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29 Jul 2024, 14:09
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
| PF1Tm Altitude | |
| Performance | 6629m (21746 Ft) |
| Date | 3 Oct 2015 |
| Pilot | Giles Fowler (GBR) |
| Aircraft | Bailey Matrix / Ozone Viper3 26 |
| Engine | Bailey Hornet 160cc |
| Location | Chatteris, Cambridgeshire |
| Observer | Paul Bailey and Paul Mahoney |
| PF1Tm Time to climb to a height of 3000 m | |
| Performance | 0h 15m 23s |
| Date | 20 Sep 2015 |
| Pilot | Mark Morgan (GBR) |
| Aircraft | Ozone Viper 3-26 |
| Engine | Polini Thor 250 |
| Location | Earnley, West Sussex |
| Ratified by FAI as a World Record | |
| PF1Tm Time to climb to a height of 3000 m | |
| Performance | 0h 13m 46s |
| Date | 9 Oct 2015 |
| Pilot | Mark Morgan (GBR) |
| Aircraft | Ozone Viper 3 - 22 |
| Engine | Polini Thor 250 |
| Location | Earnley, West Sussex |
| Accepted as a World record | |
| PF1Tm Time to climb to a height of 6000 m | |
| Performance | 1h 20m 33s |
| Date | 3 Oct 2015 |
| Pilot | Giles Fowler (GBR) |
| Aircraft | Bailey Matrix / Ozone Viper 3 26 |
| Engine | Bailey Hornet 160cc |
| Location | Chatteris, Cambridgeshire |
| Observer | Paul Bailey and Paul Mahoney |
| PF1Tm Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km | |
| Performance | 77.3 Km/h (42 Kt) |
| Date | 19 Sep 2015 |
| Pilot | Barry Holleran (GBR) |
| Aircraft | Dudek Hadron |
| Engine | Polini Thor 250 |
| Location | Earnley, West Sussex |
| Information from FAI | |
| PF2T Altitude | |
| Performance | 5066m (16618 Ft) |
| Date | 22 Apr 2015 |
| Pilot | Anthony Green (GBR) |
| Co-pilot | Eliot Nochez |
| Aircraft | BGD Dual Lite |
| Engine | Vittorazi Moster 185 |
| Location | Col du Midi, massif du Mont Blanc (France) |
| Information from FAI | |