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August 2000
. World Records certified By FAI
From 1st July to 31st July 2000

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Class C (Aeroplanes)
N° 6381 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 965.63 km/h Course/site: Philadelphia, PA (USA) - Rome (Italia)
08.02.00, Mitchell COWAN (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200 (2 General Electric CF6-80C2, 52.500 lbs)
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N° 6419 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 925.29 km/h
Course/site: Philadelphia, PA (USA) - Frankfurt (Germany)
20.02.00, Mitchell COWAN (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 767 (2 General Electric CF6-80C2, 52.500lbs)
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N° 6432 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 918.03 km/h Course/site: San Francisco, CA (USA) - Sydney, NSW (australia)
02.03.00, G.H. NORRIS (USA), William R. HARRISON, Marvin L. SPARKS, C.
Dave TUCK
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 Pratt & Whitney PW4056, 56.750 lbs)
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N° 6581 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 232.50 km/h
Course/site: Victoria, BC (Canada) - Prince Rupert, BC (Canada)
03.06.00, Daniel T. BARTIE (Canada), Thomas L. BARTIE
Aircraft: Cessna 172 Q (1 Avco Lycoming, 180 hp)
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N° 6591 Sub-class C-1b (Landplanes: take off weight 500 to 1000 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 161.84 km/h
Course/site: Salinas, CA (USA) - Los Angeles, CA (USA)
11.06.00, George G. BUTTS (USA)
Aircraft: Champion 7ECA Citabria (1 Lycoming O-235, 115 bhp)
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N° 6580 Sub-class C-1c (Landplanes: take off weight 1000 to 1750 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 232.50 km/h
Course/site: Victoria, BC (Canada) - Prince Rupert, BC (Canada)
03.06.00, Daniel T. BARTIE (Canada), Thomas L. BARTIE
Aircraft: Cessna 172 Q (1 Avco-Lycoming, 180hp)
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N° 6558 Sub-class C-1i (Landplanes: take off weight 16 000 to 20 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 781.74 km/h
Course/site: Los Angeles, CA (USA) - Washington, DC (USA)
05.05.00, José Alfedo GASTELUM ARCE (Mexico), Carlos Andrès LOPEZ HERRERA
Aircraft: Dassault Aviation Falcon 50 (3 Garrett TFE-731-3-1C, 3.700 HP)
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Class D (Gliders)
N° 6344 Sub-class D15 (15m Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Distance over a triangular course: 1 012.33 km
Course/site: Tocumwal Aerodrome, NSW (Australia) - Galong - Tottenham and return
01.12.99, Hana ZEJDOVA (Czech Republic)
Glider : PZL-Bielsko SZD-55
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N° 6345 Sub-class D15 (15m Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Speed over a triangular course of 1000 km: 116.10 km/h
Course/site: Tocumwal Aerodrome, NSW (Australia) - Galong - Tottenham and return
01.12.99, Hana ZEJDOVA (Czech Republic)
Glider : PZL-Bielsko SZD-55
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Class G (Parachuting)
N° 6629 Sub-class G-2 (Group jumps)
Category: General; Competition / Team records
G-2-D : Canopy formation, longest sequence: 12 formations
Course/site: 8th World Parachuting Championship in Canopy formation, Immola (Finland)
05.07.00, . French Team, Jean-Michel POULET, Alban MATHE, Stéphane CORREAS, Stéphane MENOUX, Werner NORENBERG
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OTHER ARTICLES OF ASI AUGUST 2000 ISSUE
| Editorial | From The Secretary General's Desk | Air Waves |
| News In Brief | Letters To The Editor | World Records |
| Powered Parachutes are Taking off |
| The Fouga Magister |
| Sun n' Fun 2000 |
| The Gimli Glider |
| A Peep into the Future |

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