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Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed around the world over both the Earth's poles 9,6 km/h 15 Dec 2016 Miguel Angel Gordillo Urquia (ESP) (18103) ratified - current record World 18103
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 223,95 km/h 10 Nov 2016 Miguel Angel Gordillo Urquia (ESP) (18105) ratified - current record World 18105
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 223,27 km/h 01 Nov 2016 Miguel Angel Gordillo Urquia (ESP) (18104) ratified - current record World 18104
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 246,15 km/h 11 Aug 2012 Björn Zereba (SWE) (16597) ratified - current record World 16597
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 215,13 km/h 01 Aug 2001 Miguel Angel Gordillo Urquia (ESP) (7123) ratified - current record World 7123
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 211,31 km/h 09 Jul 2001 Miguel Angel Gordillo Urquia (ESP) (7124) ratified - current record World 7124
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1a Speed over a recognised course 191,44 km/h 19 Apr 2001 Miguel Angel Gordillo Urquia (ESP) (6970) ratified - current record World 6970
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 1 016,49 km/h 14 Sep 1996 Karl Jensen (SWE) (3935) ratified - current record World 3935
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 408,53 km/h 24 May 1994 Erik Otto Banck (SWE) ratified - current record World 1516
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 330,31 km/h 22 May 1994 Erik Otto Banck (SWE) ratified - current record World 1515
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 324,36 km/h 21 May 1994 Erik Otto Banck (SWE) ratified - current record World 1514
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 2 min 26 sec 19 May 1993 Gideon Singer (SWE) (3527) ratified - current record World 3527
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 4 min 45 sec 19 May 1993 Gideon Singer (SWE) (3528) ratified - current record World 3528
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1i Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 8 min 01 sec 19 May 1993 Gideon Singer (SWE) (3529) ratified - current record World 3529
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 150,59 km/h 25 Jun 1991 Hans Ulrik Von Der Esch (SWE) ratified - current record World 12137
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 126,31 km/h 24 Jun 1991 Hans Ulrik Von Der Esch (SWE) ratified - current record World 12136
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 248,67 km/h 09 Jun 1990 Hans Ulrik Von Der Esch (SWE) (13810) ratified - current record World 13810
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Speed over a recognised course 256,13 km/h 04 Mar 1988 Hans Ulrik Von Der Esch (SWE) (14083) ratified - current record World 14083
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1c Speed over a recognised course 224,06 km/h 20 Jan 1985 Hans Ulrik Von Der Esch (SWE) (13842) ratified - current record World 13842
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload 900.660 km/h 23 Mar 1955 Hans M. Neij (SWE) (8929) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8929
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a Commercial Airline Route 610,90 km/h 27 Nov 1954 Cecilio Imaz Batida (ESP) (5065) ratified - superseded since approved World 5065
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload 976,916 km/h 06 May 1954 Anders Eric Westerlund (SWE) (8861) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8861
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Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 500 kg payload 220,43 km/h 11 Oct 1930 Carlos De Haya Gonzales (ESP) ratified - superseded since approved World 10821
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Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over 2 000 km 220,43 km/h 11 Oct 1930 Carlos De Haya Gonzales (ESP) (14506) ratified - superseded since approved World 14506
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Powered Aeroplanes C Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km without payload 208,15 km/h 08 Oct 1930 Carlos De Haya Gonzales (ESP) ratified - superseded since approved World 10820
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Distance with 1 000 kg payload 1 176,05 km 06 Aug 1927 Karl Gunnar Lindner (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 11033
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Duration with 1 000 kg payload 10 h 2 min 45 sec 06 Aug 1927 Karl Gunnar Lindner (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 11034
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Speed over 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload 171,5 km 06 Aug 1927 Karl Gunnar Lindner (SWE) (11035) ratified - superseded since approved World 11035
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude with 500 kg payload 5 731 m 10 Nov 1926 Egmont Tornberg (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 11651
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Powered Aeroplanes C.bis Altitude with 250 kg payload 5 691 m 18 Aug 1924 Berndt Krook (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 11785
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