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Site last updated by RMH
11 Mar 2010, 07:38

Record statistics
This is definitive for UK records but the FAI website is the authority for World records.
League table of countries currently holding World microlight and paramotor records.
Rank Records Countries  
1 18 FRA  
2 13 CZE  
3 10 GER  
4 9 HUN  
5 8 ESP, GBR  
6 4 BEL, SUI  
7 3 USA  
8 2 AUS, AUT, CAN, ITA, POL, RUS  
9 1 BRA, MON  
League table of people currently holding World microlight or paramotor records.
Rank Records People  
1 4 David ROTUREAU (FRA)
Edina Sz. KOLESZÁR (HUN)
Nathalie MEYER (SUI)
Patrick WATERMANN (SUI)
Ramon MORILLAS SALMERON (ESP)
Yves ROUSSEAU (FRA)
 
2 3 Jan LUKEŠ (CZE)
Jiri UNZEITIG (CZE)
Markus MÜLLER (GER)
Michel CARNET (GBR)
Robert MAIR (GER)
Thomas KELLER (GER)
Vera VAVRINOVA (CZE)
 
3 2 Albert UKENA (FRA)
Anja ZOTTER (AUT)
Danièle MAZZIER (FRA)
David SMITH (GBR)
Doron DEKEL (CAN)
Eric Scott WINTON (AUS)
Frantisek SALAVA (CZE)
Helmut GROßKLAUS (GER)
Helmut STERN (AUT)
Jan BÈM (CZE)
Karen SKINNER (ESP)
Krisztina SZÀK (HUN)
Olga ZALUSKÁ (CZE)
Pal Matuska (HUN)
Richard MEREDITH-HARDY (GBR)
Roland CODDENS (BEL)
 
4 1 Alexander BOGDANOV (RUS)
Armin APPEL (GER)
Bela DULL (HUN)
Bernard d'OTREPPE (BEL)
Carole GOBBE (FRA)
Dave HAIRS (GBR)
Dietmar SPEKKING (GER)
Dominique BRASSAERT (FRA)
Emilia PLAK (POL)
Ernst A. GRAF (GER)
Eve JACKSON (GBR)
Francisco DIAZ SALTO (ESP)
Frédéric JACQUES (MON)
Gilbert HUGUET (FRA)
Heike GOETTLICHER (ITA)
Howard M. GISH Jr (USA)
Istvan KOCSIS (HUN)
Jiri SRAMEK (CZE)
Johannes KESSLER (GER)
Jon A. JACOBS (USA)
Jozsef SZURMA (HUN)
Juan Jose GARCIA de ABAJO (ESP)
Laura TURNER (GBR)
Louis Y. SCHMITZ (BEL)
Margarete KRAWIEC (GER)
Mark JACKSON (GBR)
Mathieu ROUANET (FRA)
Michel SERANE (FRA)
Miguel ESTEVES (BRA)
Miloš DEDERA (CZE)
Nikolay KARABCHUK (RUS)
Patricia TAILLEBRESSE (FRA)
Pavel SKARYTKA (CZE)
Philippe ZEN (FRA)
Raffaele BENETTI (ITA)
Richard FENWICK (FRA)
Serge ZIN (FRA)
Sonia MARIN (ESP)
Thomas E. PRATT (USA)
Tomasz KUDASZEWICZ (POL)
Václav CHVÁLA (CZE)
Vince Somogyi VARGA (HUN)
Virginie BRICE (FRA)
Walter MAURI (ITA)
Werner von ZEPPELIN (GER)
 
League table of people currently holding UK microlight or paramotor records.
Rank Records People  
1 4 Michel Carnet (GBR)
Richard Meredith-Hardy (GBR)
 
2 3 Bob Calvert (GBR)
Eve Jackson (GBR)
Julian Harris (GBR)
Mark Jackson (GBR)
Robert Sharp (GBR)
 
3 2 David Smith (GBR)  
4 1 Arthur H Trapp (GBR)
Brian Milton and Peter Davis (GBR)
Dave HAIRS (GBR)
David Cook (GBR)
David Hoyle (GBR)
Jane Brooks (GBR)
Kevin Bates (GBR)
Laura Turner (GBR)
 
Top 10 longest standing World records.
Years Date Class / category Performance
24 Oct 1985 AS1 Distance over a closed circuit without landing 247.5 Km (134 Nm)
23 Sep 1986 AL1T Distance over a closed circuit without landing 805.4 Km (435 Nm)
22 Aug 1987 WL1T Distance in a straight line without landing 811.64 Km (439 Nm)
21 Sep 1988 AL1T Distance in a straight line without landing 1369 Km (740 Nm)
21 Mar 1989 AL1T Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 0h 6m 46s
21 Mar 1989 AL1T Altitude 9144m (29996 Ft)
21 Jul 1989 WL1T Distance in a closed circuit with limited fuel 213.6 Km (116 Nm)
21 Jul 1989 AL1T Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 0h 18m 51s
20 Oct 1989 WL1T Distance in a straight line with limited fuel 397 Km (215 Nm)
18 Aug 1991 WL1T Distance over a closed circuit without landing 1071.17 Km (579 Nm)
Top 10 longest standing UK records.
Years Date Class / category Performance
26 Aug 1983 AL1T Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 126.3 Km/h (69 Kt)
26 Mar 1984 WL1T Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m 0h 22m 36s
26 Mar 1984 WL1T Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m 0h 8m 7s
26 Mar 1984 WL1T Altitude 7684m (25206 Ft)
22 Sep 1987 AL1T Distance in a straight line without landing 896.79 Km (485 Nm)
18 Aug 1991 WL1T Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without landing 124.5 Km/h (68 Kt)
18 Aug 1991 WL1T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km without landing 119.5 Km/h (65 Kt)
18 Aug 1991 WL1T Speed over a straight 15/25 km course 128 Km/h (70 Kt)
17 Sep 1992 WL1T Distance over a closed circuit without landing 204.21 Km (111 Nm)
10 Mar 2000 PF2T Altitude 1334m (4376 Ft)
World records courtesy FAI. See the FAI website for the definitive list of World records

This list does not include claims pending ratification.