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December 2000
. World Records certified By FAI
From 1st November to 30th November 2000

 

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Class A (Free Balloons)
N° 6568 Size category AX-10 (Hot-air balloons: 4 000 to 6 000 m³)
Category: Feminine
Duration: 19h 07min 55s
Course/site: Paddock Wood, Kent (UK) - Lisbourg (France)
21.05.00, Lindsay MUIR (UK)
Balloon : Lindstrand LBL-210 A
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N° 6569 Size category AX-11 (Hot-air balloons: 6 000 to 9 000 m³)
 Category: Feminine
Duration: 19h 07min 55s
Course/site: Paddock Wood, Kent (UK) - Lisbourg (France)
21.05.00, Lindsay MUIR (UK)
Balloon : Lindstrand LBL-210 A
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N° 6570 Size category AX-12 (Hot-air balloons: 9 000 to 12 000 m³)
 Category: Feminine
Duration: 19h 07min 55s
Course/site: Paddock Wood, Kent (UK) - Lisbourg (France)
21.05.00, Lindsay MUIR (UK)
Balloon : Lindstrand LBL-210 A
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N° 6571 Size category AX-13 (Hot-air balloons: 12 000 to 16 000 m³)
Category: Feminine
Duration: 19h 07min 55s
Course/site: Paddock Wood, Kent (UK) - Lisbourg (France)
21.05.00, Lindsay MUIR (UK)
Balloon : Lindstrand LBL-210 A
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N° 6572 Size category AX-14 (Hot-air balloons: 16 000 to 22 000 m³)
Category: Feminine
Duration: 19h 07min 55s
Course/site: Paddock Wood, Kent (UK) - Lisbourg (France)
21.05.00, Lindsay MUIR (UK)
Balloon : Lindstrand LBL-210 A
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N° 6573 Size category AX-15 (Hot-air balloons: 22 000 m³ and above)
Category: Feminine
Duration: 19h 07min 55s
Course/site: Paddock Wood, Kent (UK) - Lisbourg (France)
21.05.00, Lindsay MUIR (UK)
Balloon : Lindstrand LBL-210 A
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Class C (Aeroplanes)
N° 6422 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 1 071.98 km/h
Course/site: Tokyo (Japan) - Los Angeles, CA (USA)
28.02.00, James C. PHILLIPS (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 Pratt & Whitney PW4056, 56'750 lbs)
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N° 6423 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 999.64 km/h
Course/site: Osaka (Japan) - Oakland, CA (USA)
01.03.00, George W. MURPHY, Jr (USA)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (3 Pratt & Whitney PW4462, 62 000 lbs)
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N° 6424 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 898.44 km/h
Course/site: Los Angeles, CA (USA) - Melbourne (Australia)
01.03.00, William MULLEN (USA), Stephen E. FITZGERALD, Greg N. DURGIN
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 Pratt & Whitney PW4056, 56'750 lbs)
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N° 6636 Sub-class C-1h (Landplanes: take off weight 12 000 to 16 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 5000 km without payload: 921.02 km/h
Course/site: Alamosa, CO (USA)
14.07.00, J. Stephen FOSSETT (USA), Darrin L. ADKINS
Aircraft: Cessna 750 Citation X (2 Rolls-Royce AE 3007C, 6.442 lbs)
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Class D (Gliders)
N° 6588 Sub-class DU (Ultralight Gliders)
Category: General
Speed over a triangular course of 100 km: 43.98 km/h
Course/site: Elets (Russia)
11.06.00, Vladimir BESSARABOV (Russia)
Glider : AC-4 "Russia"
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N° 6589 Sub-class DU (Ultralight Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Speed over a triangular course of 100 km: 30.97 km/h
Course/site: Elets (Russia)
12.06.00, Tamara SVIRIDOVA (Russia)
Glider : AC-4 "Russia"
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N° 6626 Sub-class DU (Ultralight Gliders)
Category: General
Out-and-return distance: 199.97 km
Course/site: Elets (Russia)
29.06.00, Nikolai BOLDYREV (Russia)
Glider : AC-4 "Russia"
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N° 6406 Sub-class DW (World Class Gliders)
Category: General
Speed over a triangular course of 100 km: 110.14 km/h
Course/site: Bordertown - Bunns Springs - Blue Hills - Bordertown (Australia)
17.02.00, Pawel FRACKOWIAK (Poland)
Glider : PW-5
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N° 6646 Sub-class DW (World Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Free Three Turn Points Distance: 517.38 km
Course/site: Flying M Ranch, NV (USA)
14.07.00, Kerrie CLAFFEY (Australia)
Glider : PW-5
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N° 6647 Sub-class DW (World Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Out-and-return distance: 503.22 km
Course/site: Flying M Ranch, NV (USA) - Cero Gordo, CA (USA) and return
14.07.00, Kerrie CLAFFEY (Australia)
Glider : PW-5
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N° 6648 Sub-class DW (World Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Free out-and-return distance: 507.97 km
Course/site: North of Flying M Ranch, NV (USA) - South of Cero Gordo, CA (USA) and return 14.07.00, Kerrie CLAFFEY (Australia)
Glider : PW-5
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N° 6649 Sub-class DW (World Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km: 68.82 km/h
Course/site: Flying M Ranch, NV (USA) - Cero Gordo, CA (USA) and return
14.07.00, Kerrie CLAFFEY (Australia)
Glider : PW-5
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Class R (Microlights)
N° 6667 Sub-class R1 (Microlights : landplanes)
Category: Solo; Group 1 : weightshift trike
Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without landing: 94.62 km/h
Course/site: Geschendorf (Germany)
09.08.00, Helmut GROßKLAUS (Germany)
Aircraft: Silent Flyer UL
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N° 6675 Sub-class R1 (Microlights : landplanes)
Category: Solo; Group 1 : weightshift trike
Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km without landing: 121.47 km/h
Course/site: Geschendorf (Germany)
15.08.00, Helmut GROßKLAUS (Germany)
Aircraft: Silent Flyer UL
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OTHER ARTICLES OF ASI DECEMBER 2000 ISSUE
| Editorial | President's Page |
From The Secretary General's Desk | Air Waves |
| News In Brief | Letters To The Editor | World Records |
| 2000 Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta |
| Kamshet - The Perfect Paragliding Getaway |
| FAI World Grand Prix :Asia 2000 |
| 2000 World Aeromodelling Championships for Control Line - F2D |

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