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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-3 True altitude 4 584,19 m 21 Aug 2025 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics team (USA) preliminary record claim received World 20933
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-3 Duration - Time 39 h 17 min 7 sec 18 Feb 2022 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (USA) ratified - current record World 19634
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 Duration - Time 454 h 30 min 13 Sep 2021 Airbus Zephyr Programme (USA) ratified - current record World 19561
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 True altitude 23 209 m 13 Sep 2021 Airbus Zephyr Programme (USA) ratified - current record World 19562
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 Distance over an out and return course 70,00 km 14 Sep 2020 Sunbirds SAS (FRA) ratified - current record World 19349
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 Duration - Time 2 h 20 min 14 Sep 2020 Sunbirds SAS (FRA) ratified - current record World 19350
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-3 Speed Over a Straight Course of 50 m to 25 km 114,24 km/h 04 Nov 2018 Timothy Trowbridge (SUI) ratified - current record World 18782
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-1 Altitude Altitude S141 776,6 m 13 May 2018 Anton Sijanec (SLO) (18602) ratified - current record World 18602
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-1 Altitude Altitude S141 753,00 m 26 Aug 2016 Robert (Bob) Kreutz (USA) (18518) ratified - superseded since approved World 18518
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1.c Duration 336 h 22 min 8 sec 23 Jul 2010 QinetiQ HALE team (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16053
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1.c True altitude 21 562 m 23 Jul 2010 QinetiQ HALE team (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16054
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 True altitude 21 562 m 23 Jul 2010 QinetiQ HALE team (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 18683
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 Duration - Time 336 h 22 min 8 sec 23 Jul 2010 QinetiQ HALE team (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 18682
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-9 Gyrocopter Duration Gyrocopter Duration S133 3 min 7 sec 26 Jun 2010 Vladimir Khokhlov (RUS) (18598) ratified - current record World 18598
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 Duration - Time 31 min 12 sec 03 May 2008 Gary B. Fogel (USA) ratified - current record World 18812
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 Distance in a straight line 12,72 km 03 May 2008 Gary B. Fogel (USA) ratified - current record World 18813
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Distance 16 km 03 Dec 2005 Richard G. Rutan (USA) ratified - current record World 12286
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Distance 16 km 03 Dec 2005 Richard G. Rutan (USA) (13326) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 13326
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude Gain, Aeroplane Launched from a Carier Aircraft 85 743 m 21 Jun 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9605) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 9605
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1d Altitude Gain, Aeroplane Launched from a Carier Aircraft 85 743 m 21 Jun 2004 Michael W. Melvill (USA) (9606) ratified - current record World 9606
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-3 Parachute Duration Parachute Duration S109 22 min 12 May 2002 Drago Perc (SLO) (18577) ratified - current record World 18577
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1.d True altitude 29 524 m 14 Aug 2001 Team/Crew ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7086
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U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV U-1 True altitude 29 524 m 14 Aug 2001 Greg Kendall (USA) ratified - current record World 18685
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-6 Streamer Duration Streamer Duration S123 14 min 53 sec 16 Jun 2001 Zoran Katanic (YUG) (18588) ratified - current record World 18588
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-5 Scale Altitude Scale Altitude S018 772 m 21 Apr 1987 Alexandre Mitiurev (URS) (18586) ratified - current record World 18586
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-8 Rocket Glider Duration Rocket Glider Duration S027 11 min 43 sec 13 May 1984 Krasimir Tasev (BUL) (18592) ratified - current record World 18592
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling S-4 Boost Glider Duration Boost Glider Duration S013 32 min 19 sec 15 Oct 1981 Valery Mjakinin (URS) (18581) ratified - current record World 18581
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 1 min 1 sec 15 Nov 1974 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) (12864) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12864
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 41,2 sec 15 Nov 1974 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) (12898) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12898
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m 1 min 21 sec 15 Nov 1974 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) (12907) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12907
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m 1 min 59,3 sec 15 Nov 1974 Svetlana Savitskaya (RUS) (12910) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12910
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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
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude Gain, Aeroplane Launched from a Carier Aircraft 61 493 m 30 Apr 1962 Joseph A. Walker (USA) (10356) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10356
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Altitude 24 217 m 02 May 1958 Roger Carpentier (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5054
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Powered Aeroplanes C-1 Time to climb to a height of 15 000 m 2 min 38 sec 04 Apr 1958 Jacques Guignard (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5055
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