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

<--   5 World microlight and paramotor records set in 1987   -->  
From 2006 onwards CIMA may award the Ann Welch Diploma to the pilot or crew of a microlight or paramotor who made the most meritorious flight which resulted in a microlight or paramotor World record claim ratified since the last CIMA plenary meeting. These records are at Ann Welch Diploma candidates
WL1T Distance in a straight line
Performance 811.64 Km (439 Nm)
Date 20 Aug 1987
Pilot Patricia Taillebresse (FRA)
Aircraft _unknown aircraft
Engine Rotax 447
Location Leopoldsburg (Belgium) - Nîmes-Courbessac (France)
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)
AL1T Distance in a straight line
Performance 1028.92 Km (556 Nm)
Date 26 Sep 1987
Pilot Thomas E. Pratt (USA)
Aircraft AmeriPlanes Mitchell Wing A-10 Silver Eagle
Location Winterset, IA - Cleverland, OH (USA)
AL1T Distance in a straight line with limited fuel
Performance 100.47 Km (55 Nm)
Date 31 Mar 1987
Pilot Jean-Claude Thomas (FRA)
Aircraft Sirocco/Rotax 377
Engine 1 Rotax 377
Location Argentan (France) - Vernouillet (France)
AL1T Distance in a closed circuit with limited fuel
Performance 197.96 Km (107 Nm)
Date 20 Sep 1987
Pilot Michael Brawner (USA)
Aircraft AmeriPlanes Mitchell Wing A-10 Silver Eagle
Engine 1 Rotax 447
Location Houston Gulf Airport, TX (USA)
World records courtesy FAI. See the FAI website for the definitive list of World records, this listing last checked 19 Sep 2014.

This list does not include World record claims pending ratification.