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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Speed in a closed circuit: 198 160,445 km/h 25 Nov 1989 Franz Weissgerber (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 1741
Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 10 809 m 05 Mar 1975 Mary L. Nutt (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 378
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-2 Speed over a triangular course of 25 km 50,40 km/h 20 May 2001 Davis Straub (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6984
Ballooning AX-14 Distance 674,53 km 30 Sep 1980 J.G. Green (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10796
Rotorcraft E-1c Speed over a recognised course 173,04 km/h 22 Sep 2012 Mikhail Farikh (RUS) ratified - current record World 16639
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload 708,592 km/h 19 May 1946 John J. Hancock (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8941
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 10 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 647,89 km/h 31 Oct 1989 Valeri Pavlov (URS) ratified - current record World 3609
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc 0.08 m at the 22nd round 23 Oct 1974 Edem Eskenderov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12434
Parachuting G-1 Fastest speed 271,5 km/h 28 May 2015 Jackie Harper (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 19064
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 412,26 km/h 17 Mar 2001 Nicholas Mech (USA) ratified - current record World 6952
Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Speed over a recognised course 155.37 km/h 26 Jun 1980 Peter John Calvert (GBR) ratified - current record World 7396
Powered Aeroplanes C-3l Time to climb to 9 000 m with 1 000 kg payload 24 min 35,00 sec 07 Sep 2012 Evgenii Yurasov (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 16661
Ballooning A-3rd Altitude 7 097,5 m 31 Aug 1940 Boris Nevernov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10693
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km with 15 000 kg payload 785,30 km/h 10 Oct 1989 Konstantin Pripuzkov (URS) ratified - current record World 3605
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,24 km/h 14 Aug 1974 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5432
Rotorcraft E-3a Speed over a recognised course 148,24 km/h 02 Sep 2019 James Ketchell (GBR) ratified - current record World 19086
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 978,64 km/h 14 Jan 2001 George W. Murphy, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 6894
Powered Aeroplanes C-1k Distance 7 347,58 km 24 Apr 1980 Robert K. Smyth (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1649
Experimental / New Technologies I-E Duration 49,9 sec 21 Jun 2012 Kyle Gluesenkamp (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16568
Powered Aeroplanes C Greatest payload carried to a height of 2 000 m 14 135 kg 30 Jul 1939 C. V. Haynes (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8740
Powered Aeroplanes C-1q Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 10 000 kg payload 813.13 km/h 27 Sep 1989 Vyacheslav N. Gorelov (URS) ratified - current record World 3618
Parachuting G-O Accuracy Landing with 0.10 metre disc (group of 4) 0.42 m at the 3rd round 04 Apr 1974 Ussr Team (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 11140
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-3 Straight distance 582,0 km 10 Oct 2019 Marcelo Prieto (BRA) ratified - current record World 19123
Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Speed over a recognised course 748,82 km/h 11 Nov 2000 Jose Manuel Muradas Rodriguez (MEX) ratified - current record World 6756
Ballooning AX-04 Altitude 3 860 m 02 Mar 1980 Connie Lee March (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 198
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 378,69 km/h 08 Apr 2012 Travis P. Holland (USA) ratified - current record World 16520
Ballooning A-10 Distance 481.121 km 15 May 1939 A. Kondratyeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10685
Powered Aeroplanes C-2n Altitude 13 070 m 14 Sep 1989 Bogdan Lisak (RUS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 11993
Ballooning AX-10 Distance 542,71 km 07 Mar 1974 Matt H. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5159
Ballooning AM-08 Duration 146 h 48 min 45 sec 05 Sep 2000 Laurent Lajoye (FRA) ratified - current record World 6701
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 756.00 km 31 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 3295
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Distance in a straight line without landing 1 678 km 31 Dec 1938 Andrée Dupeyron (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12354
Powered Aeroplanes H Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 2 min 06,63 sec 14 Aug 1989 H. Frick (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5538
Powered Aeroplanes C-2 Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 2 000 kg payload 548.542 km/h 28 Oct 1973 Vasily Avershin (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9137
Microlights and paramotors RAL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km 283,62 km/h 15 Dec 2019 Alberto Rodolfo Porto (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 19199
Hang Gliding and Paragliding O-2 Straight distance 559.7 km 10 Aug 2000 Davis Straub (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6668
Ballooning AX-13 Altitude 9 540 m 08 Dec 1979 Carol R. Davis (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 191
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Duration: 199 1 h 17 min 17 sec 17 Sep 2011 Werner Heieck (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16352
Powered Aeroplanes C 2nd category 1937-1949 Speed over 100 km 227,70 km/h 12 Sep 1938 Helmuth Kalkstein (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14971
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 934,92 km/h 07 Jul 1989 Dale E. Christy (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5600
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude with 1 000 kg payload 35 230 m 25 Jul 1973 Alexandr Fedotov (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4243
Powered Aeroplanes C-1l Speed over a recognised course 881,09 km/h 12 Feb 2020 Brian D. Dickerson (USA) ratified - current record World 19240
Gliding DW Out-and-return distance 503,22 km 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6647
Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a 3 km course 803.138 km/h 14 Aug 1979 Steven Hinton (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8438
Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F2A Speed in competition: 134 307,4 km/h 29 Jul 2011 Ken Morrissey (GBR) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 16283
Powered Aeroplanes C 1st category 1937-1949 Distance in a straight line without landing 4 360,4 km 16 May 1938 Andrée Dupeyron (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14885
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload 491,08 km/h 07 Jun 1989 Richard J. Gritter (USA) ratified - current record World 1907
Ballooning AX-04 Duration 5 h 05 min 55 sec 19 Mar 1973 Matt H. Wiederkehr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10589
Powered Aeroplanes C-1f Speed over a recognised course 568,82 km/h 28 Dec 1986 Douglas G. Matthews (USA) ratified - current record World 19278
Powered Aeroplanes C-1e Speed over a recognised course 342,89 km/h 14 Jun 2000 Claude Meunier (AUS) ratified - current record World 6621

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