FAI Gliding Commission (IGC) Open menu Close menu HOME ABOUT US Overview ORGANISATION Bureau Presidents of Honour Delegates Committees and Working Groups Officials/Experts Meetings Mailing List OUR SPORT Overview FAI SAILPLANE GRAND PRIX Online-Contest BADGES AND DIPLOMAS Overview IGC Badges with 3 Diamonds IGC 750km Badges IGC 1000km Badges IGC 1250km Badges IGC 1500km Badges IGC 1750km Badges IGC 2000km Badges GNSS RECORDING DEVICES Overview IGC-approved Flight Recorders Free software Position Recorders Notice to Manufacturers Way Point Data Bases Handicaps OSTIV EVENTS Gliding Events RANKINGS Records Awards News Contact us Documents Records Fulltext search Advanced (-) Gliding (2) Facet Gliding of Class 230 (1) 504 (1) Facet Gliding of record African (34) Asian (3) European (38) North-American (26) Oceanian (16) (-) South-American (2) World (101) Facet Gliding of Zone (-) ratified - current record (2) ratified - superseded since approved (3) Facet Gliding of Status General (2) Facet Gliding of Category United States Facet Gliding of Country Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Sort ascending Claimant Status Region ID Gliding DO Absolute altitude 22 657 m 02 Sep 2018 James M. Payne (USA) (18705) ratified - current record South-American 18705 Twitter Facebook → ⌄ Gliding DO Gain of height 12 731 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew (18250) ratified - current record South-American 18250 Twitter Facebook → ⌄
