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Class C Aeroplanes
N° 5066 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 895.59 km/h
Course/site: Washington, DC (USA) - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
13/11/97, Bernard R. OZBOLT (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5068 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 838.06 km/h
Course/site: London (UK) - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
13/11/97, Bernard R. OZBOLT (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5088 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 764.29 km/h
Course/site: Seoul (Korea) - Manila (Philippines)
26/11/97, David F. SPECHT (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 P&W 4056, 56750 lb)
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N° 5089 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 807.40 km/h
Course/site: Manila (Philippines) - Seoul (Korea)
27/11/97, David F. SPECHT (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 P&W 4056, 56750 lb)
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N° 5090 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 684.98 km/h
Course/site: Seoul (Korea) - Osaka (Japan)
28/11/97, David F. SPECHT (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 P&W 4056, 56750 lb)
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N° 5091 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 641.07 km/h
Course/site: Osaka (Japan) - Seoul (Korea)
28/11/97, David F. SPECHT (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 (4 P&W 4056, 56750 lb)
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N° 5102 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 944.82 km/h
Course/site: New York, NY (USA) - Athens (Greece)
20/11/97, Douglas BOSTON (USA), Co-captains : Barry BOGART (USA) , Robert W. VOSE (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER (2 P&W 4060, 60000 lb)
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N° 5106 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 805.68 km/h
Course/site: San Diego, CA (USA) - Dallas, TX (USA)
03/12/97, James O. GROSS (USA), /
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (2 P&W JT8D, 20850 lb)
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N° 5107 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 687.43 km/h
Course/site: Dallas, TX (USA) - Denver, CO (USA)
03/12/97, James O. GROSS (USA), /
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (2 P&W JT8D, 20850 lb)
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N° 5108 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 745.40 km/h
Course/site: Denver, CO (USA) - Dallas, TX (USA)
04/12/97, James O. GROSS (USA), /
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (2 P&W JT8D, 20850 lb)
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N° 5109 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 924.57 km/h
Course/site: Miami, FL (USA) - Santiago (Chile)
05/12/97, James R. WALKER (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 777 (2 P&W 4090, 90000 lb)
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N° 5110 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 866.27 km/h
Course/site: Frankfurt (Germany) - Bombay (India)
03/12/97, Roger A. GREEN (USA)
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER (2 P&W 4060, 60000 lb)
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N° 5239 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 812.77 km/h
Course/site: Moscow (Russia) - Los Angeles, CA (USA)
11/12/97, Larry S. MUELLER (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMV-RR BR710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5241 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 789.27 km/h
Course/site: Chicago, IL (USA) - Raleigh, NC (USA)
12/12/97, James O. GROSS (USA)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (2 P&W JT8D, 20850 lb)
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N° 5247 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 654.80 km/h
Course/site: Montreal, PQ (Canada) - Chicago, IL (USA)
18/12/97, James O. GROSS (USA)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (2 P&W JT8D, 20850 lb)
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N° 5250 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 800.01 km/h
Course/site: Puebla (Mexico) - Dallas, TX (USA)
21/12/97, Daniel J. CLISHAM (USA)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (2 P&W JT8D-219, 21000 lb)
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N° 5252 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 910.52 km/h
Course/site: Miami, FL (USA) - Campinas (Brazil)
22/12/97, Charles S. TEWKSBURY (USA), D. Rich WOMACK (USA)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (3 GE CF6-50C2, 52500 lb)
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N° 5253 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 917.13 km/h
Course/site: New York, NY (USA) - Munich (Germany)
23/12/97, William Daniel McCARTHY (USA), /
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER (2 P&W 4060, 60000 lb)
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N° 5254 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 937.00 km/h
Course/site: Miami, FL (USA) - Montreal, PQ (Canada)
30/12/97, James O. GROSS (USA), /
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (2 P&W JT8D, 20000 lb)
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N° 5255 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a Commercial Air Route: 733.25 km/h
Course/site: Cincinnati, OH (USA) - Tampa, FL (USA)
28/12/97, Douglas R. HARPER (USA)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (2 P&W JT8D-219, 21000 lb)
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N° 5258 Sub-class C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a commercial Air Route in excess of 6 500 km: 834.22 km/h
Course/site: Moscow (Russia) - New York, NY (USA)
05/01/98, William Daniel McCARTHY (USA), /
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER (2 P&W 4060, 60000 lb)
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N° 5246 Sub-class C-1b (Landplanes: take off weight 500 to 1000 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 193.50 km/h
Course/site: Jonhson City, TN (USA) - Kitty Hawk, NC (USA)
17/12/97, William J. ANDERSON (USA)
Aircraft: Cessna 172M (1 Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 bhp)
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N° 5257 Sub-class C-1c (Landplanes: take off weight 1000 to 1750 kg)
Group 1 : piston engine
Speed over a recognised course: 185.49 km/h
Course/site: Kerikeri (New Zealand) - Paraparaumu (New Zealand)
30/12/97, Robyn Nightingale HARRIS (New Zealand), Penelope Ann HAINES (New Zealand)
Aircraft: Cessna C 172N (1 Lycoming, 160 bhp)
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N° 4913 Sub-class C-1e (Landplanes: take off weight 3 000 to 6 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload: 830.21 km/h
Course/site: Reno, NV (USA)
10/09/97, Richard A. VANDAM (USA), Steven M. KORCHECK (USA)
Aircraft: Mikoyan/Gurevitch MiG-15 UTI (1 Klimov VK-1, 5 900 lb)
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N° 4970 Sub-class C-1e (Landplanes: take off weight 3 000 to 6 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a straight 15/25 km course: 860.76 km/h
Course/site: Reno, NV (USA)
19/09/97, Richard A. VANDAM (USA), William H. STROM (USA)
Aircraft: Mikoyan/Gurevitch MiG-15 UTI (1 Klimov VK-1, 5 900 lb)
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N° 4917 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m: 05mn 54s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4918 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 9 000 m with 1 000 kg payload: 05mn 54s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4919 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 9 000 m with 2 000 kg payload: 05mn 54s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4920 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to a height of 12 000 m: 09mn 37s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4921 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 12 000 m with 1 000 kg payload: 09mn 37s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4922 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 12 000 m with 2 000 kg payload: 09mn 37s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4923 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to a height of 15 000 m: 16mn 05s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4924 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 15 000 m with 1 000 kg payload: 16mn 05s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4925 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 15 000 m with 2 000 kg payload: 16mn 05s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4926 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Altitude with 1 000 kg payload: 16 784 m
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/997, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4927 Sub-class C-1k (Landplanes: take off weight 25 000 to 35 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Altitude with 2 000 kg payload: 16 784 m
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4928 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 3 000 m with 1 000 kg payload: 02mn 39s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4929 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 3 000 m with 2 000 kg payload: 02mn 39s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4930 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 6 000 m with 1 000 kg payload: 05mn 23s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), James R. McCLELLAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4931 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 6 000 m with 2 000 kg payload: 05mn 23s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Gary M. FREEMAN (USA), James R. McCLELLAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4932 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 9 000 m with 1 000 kg payload: 09mn 12s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4933 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 9 000 m with 2 000 kg payload: 09mn 12s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, Edward D. MENDENHALL (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4934 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 12 000 m with 1 000 kg payload: 16mn 32s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, James R. McCLELLAN (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4935 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Time to climb to 12 000 m with 2 000 kg payload: 16mn 32s
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, James R. McCLELLAN (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4936 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Altitude with 1 000 kg payload: 13 776 m
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, James R. McCLELLAN (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 4937 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Altitude with 2 000 kg payload: 13 776 m
Course/site: Savannah, GA (USA)
14/09/97, James R. McCLELLAN (USA), Gary FREEMAN (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710, 14 845 lb)
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N° 5067 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 895.59 km/h
Course/site: Washington, DC (USA) - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
13/11/97, Bernard R. OZBOLT (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5069 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 838.06 km/h
Course/site: London (UK) - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
13/11/97, Bernard R. OZBOLT (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5070 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 964.52 km/h
Course/site: Washington, DC (USA) - London (UK)
13/11/97, Bernard R. OZBOLT (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5071 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Distance without landing: 11 355.40 km Course/site: Washington, DC (USA) - Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
13/11/97, Bernard R. OZBOLT (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR-710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5240 Sub-class C-1l (Landplanes: take off weight 35 000 to 45 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 812.77 km/h
Course/site: Moscow (Russia) - Los Angeles, CA (USA)
11/12/97, Larry S. MUELLER (USA), Henry K. GIBSON (USA) and Robert S. McKENNEY (USA)
Aircraft: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V (2 BMW-RR BR710-48, 14750 lb)
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N° 5045 Sub-class C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 3 : turbo-jet
Speed over a recognised course: 803.28 km/h
Course/site: Seattle, WA (USA) - Christchurch (New Zealand)
28/10/97, Ian Charles VARCOE (New Zealand), Gregory John VUJCICH (New Zealand), Noël Grant FARQUHAR (New Zealand) and John CROSBY (New Zealand)
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER (2 GE CF6-80C2-B6F, 61500 lb)
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Class D Gliders
N° 5057 Sub-class D15 (15m Class Gliders)
Category: General
Speed over a triangular course of 300 km: 173.94 km/h
Course/site: Omarama Airfield (New Zealand)
07/11/97, Theo Roger NEWFIELD (New Zealand)
Glider : Rolladen-Schneider LS-8
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Class E Rotorcraft
N° 4891 Sub-class E-1c (Helicopters: take off weight 1000 to 1750 kg)
Category: General; Group 1 : piston engine
Speed around the world, eastbound, without refuelling in flight: 22.44 km/h
Course/site: Denham (UK) and return
08/08/97, Jennifer MURRAY (UK), Quentin SMITH (UK)
Aircraft: Robinson R44 Astro (1 Lycoming O-540, )
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Class G Parachuting
N° 5269 Sub-class G-2 (Group jumps)
Category: General; Competition / Team records
G-2-C : Formation Skydiving, longest sequence (16-Way): 9 formations
Course/site: Australian Parachute Championships in Formation Skydiving, Corowa, NSW (Australia)
31/12/97, Australian Team (Australia), Tim STEVENS, Julie WARD, Grant NICHOL, Dee BOWRING, Orla BANNAN, Gavin DEL'ORO, Robert THOMSON, Dana HORT, Stephen HICKSON, Alan MOSS, Steven BOEKEL, Gregory MACKINTOSH, David REDFERN, Richard PYM, Scott LEE, Benjamin MCWILLIAM, Terry WAFER (Camera)
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OTHER ARTICLES OF ASI MARCH'98 ISSUE
| Editorial | President's Page | From The Secretary General's Desk | Air Waves |
| News In Brief | Letters To The Editor | World Records |
| No Swan Song Here |
| Ninety Years Ago Most Aerial Voyages Ended Up Water-Borne |
| Assessing The PW-5, ME-7 and EA9 |
| 11th World Hang Gliding Championships |
| Musical Parachute Which Destroyed Blanchard |

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