FAI General Aviation Commission (GAC) Open menu Close menu HOME ABOUT US Overview ORGANISATION Bureau Presidents of Honour Delegates Subcommittees Officials/Experts Meetings OUR SPORT Overview Air Navigation Race Precision Flight Rally Flying FAI CIRCUMNAVIGATION DIPLOMA Overview Eastbound Circumnavigation Westbound Circumnavigation Polar Diploma Approved Equipment GNSS Flight Recorders Events Records Awards News Contact us Documents Records Fulltext search Advanced Powered Aeroplanes (1) Facet General Aviation of Class 895 (1) Facet General Aviation of record Jacques Guignard Joseph A. Walker Michael W. Melvill Richard G. Rutan (-) Robert M. White Roger Carpentier Svetlana Savitskaya Facet General Aviation of field_athlete World (1) Facet General Aviation of Zone ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code (1) Facet General Aviation of Status United States Facet General Aviation of Country (-) 4: rocket engine (1) Facet General Aviation of Group Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Sort ascending Claimant Status Region ID Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude Gain, Aeroplane Launched from a Carier Aircraft 82 190 m 17 Jul 1962 Robert M. White (USA) (9604) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9604 Twitter Facebook → ⌄