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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 338
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Gliding DO Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) (5010) ratified - current record World 5010
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 546,94 km 04 Aug 1960 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4416
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 107,04 km/h 11 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) (4318) ratified - superseded since approved World 4318
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 96,84 km/h 07 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1192
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 107,83 km/h 06 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) (4605) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4605
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 87,51 km/h 14 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) (5462) ratified - superseded since approved World 5462
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 82,35 km/h 13 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) (5481) ratified - superseded since approved World 5481
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 81,35 km/h 12 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) (5457) ratified - superseded since approved World 5457
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 88,54 km/h 18 Aug 1957 Paul F. Bikle (USA) (10034) ratified - superseded since approved World 10034
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 500,020 km 04 Sep 1955 Lyle A. Maxey (USA) (9993) ratified - superseded since approved World 9993
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 8 533 m 14 Apr 1955 Betsy Woodward (USA) (4400) ratified - superseded since approved World 4400
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 84,919 km/h 28 Aug 1952 Richard L. Johnson (USA) (10026) ratified - superseded since approved World 10026
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 418,98 km 22 Aug 1952 William H. Coverdale (USA) (9996) ratified - superseded since approved World 9996
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 80,34 km/h 13 Aug 1952 Ernst-Günter Haase (GER) (5461) ratified - superseded since approved World 5461
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 274.10 km 11 Jul 1952 Betsy Woodward (USA) (4384) ratified - superseded since approved World 4384
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 13 489 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) (362) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 362
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 10 493 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) (363) ratified - superseded since approved World 363
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 861,27 km 05 Aug 1951 Richard H. Johnson (USA) (5415) ratified - superseded since approved World 5415
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 11 675,4 m 05 Mar 1951 Robert F. Symons (USA) (10055) ratified - superseded since approved World 10055
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 12 832 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) (9979) ratified - superseded since approved World 9979
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 174.5 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) (9980) ratified - superseded since approved World 9980
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 3 291 m 07 Apr 1950 Betsy Woodward (USA) (4343) ratified - superseded since approved World 4343
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 10 973 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) (10057) ratified - superseded since approved World 10057
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 7 407 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) (10058) ratified - superseded since approved World 10058
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 44,86 km/h 12 Aug 1949 William G. Briegleb (USA) (5459) ratified - superseded since approved World 5459
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 10 211 m 01 Jan 1949 John Robinson (USA) (9981) ratified - superseded since approved World 9981
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 368.844 km 16 Jul 1947 Paul B. Macready, Jr (USA) (9998) ratified - superseded since approved World 9998
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 55 h 52 min 12 sec 22 Sep 1943 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) (4455) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4455
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 45 h 28 min 51 sec 19 Nov 1942 Erich Vergens (GER) (4456) ratified - superseded since approved World 4456
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 342,370 km 23 Jul 1939 Boris Kimelman (GER) (13605) ratified - superseded since approved World 13605
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 495,082 km 24 May 1939 Kurt Schmidt (GER) (13601) ratified - superseded since approved World 13601
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 363,798 km 21 Apr 1939 Otto Braeutigam (GER) (13614) ratified - superseded since approved World 13614
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 50 h 26 min 09 Dec 1938 August Boedecker (GER) (4467) ratified - superseded since approved World 4467
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 6 838 m 21 Nov 1938 Erwin Ziller (GER) (13589) ratified - superseded since approved World 13589
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 40 h 38 min 08 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) (4466) ratified - superseded since approved World 4466
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 258,830 km 10 Aug 1938 Heinrich Huth (GER) (13619) ratified - superseded since approved World 13619
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 6 687 m 05 Aug 1938 Walter Drechsel (GER) (13588) ratified - superseded since approved World 13588
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 305,624 km 07 Jul 1938 Bernhard Flinsch (GER) (13604) ratified - superseded since approved World 13604
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 85,00 km 19 Apr 1938 Heye Straatman (GER) (13602) ratified - superseded since approved World 13602
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 13 h 59 min 26 Nov 1937 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) (4462) ratified - superseded since approved World 4462
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 3 304 m 18 Sep 1937 Erwin Ziller (GER) (13609) ratified - superseded since approved World 13609
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 349 km 04 Jul 1937 Hanna Reitsch (GER) (13593) ratified - superseded since approved World 13593
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 2 970 m 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4422
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Gliding D1-M Duration 03 h 36 min 36 sec 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4423
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 2 276 m 03 May 1937 Werner Spilger (GER) (13608) ratified - superseded since approved World 13608
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 193,390 km 12 Apr 1937 Rudolf Knies (GER) (13611) ratified - superseded since approved World 13611
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 504,2 km 29 Jul 1935 Rudolf Oeltzschner (GER) (13719) ratified - superseded since approved World 13719
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 375,00 km 27 Sep 1934 Heinrich Dittmar (GER) (4498) ratified - superseded since approved World 4498
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