www.PSFmagazine.com | July-August 2016 | 13 12 | July-August 2016 | Powered Sport Flying World Records and Attempts Gyroplane • Sub-Class: E-3b / Autogyros: take-off weight 500 to 1,000 kg (1,102 to 2,204 lb) • Category: General • Group: 1, Piston Engine • Type of Record: Speed over a recognized course • Pilot: Paul A Salmon (usa) • Aircraft: M 22 / Magni powered by Rotax 914 • Previous Records: No records set yet. • Claim Number: 17646 • Course/Location: Long Beach, CA (usa)–Jacksonville, FL (usa) • Performance: 110.75 km/h (68.82 mph) • Date: 8/24/2015 and... • Claim Number: 17673 • Course/Location: Jacksonville, FL (usa)–Long Beach, CA (usa) • Performance: 107.45 km/h (66.77 mph) • Date: 8/26/2015 and... • Claim Number: 17674 • Course/Location: Long Beach, CA (usa)– Jacksonville, FL (usa) and return • Performance: 90.96 km/h (56.52 mph) • Date: 8/26/2015 Gyroplane • Sub-Class: E-3a / Autogyros: take-off weight less than 500 kg (1,102 lb) • Category: General • Group: 1, Piston Engine • Type of Record: Speed over a recognized course • Pilot: John S. Craparo (usa) • Members: Dayton A. Dabbs (usa) • Aircraft: M 16 / Magni powered by Rotax 914 • Previous Record: No records set yet. • Claim Number: 17678 • Course/Location: Dallas, TX (usa)– Los Angeles, CA (usa) • Performance: 56.48 km/h (35.1 mph) • Date: 10/5/2015 and... • Claim Number: 17713 • Course/Location: Los Angeles, CA (usa)–New York, NY (usa) • Performance: 63.54 km/h (39.48 mph) • Date: 10/9/2015 and... • Claim Number: 17714 • Course/Location: New York, NY (usa)–Dallas, TX (usa) • Performance: 37.30 km/h (23.18 mph) • Date: 10/14/2015 FAI has ratified the following Class E (Rotorcraft) and Class R (Microlights and Paramotors) World records. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the National Aeronautic Association, the United States Ultralight Association and Powered Sport Flying Magazine all congratulate the Pilots on their splendid achievements. World Records Support Our Advertisers Powered Paraglider • Claim Number: 17498 • Sub-Class: rpf2t / Paramotors: Paraglider Control / Foot-launched / Flown with two persons / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Altitude • Course/Location: Col du Midi, massif du Mont Blanc (France) • Performance: 5’066 m (16,620 feet) • Pilot: Anthony Green (United Kingdom) • Members: Eliot Nochez (United Kingdom) • Aircraft: Dual Lite / bgd powered by Moster 185 • Date: 4/22/2015 • Previous Record: 4 605 m (07.12.2012) Helicopter • Claim Number: 17749 • Sub-Class: E-1a / Helicopters: take off weight less than 500 kg (1,102 lb) • Category: General • Group: 2, Turbine • Type of Record: Altitude without payload • Course/Location: Bolzano (Italy) • Performance: 6,705.00 m (21,998 feet) • Pilot: Simone Moro (Italy) • Date: 11/12/2015 • Previous Record: 4,789 m (15,712 feet) (12/29/1953–Jean Dabos, France)
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