoto Ichikawa (JPN) (18829) ratified - current record Oceanian 18829
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 342,8 km 18 Dec 2014 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (17395) ratified - current record African 17395
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 460 m 29 Aug 2006 Steve Fossett (USA) (14043) ratified - superseded since approved World 14043
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 160,03 km/h 24 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (12233) ratified - superseded since approved World 12233
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 075,3 km 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (17019) ratified - superseded since approved African 17019
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Gliding DO Free Distance 2 192,9 km 04 Dec 2004 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (10316) ratified - superseded since approved World 10316
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 126,09 km/h 05 Jan 1999 Angelika Machinek (GER) (5894) ratified - superseded since approved World 5894
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 400,19 km 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (5012) ratified - superseded since approved World 5012
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 178,42 km/h 17 Dec 2013 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (17000) ratified - superseded since approved African 17000
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 249,09 km/h 01 Dec 2003 Horacio Miranda (ARG) (8196) ratified - superseded since approved World 8196
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 002,83 km 11 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5862) ratified - superseded since approved World 5862
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 156,14 km/h 03 Jul 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (18183) ratified - current record North-American 18183
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 308,00 km 05 Aug 2021 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (19522) ratified - superseded since approved European 19522
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 148,1 km 20 Dec 2011 Johan Luyckx (BEL) (16519) ratified - superseded since approved African 16519
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