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Site last updated by RMH
29 Jul 2024, 14:09

Records set with aircraft made by Cosmos
This is the definitive list of UK records but the FAI website is the authority for World records.

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Current World record
WL2T Time to climb to a height of 3000 m
Performance 0h 7m 20s
Date 14 Sep 2008
Pilot Jan Bém (CZE)
Co-pilot Olga Zaluská
Aircraft Cosmos-Bidulm Chronos 14
Engine Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Max. 0h 7m 6s to beat this record.
Superseded World record
WL2T Altitude
Performance 5976m (19604 Ft)
Date 20 Apr 1992
Pilot François Dubosc (FRA)
Co-pilot Michel SERANE
Aircraft Cosmos-Bidulm Chronos 14
Engine 1 Rotax 582
Location Besançon-Thise (France)
Superseded World record
WL1T Speed over a straight course
Performance 126.98 Km/h (69 Kt)
Date 23 Jun 1991
Pilot Dominique Brassaert (FRA)
Aircraft Cosmos Echo
Engine 1 Rotax 503
Location Ponthierry (France)
Superseded World record
WL1T Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km
Performance 75.44 Km/h (41 Kt)
Date 14 Jul 1990
Pilot André-Georges Lafitte (FRA)
Aircraft Cosmos Bidulm
Engine 1 Rotax 582
Location Dijon (France)
Superseded World record
WL1T Distance in a closed circuit without landing
Performance 1044.29 Km (564 Nm)
Date 14 Jul 1990
Pilot André-Georges Lafitte (FRA)
Aircraft Cosmos Bidulm
Engine 1 Rotax 582
Location Dijon (France)
Superseded World record
WL1T Altitude
Performance 7000m (22963 Ft)
Date 6 Sep 1987
Pilot Roland Goddens (BEL)
Aircraft DPM Micronef Cosmos
Engine 1 Arrow GT 500
Location Charleroi (Belgium)
World Records: Current 1     Superseded 5
World records courtesy FAI. See the FAI website for the definitive list of World records, this listing last checked 27 Mar 2023.

This list does not include World record claims pending ratification.