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March 2001
. World Records certified By FAI
From 1st February to 28th February 2001

 

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Class C (Aeroplanes)
N° 6733 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 791.66 km/h
Course/site: Seoul (South Korea) - Tokyo (Japan)
13.10.00, James C. PHILLIPS (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 Pratt & Whitney PW4056, 56'750 lbs)
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N° 6745 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 851.40 km/h
Course/site: San José del Cabo (Mexico) - Chicago, IL (USA)
03.11.00, Daniel J. CLISHAM (USA)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D, 21'000 lbs)
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N° 6751 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 860.65 km/h
Course/site: Honolulu, HI (USA) - Pago-Pago, American Samoa (USA)
11.11.00, Glenn W. STICKEL (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-100 (4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D, 49'950 lbs)
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N° 6752 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 788.41 km/h
Course/site: Pago-Pago, American Samoa (USA) - Sydney, NSW
(Australia)
12.11.00, Glenn W. STICKEL (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-100 (4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D, 49'950 lbs)

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N° 6787 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 895.07 km/h
Course/site: New York, NY (USA) - Venice (Italy)
25.12.00, Andrew J. ANDERSON (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER (2 Pratt & Whitney PW4060, 60'000lbs)
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N° 6720 Sub-class C-1a (Landplanes: take off weight 300 to 500 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed around the world, Eastbound: 16.53 km/h
Course/site: Brooklands (UK) - Brooklands (UK)
06.09.00, Colin BODILL (UK)
Aircraft: Blade 912 (1 Rotax 912 ULS, )
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N° 6615 Sub-class C-1b (Landplanes: take off weight 500 to 1000 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 232.98 km/h
Course/site: Yellowknife (Canada) - Eureka (Canada)
06.06.00, Jon JOHANSON (Australia)
Aircraft: VANS RV-4 (1 Lycoming, 160 hp)
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N° 6617 Sub-class C-1b (Landplanes: take off weight 500 to 1000 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 206.27 km/h
Course/site: Eureka (Canada) - Longyearbyen (Norway)
07.06.00, Jon JOHANSON (Australia)
Aircraft: VANS RV-4 (1 Lycoming, 160 hp)
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N° 6620 Sub-class C-1b (Landplanes: take off weight 500 to 1000 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 26.44 km/h
Course/site: Adelaide, SA (Australia) - Stauning (Denmark)
09.06.00, Jon JOHANSON (Australia)
Aircraft: VANS RV-4 (1 Lycoming, 160 hp)
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Class D (Gliders)
N° 6754 Sub-class D15 (15m Class Gliders)
Category: Feminine
Speed over a triangular course of 300 km: 143.17 km/h
Course/site: Mafikeng (South Africa)
21.11.00, Gillian SPRECKLEY (UK)
Glider : Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2A
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Class E (Rotorcraft)
N° 6703 Sub-class E-1 (Helicopters)
Category: Feminine; Group 1 : piston engine
Speed around the world, Eastbound: 16.99 km/h
Course/site: Brooklands (UK) - Brooklands (UK)
06.09.00, Jennifer MURRAY (UK)
Aircraft: Robinson R44 (1 Lycoming 0540, 250 bhp)
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N° 6704 Sub-class E-1c (Helicopters: take off weight 1000 to 1750 kg)
Category: Feminine; Group 1 : piston engine
Speed around the world, Eastbound: 16.99 km/h
Course/site: Brooklands (UK) - Brooklands (UK)
06.09.00, Jennifer MURRAY (UK)
Aircraft: Robinson R44 (1 Lycoming 0540, 250 bhp)
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Class R (Microlights)
N° 6697 Sub-class R1 (Microlights : landplanes)
Category: Multiplace; Group 2 : rigid wing / aerodynamic controls
Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without landing: 178.78 km/h
Course/site: Herten-Rheinfelden (Germany)
23.08.00, Patrick WATERMANN (Switzerland), Nathalie MEYER
Aircraft: Ikarus Comco C-42 (1 Rotax 912 Special, 90 hp)
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N° 6698 Sub-class R1 (Microlights : landplanes)
Category: Multiplace; Group 2 : rigid wing / aerodynamic controls
Distance in a closed circuit with limited fuel: 202 km
Course/site: Herten-Rheinfelden (Germany)
23.08.00, Patrick WATERMANN (Switzerland), Nathalie MEYER
Aircraft: Ikarus Comco C-42 (1 Rotax 912 Special, 90 hp)
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N° 6699 Sub-class R1 (Microlights : landplanes)
Category: Multiplace; Group 2 : rigid wing / aerodynamic controls
Distance over a closed circuit without landing: 616 km
Course/site: Herten-Rheinfelden (Germany)
23.08.00, Patrick WATERMANN (Switzerland), Nathalie MEYER
Aircraft: Ikarus Comco C-42 (1 Rotax 912 Special, 90 hp)
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N° 6666 Sub-class R6 (Powered Paraglider Trikes)
Category: Solo
Time to climb to a height of 3000 m: 22 min 30 sec
Course/site: Chugiak, AK (USA)
10.08.00, Howard M. GISH, Jr (USA)
Aircraft: Six Chuter SR-2
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N° 6702 Sub-class R6 (Powered Paraglider Trikes)
Category: Solo
Altitude: 5 386 m
Course/site: Birchwood, AK (USA)
09.09.00, Howard M. GISH, Jr (USA)
Aircraft: Six Chuter SR-2

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OTHER ARTICLES OF ASI MARCH 2001 ISSUE
| Editorial | President's Page |
From The Secretary General's Desk | Air Waves |
| News In Brief | Letters To The Editor | World Records |
| 2000 Motegi International Balloon Championship |
| II World Air Games |
| People Who Race |
| London/Sydney Centenary Air Race 2001 |

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