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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort ascending Date Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 592,94 km/h 13 Oct 1992 Claude Delorme (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1705
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 033,22 km/h 05 May 1997 Richard R. Severson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4437
Rotorcraft E-1e Greatest mass carried to height of 2 000 m 1 734 kg 24 Mar 1997 Nikolay Grigoriev (RUS) ratified - current record World 4303
Rotorcraft E former G Altitude with 100 kg payload 1 m 14 Sep 1924 Etienne Oehmichen (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13091
Ballooning AA-12 Distance 1 357,63 km 07 Oct 1982 Nikki Caplan (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1070
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 1 105,68 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 7951
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 126,34 km 20 Dec 2015 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved African 17810
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 9 1,48 m 08 Jan 1967 Us Team (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13510
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 1 029,09 km/h 03 Dec 2002 Mark A. Mills (USA) ratified - current record World 7574
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 20 000 kg payload 1 017,80 km/h 28 May 1990 Serguei Ossipov (URS) ratified - current record World 4041
Ballooning AX-14 Distance 1 139,16 km 06 Mar 1981 Kristian L. Anderson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 255
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 726,90 km/h 15 May 1990 Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS) ratified - current record World 4031
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 250 kg payload 1 h 47 min 08 sec 08 May 1924 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8357
Powered Aeroplanes C-1s 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 - current record World 4062
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 121,08 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 17028
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 1 014,93 km/h 23 Feb 2025 Thomas Weston (GBR) preliminary record claim received World 20695
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 273,56 km/h 23 Apr 1989 R.J.L. Boas (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7415
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
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Duration: 199 1 h 06 min 56 sec 29 Jun 2001 Jacques Boyer (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7030
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-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-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 30 000 kg payload 1 089,36 km/h 04 Jul 1987 Robert Chamberlain (USA) ratified - current record World 3832
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 030,58 km/h 09 Nov 1999 Geoffrey Mussett (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6310
Powered Aeroplanes N Time to climb to a height of 15 000 m 1 min 16 sec 11 Mar 1987 Nikolai Sadovnikov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1580
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 39,6 sec 19 Apr 2018 Daniel Gray (USA) ratified - current record World 18457
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
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 1 126,57 km/h 08 Jun 1995 Clay Lacy (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2736
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362,68 km 02 May 1986 John C. Seymour (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 324
Ballooning AX-08 Distance 1 434,24 km 06 Feb 1995 William E. Bussey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2841
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 036,56 km 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5878
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 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 5796
Rotorcraft E-3b Distance without landing 1 414,64 km 03 Feb 2007 Andrew C. Keech (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14465
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
Ballooning AM-06 Duration 1 h 17 min 33 sec 22 May 1998 Dr Janet Folkes (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5824
Rotorcraft E-1d Distance without landing 1 714,84 km 20 Apr 1974 Siegfried Hoffmann (FRG) ratified - current record World 1257
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
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-9 Gyrocopter Duration Gyrocopter Duration 134 1 min 36 sec 27 Aug 2005 Wladyslaw Starobrat (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 11912
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
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F1N Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m): 118-c 1 min 11,4 sec 04 Jun 2005 Mitsuru Ishii (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 11667
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
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 187 km 30 Dec 2004 Reiko Morinaka (JPN) ratified - current record World 10367
Ballooning AX-06 Duration 1 h 25 min 17 Dec 1969 Raymond A. Munro (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10725
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Distance over a closed course 1 003,6 km 21 Apr 2022 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 19690
Rotorcraft E-1c Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1 284,05 km 30 Aug 2004 Claude Meunier (AUS) ratified - current record World 9717
Parachuting G-1 Longest sequence (working time 150 sec) 1 formation 11 Oct 1991 Team (-) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3091
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 141,7 km 17 Dec 2016 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 18095
Airship BX-09 Duration 1 h 26 min 52 sec 27 Aug 1982 Ronald W. Taaffe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 511
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 016,20 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 7967
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 037,87 km/h 25 Oct 2003 William Libby (USA) ratified - current record World 9219

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