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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 102,13 km/h 01 Jun 1995 Dietrich Schmitt (GER) ratified - current record World 2750
Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance over a closed circuit without landing with 1 500 kg payload 100 km 25 Oct 1924 O.B. Hardison (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11863
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing, delayed opening, 1 000m, group of 3 0,00 m 22 Sep 1965 Czechoslovakian Team (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 13394
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 885,10 km/h 08 Oct 2024 Dominic Rivers (GBR) ratified - current record World 20543
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.05 metre disc 48 landings on the disc 10 Oct 1986 Vladimir Shpuling (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12939
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 499.27 km/h 16 May 2004 William M. Brooks (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9423
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 1 min 54 sec 21 May 1995 Edward D. Mendenhall (USA) ratified - current record World 2687
Powered Aeroplanes C Distance with 500 kg payload 950 km 28 Jun 1924 Harold R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10841
Parachuting G-O Altitude jumps, opening without delay 12 359 m 23 Jun 1965 Natalia Verchinina (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12518
Rotorcraft E-1 Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 400,87 km/h 11 Aug 1986 John Trevor Egginton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1843
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 461,97 km/h 13 May 2004 William M. Brooks (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9419
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 855,10 km/h 16 Apr 1995 Robert P. Gross (USA) ratified - current record World 2539
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course, round trip 245,98 km/h 16 Feb 2017 Bruce E. Fowler Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 18119
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration with 500 kg payload 1 h 47 min 08 sec 08 May 1924 Lucien Bossoutrot (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8356
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 2 718,01 km/h 01 May 1965 Walter F. Daniel (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3973
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 712,66 km/h 06 Nov 2024 Orin Lucas (USA) ratified - current record World 20608
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 227,52 km/h 18 Jun 1986 William Wisner (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16233
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a recognised course 834,44 km/h 11 Mar 2004 Gregory S. Sheldon (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8842
Ballooning AM-14 Distance 8 748,11 km 22 Feb 1995 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3052
Gliding D13.5 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 140,50 km/h 24 Nov 2016 Stefano Ghiorzo (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18084
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a closed circuit of 4 000 km without payload 142 km/h 28 Aug 1923 Lowell H. Smith (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14805
Rotorcraft E-1 Distance without landing 3 388.70 km 07 Mar 1965 James R. Williford Jr. (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 2179
Powered Aeroplanes C-1m Speed over a recognised course 867,64 km/h 11 Dec 2024 Thomas Weston (GBR) dossier under review World 20649
Powered Aeroplanes C-3 Speed over a 3 km course 288.17 km/h 21 Mar 1986 Jay Penner (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9785
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 001,85 km/h 03 Jan 2004 Douglas L. Rice (USA) ratified - current record World 8325
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 220,44 km 06 Jan 1995 Walter Eisele (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2342
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Time to climb to 9 000 m with 2 000 kg payload 4 min 43 sec 19 Oct 2016 Vasily Sevastianov (RUS) ratified - current record World 18046
Powered Aeroplanes C Duration 36 h 4 min 34 sec 17 Apr 1923 Oakley G. Kelly (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9317
Rotorcraft E-1e Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 266,11 km/h 24 Nov 1964 Eldon F. Sampson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1855
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 998,00 km/h 16 Feb 2025 Nicholas Freeman (USA) dossier under review World 20684
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Greatest mass carried to height of 2 000 m 2 375 kg 13 Dec 1985 Sergei Gorbik (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 3336
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 284,19 km/h 15 Dec 2003 Jon Johanson (AUS) ratified - current record World 8267
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 840,24 km/h 19 Nov 1994 Randy S. Trull (USA) ratified - current record World 2080
Ballooning A-3rd Duration 23 h 28 min 15 May 1922 Jules Dubois (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10608
Rotorcraft E-1e Distance without landing 2 170,70 km 27 Sep 1964 Michael N. Antoniou (USA) ratified - current record World 1824
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 876,09 km/h 03 Apr 2025 Thomas Weston (GBR) dossier under review World 20723
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 203,88 km/h 19 Nov 1985 Colin W. Yarnton (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6521
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 249,09 km/h 01 Dec 2003 Horacio Miranda (ARG) ratified - superseded since approved World 8196
Ballooning AM-01 Altitude 5 816 m 13 Oct 1994 Gunter Schabus (AUT) ratified - current record World 1952
Powered Aeroplanes C Altitude 8 616 m 06 Sep 1919 Rudolph W. Schroeder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15675
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 104,22 km/h 28 Jul 1964 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5466
Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 294,13 km/h 01 Nov 1985 Millard Harmon (USA) ratified - current record World 13179
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Altitude with 55 000 kg payload 7 356 m 10 Nov 2003 Vitalii Horovienko (UKR) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 8089
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 declared out-and-return distance 73,5 km 05 Aug 1994 Roland Wurgler (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 1815
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Free Distance around a triangular course 221,2 km 21 May 2016 Michaela Brandstätter (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 17851
Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a distance of 150 km in a closed circuit 201,64 km/h 29 Sep 1913 Marcel Prévost (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15323
Ballooning AA-10 Altitude 11 780 m 10 May 1964 Tracy L. Barnes (USA) ratified - current record World 1023
Rotorcraft E-1c Speed over a recognised course 222,00 km/h 07 Jun 2025 Douglas G. Matthews (USA) preliminary record claim received World 20789
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Altitude in horizontal flight 10 420 m 21 Oct 1985 Yuri Kourline (URS) ratified - current record World 8053
Powered Aeroplanes C-1p Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km with 10 000 kg payload 1 036,71 km/h 26 Oct 2003 Troy Asher (USA) ratified - current record World 9240

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