www.PSFmagazine.com | July-August 2016 | 15 14 | July-August 2016 | Powered Sport Flying World Records Gyroplane • Sub-Class: E-3a / Autogyros: take-off weight less than 500 kg (1,102 lb) • Group: 1, Piston Engine • Course/Location: Ponte di Piave, TV (Italy) • Pilot: Donatella Ricci (Italy) • Aircraft: M 16 / Magni powered by Rotax 914 • Date: 11/8/2015 • Claim Number: 17734 • Category: General • Type of Record: Altitude without payload • Performance: 8,399 m (27,556 feet) • Previous Record: 8,049 m (26,407 feet) (4/20/2004–Andrew C. Keech, usa) and... • Claim Number: 17741 • Category: Female • Type of Record: Time to climb to a height of 3,000 m (9,843 feet) • Performance: 13 min 44 sec • Pilot: Donatella Ricci (Italy) • Previous Record: No record set yet. and... • Claim Number: 17742 • Category: Female • Type of Record: Time to climb to a height of 6,000 m (19,685 feet) • Performance: 25 min 40 sec • Previous Record: No record set yet. Fai has received the following Class E (Rotorcraft) Class R (Microlights) World record claims. The details shown below are provisional. When all the evidence required has been received and checked, the exact figures will be established and the record ratified (if appropriate). Airplane • Claim Number: 17783 • Sub-Class: ral2t (Microlights: Movable Aerodynamic Control / Landplane / Flown with two persons / Thermal Engine) • Type of Record: Speed over a straight course • Course/Location: Ozzano Dell’Emilia, BO (Italy) • Performance: 323.3124 km/h (200.89 mph) • Pilot: Alberto Rodolfo Porto (Italy) • Crew: Sara Della Moretta (Italy) • Date: 12/16/2015 • Current Record: 300.51 km/h (186.7 mph) (6/30/2015–Eric De Barberin-Barberini, France) If you are in the United States and would like to set an aviation world record, you should first read the current FAI Sporting Code. For Microlights, it is called Section 10 and can be downloaded for no charge from the microlight section of www.fai.org. For Rotorcraft, the part of the Sporting Code you need to refer to is Section 9. It can also be downloaded for no charge. Then, contact the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) to learn more about how you can set your own record! Visit them at at www.naa.aero. Gyroplane • Claim Number: 17812 • 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 straight 15/25 km course • Course/Location: Fertőszentmiklós (Hungary) • Performance: 181,00 km/h • Pilot: Christian Kurz (Austria) • Autogyro: AC20 / FD-Composites powered by 914 / Rotax • Date: 2/12/2016 • Current Record: 131 km/h (2/1/2007– Andrew C. Keech, usa) Gyroplane • Claim Number: 17829 • 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: Distance over a closed circuit without landing • Course/Location: Cape Girardeau, MO (usa) • Performance: 1,427 km (886.69 miles) • Pilot: Paul A Salmon (usa) • Autogyro: M 22 / Magni • Date: 4/28/2016 • Current Record: 1,019.09 km (633.2 miles) (2/9/2006–Andrew C. Keech, usa) FAI has cancelled the following Class R (Microlights and Paramotors) World record: Weight Shift Control • Claim Number: 17103 • Sub-Class: rwl2t (Microlights: Weight-shift Control / Landplane / Flown with two persons / Thermal Engine) • Type of Record: Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km (31 miles) • Course/Location: Douzy (France) • Performance: 169.97 km/h (105.6 mph) • Pilot: François Denis (France) • Crew: Dimitrios Papageorgiou (France) • Microlight: Quick 912 / P&M Aviation powered by 912 / Rotax • Date: 4/29/2014 • Current Record: 170.77 km/h (106.1 mph) (6/21/2013–Gordon Douglas, United Kingdom) • Reason for cancellation: Does not supersede the existing record.
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