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Landplanes
WL1T (Solo Weightshift)
WL1E (Solo Weightshift, electric)
WL2T (2 seat Weightshift)
WL2E (2 seat Weightshift, electric)
AL1T (Solo 3 Axis)
AL1E (Solo 3 Axis, electric)
AL2T (2 seat, 3 Axis)
AL2E (Solo 3 Axis, electric)

Paramotors
PF1Tm (Solo, male)
PF1Tf (Solo, female)
PF1E (Solo, electric)
PF2T (2 Seat)
PF2E (2 Seat, electric)

Paratrikes
PL1T (Wheels, Solo)
PL1E (Wheels, Solo, electric)
PL2T (Wheels, 2 seat)
PL2E (Wheels, 2 seat, electric)

Powered Hang gliders
WF1T (Solo)
WF1E (Solo, electric)
WF2T (2 Seat)
WF2E (2 Seat, electric)

Seaplanes
WS1 (Solo Weightshift)
WS2 (2 seat Weightshift)
AS1 (Solo 3 Axis)
AS2 (2 seat, 3 Axis)

Amphibians
WM1 (Solo Weightshift)
WM2 (2 seat Weightshift)
AM1 (Solo 3 Axis)
AM2 (2 seat, 3 Axis)

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Site last updated by RMH
30 Jul 2012, 10:37

RPL1T: Paraglider Control / Landplane / Flown solo / Thermal engine
This is the definitive list of UK records but the FAI website is the authority for World records.

PL1T Distance in a straight line

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	1023.1 Km (553 Nm)
Date	23 Jun 2005
Pilot	Alexander Bogdanov (RUS)
Aircraft	Swing Mistral Twin
Engine	Simonini 122
Location	Stupino (Russia)
Min. 1033.34 Km (558 Nm) to beat this record.

Previous: 740.6 Km in 1999

World record
Performance	740.6 Km (400 Nm)
Date	22 May 1999
Pilot	Pierre Allet (FRA)
Aircraft	Trekking 42 m2
Engine	1 JPX D320
Location	Fréjus (France) - Bizerte Lake (Tunisia)

Previous: 443 Km in 1997

World record
Performance	443 Km (240 Nm)
Date	28 Sep 1997
Pilot	Pierre Allet (FRA)
Aircraft	Trekking 38m2
Engine	1 JPX D320
Location	Belvès (France) - Auray (France)

PL1T Distance in a straight line without engine power

UK record
No record set

World record
No record set

PL1T Distance in a straight line with limited fuel

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	196 Km (106 Nm)
Date	22 Jan 2012
Pilot	Chris Atkinson (AUS)
Aircraft	Dudek Hadron
Engine	Bailey V 5
Location	Boonah - Macalister (Australia)
Min. 197.96 Km (107 Nm) to beat this record.

Previous: 135.1 Km in 2012

World record
Performance	135.1 Km (73 Nm)
Date	2 Jan 2012
Pilot	Chris Atkinson (AUS)
Aircraft	Dudek Hadron
Engine	Bailey V 5
Location	Beaudesert, QLD (Australia) - Oakey, QLD (Australia)

Previous: 129.2 Km in 2011

World record
Performance	129.2 Km (70 Nm)
Date	26 Jun 2011
Pilot	Henrik Jacobus Theron (RSA)
Aircraft	Dudek Synthesis 34
Engine	Simonini Mini 2 Plus
Location	Pretoria (South Africa)

PL1T Distance in a closed circuit

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	207.8 Km (113 Nm)
Date	27 Aug 2011
Pilot	Henrik Jacobus Theron (RSA)
Aircraft	Dudek Nucleon
Engine	Simonini Mini 2 Plus
Location	Pretoria (South Africa)
Min. 209.88 Km (114 Nm) to beat this record.

Previous: 176.35 Km in 2009

World record
Performance	176.35 Km (96 Nm)
Date	1 Sep 2009
Pilot	Doron Dekel (CAN)
Aircraft	Fresh Breeze Xwing
Engine	Fresh Breeze Xcitor
Location	Bradford, ON (Canada)

Previous: 100.78 Km in 2008

World record
Performance	100.78 Km (55 Nm)
Date	4 Oct 2008
Pilot	David Rotureau (FRA)
Aircraft	ITV Dakota Sport XS
Engine	PAP F200
Location	Saint Georges de Montaigu (France)

PL1T Distance in a closed circuit without engine power

UK record
No record set

World record
No record set

PL1T Distance in a closed circuit with limited fuel

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	132.06 Km (72 Nm)
Date	19 Feb 2012
Pilot	Chris Atkinson (AUS)
Aircraft	Dudek Hadron
Engine	Bailey V 5
Location	Helidon (Australia)
Min. 133.39 Km (73 Nm) to beat this record.

PL1T Altitude

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	5386m (17668 Ft)
Date	9 Sep 2000
Pilot	Howard M. Gish Jr (USA)
Aircraft	Six Chuter SR-2
Location	Birchwood, AK (USA)
Min. 5548m (18198 Ft) to beat this record.

Previous: 5198m in 2000

World record
Performance	5198m (17051 Ft)
Date	27 Apr 2000
Pilot	Howard M. Gish Jr (USA)
Aircraft	Six Chuter SR-2
Engine	1 Rotax 503
Location	Chugiak, AK (USA)

PL1T Time to climb to a height of 3000 m

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	0h 16m 51s
Date	26 Dec 2003
Pilot	Istvan Kocsis (HUN)
Aircraft	Sunflightcraft "Explorer" & Sycon Chiron 340
Location	Sarvar (Hungary)
Max. 0h 16m 20s to beat this record.

Previous: 0h 22m 30s in 2000

World record
Performance	0h 22m 30s
Date	10 Aug 2000
Pilot	Howard M. Gish Jr (USA)
Aircraft	Six Chuter SR-2
Location	Chugiak, AK (USA)

Previous: 1h 9m 0s in 2000

World record
Performance	1h 9m 0s
Date	3 May 2000
Pilot	Vojko Prah (SLO)
Aircraft	V. Prah & team Pipistrel PLUS & Fat Willy
Location	Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

PL1T Time to climb to a height of 6000 m

UK record
No record set

World record
No record set

PL1T Speed over a straight course

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	64.17 Km/h (35 Kt)
Date	6 May 2009
Pilot	David Rotureau (FRA)
Aircraft	ITV Dakota Sport
Engine	PAP F200
Location	Saint Georges de Montaigu (France)
Min. 64.82 Km/h (35 Kt) to beat this record.

Previous: 62.65 Km/h in 2008

World record
Performance	62.65 Km/h (34 Kt)
Date	11 Oct 2008
Pilot	David Rotureau (FRA)
Aircraft	ITV Dakota Sport XS
Engine	PAP F200
Location	Saint Georges de Montaigu (France)

Previous: 57.21 Km/h in 2005

World record
Performance	57.21 Km/h (31 Kt)
Date	27 Jun 2005
Pilot	Roman Zelenko (SLO)
Aircraft	V. Prah & team Prah & Team Paratrike BWP2005 + Sky Brontes
Location	Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

Previous: 50.35 Km/h in 2004

World record
Performance	50.35 Km/h (28 Kt)
Date	10 May 2004
Pilot	Vojko Prah (SLO)
Aircraft	V. Prah & team RPL1 and Sky Brontes
Location	Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

Previous: 43.42 Km/h in 2003

World record
Performance	43.42 Km/h (24 Kt)
Date	20 Feb 2003
Pilot	Roman Zelenko (SLO)
Aircraft	V. Prah & team Prah & Team Paratrike BWP2000
Location	Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

PL1T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	64.7 Km/h (35 Kt)
Date	14 Aug 2009
Pilot	Doron Dekel (CAN)
Aircraft	Fresh Breeze Xwing
Engine	Fresh Breeze Xcitor
Location	Bradford, ON (Canada)
Min. 65.35 Km/h (36 Kt) to beat this record.

Previous: 63.94 Km/h in 2009

World record
Performance	63.94 Km/h (35 Kt)
Date	6 May 2009
Pilot	David Rotureau (FRA)
Aircraft	ITV Dakota Sport
Engine	PAP F200
Location	Saint Georges de Montaigu (France)

Previous: 61.9 Km/h in 2007

World record
Performance	61.9 Km/h (34 Kt)
Date	20 Jan 2007
Pilot	Daniel Crespo Valdez (ESP)
Aircraft	Ozone Viper
Engine	Walkerjet F200
Location	Lanzahita (Spain)

Previous: 55.36 Km/h in 2005

World record
Performance	55.36 Km/h (30 Kt)
Date	4 Jul 2005
Pilot	Vojko Prah (SLO)
Aircraft	V. Prah & team Prah & Team Paratrike BWP2005 + Sky Brontes
Location	Verzej (Slovenia)

Previous: 41.21 Km/h in 2003

World record
Performance	41.21 Km/h (23 Kt)
Date	25 Mar 2003
Pilot	Miro Drobec (SLO)
Aircraft	V. Prah & team Prah & Team Paratrike BWP2000
Location	Verzej (Slovenia)

PL1T Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km

UK record
No record set

World record
Performance	64.41 Km/h (35 Kt)
Date	4 Oct 2008
Pilot	David Rotureau (FRA)
Aircraft	ITV Dakota Sport XS
Engine	PAP F200
Location	Saint Georges de Montaigu (France)
Min. 65.05 Km/h (36 Kt) to beat this record.

PL1T Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km

UK record
No record set

World record
No record set

PL1T Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km

UK record
No record set

World record
No record set

PL1T Japanese Slalom

UK championship record
No record set (Can only be set at a FAI Cat 1 Championship)

World championship record
Performance	61.05 sec
Date	23 Aug 2006
Pilot	Frantisek Salava (CZE)
Aircraft	_unknown aircraft
Location	2006 European Microlight Championships New Classe León (Spain)
Min. 61.05 sec to beat this record. (Only in FAI Cat 1 Championship)

PL1T Distance with Limited Fuel

UK championship record
No record set (Can only be set at a FAI Cat 1 Championship)

World championship record
Performance	42.22 Km (23 Nm)
Date	23 Aug 2006
Pilot	Frantisek Salava (CZE)
Aircraft	_unknown aircraft
Location	2006 European Microlight Championships New Classe León (Spain)
Min. 42.22 Km (23 Nm) to beat this record. (Only in FAI Cat 1 Championship)

PL1T Endurance with Limited Fuel

UK championship record
No record set (Can only be set at a FAI Cat 1 Championship)

World championship record
No record set (Can only be set at a FAI Cat 1 Championship)

PL1T Clover Leaf Slalom

UK championship record
No record set (Can only be set at a FAI Cat 1 Championship)

World championship record
Performance	44.92 sec
Date	29 Aug 2012
Pilot	Marcin Krakowiak (POL)
Aircraft	Dudek Nucleon 31
Engine	JPX M25Y Black Devil
Location	Marugán (Spain)
Min. 44.92 sec to beat this record. (Only in FAI Cat 1 Championship)

Previous: 52.23 sec in 2009

World championship record
Performance	52.23 sec
Date	3 Aug 2009
Pilot	Tomasz Kudaszewicz (POL)
Aircraft	Dudek Nucleon 29
Engine	_other Simoni Mini Paratomek
Location	Nové Mesto nad Metuji (Czech Republic)

World records courtesy FAI. See the FAI website for the definitive list of World records, this listing last checked 10 Jun 2013. World record claims pending ratification are NOT included here.