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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
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C Speed over a distance of 200 km in a closed circuit 1 h 10 min 55 sec 13 Jul 1912 Jules Védrines (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15689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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1h Speed over a recognised course 1 169,71 km/h 05 Feb 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - current record World 7620
Powered Aeroplanes C-1t Speed over a recognised course 1 055,03 km/h 29 Jan 1988 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - current record World 10339
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 054,21 km/h 17 Sep 1987 H. Brent Hedgpeth (USA) ratified - current record World 4204
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 600m, group of 4 1,45 m 16 Jul 1962 Gdr Team (DDR) ratified - superseded since approved World 13357
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3830
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 148,2 km 27 Dec 2018 Makoto Ichikawa (JPN) ratified - current record Oceanian 18826
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362.68 km 02 May 1986 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 322
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 139,64 km/h 06 Feb 1995 Irving S. Soble (USA) ratified - current record World 2387
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 045,86 km/h 04 Nov 1994 N. B. Godlove (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1979
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
Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 391,9 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15663
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 400,19 km 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5012
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a recognised course 1 481,35 km/h 04 Nov 1999 Max Robinson (GBR) ratified - current record World 6306
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 recognised course 1 175,58 km/h 13 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1699
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance without landing 1 714,84 km 20 Apr 1974 Siegfried Hoffmann (FRG) ratified - current record World 1257
Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - current record World 5887
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 1 min 17,143 sec 01 Mar 1992 W.C. Mcgraw (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8529
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 117,73 km/h 08 Feb 1992 Gordon R. Beck (USA) ratified - current record World 7697
Microlights and paramotors RPF2T Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 h 40 min 20 sec 23 Dec 2023 Ramón Morillas Salmerón (ESP) dossier under review World 20157
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 250,00 km 24 Mar 2024 Yves Gerster (SUI) preliminary record claim received European 20193
Ballooning AA-10 Distance 1 357,63 km 07 Oct 1982 Nikki Caplan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1068
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 556,3 km 23 Nov 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14352
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 732,56 km/h 19 Mar 1982 Jean-Paul Le Moel (FRA) ratified - current record World 1271
Microlights and paramotors RWL1T Distance in a closed circuit without landing 1 044,29 km 14 Jul 1990 André-Georges Lafitte (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4242
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 017,80 km/h 28 May 1990 Serguei Ossipov (URS) ratified - current record World 4039
Ballooning AX-12 Distance 1 139,16 km 06 Mar 1981 Kristian L. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 253
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4029
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 288,79 km 18 Apr 1997 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4440
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to 6 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 1 min 7 sec 04 Mar 2005 Viacheslav Brovchenko (BLR) ratified - current record World 10888
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 5 000 kg payload 1 678,00 km/h 03 Nov 1989 Boris I. Veremey (URS) ratified - current record World 4060
Space records P-1 Greatest mass lifted to altitude 1 439,8 kg 04 Oct 2004 Brian Binnie (USA) ratified - current record World 10434
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 9 1,48 m 08 Jan 1967 Us Team (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13510
Parachuting G-2 1 consecutive dead centers + 0,04 m 23 Aug 2011 Team/Crew ratified - current record World 16326
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-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 045,65 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 9230
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F7 Open Duration - Outdoor: 224 1 h 52 min 51 sec 19 Mar 2016 Bernard Bilquey (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 17819
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 1 000 kg payload 1 123,63 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9223
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 367,2 km 10 Dec 2017 Alexander Müller (GER) ratified - current record African 18359
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Gain in altitude: 173 1 749 m 09 Aug 1988 Tamara Voitenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10878
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 1 590 m 30 Mar 1914 Victor Garaix (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15451
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
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
Microlights and paramotors RAL1T Distance in a straight line without landing 1 028,92 km 26 Sep 1987 Thomas E. Pratt (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4234
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 020,31 km/h 02 Jan 1962 A. Baig (PAK) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16470

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