www.PSFmagazine.com | September-October 2019 | 25 24 | September-October 2019 | Powered Sport Flying Powered Paraglider • Claim Number: 18882 • Sub-Class: rpf1t / Paramotors: Paraglider Control / Foot-launched / Flown with one person / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Female • Type of Record: Distance over a closed circuit without landing • Course/Location: Cervera–Caspe– Barbastro–Cervera (Spain) • Performance: 309.93 km (192.58 miles) • Pilot: Karen Skinner (Spain) • Aircraft: Qubik / Niviuk powered by Polini Thor 250 • Date: 03/23/2019 • Previous Record: 130.3 km (80.96 miles) (08/17/2011–Edina Sz. Koleszár, Hungary) Gyroplane • Claim Number: 18973 • Sub-Class: E-3a / Autogyros: take-off weight less than 500 kg • Category: General • Group: 1: piston engine • Type of Record: Speed over a recognized course • Course/Location: Popham, Basingstoke (United Kingdom)–Nome, Alaska (usa) • Performance: 4.4 km/h (2.73 mph) • Pilot: James Ketchell (United Kingdom) • Aircraft: M 16 / Magni • Date: 06/06/2019 • Current Record: No record set yet. Setting a Record 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 www.na a.aero World Records and Attempts FAI has ratified the following Class R (Microlights) World record. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the National Aeronautic Association, the United States Ultralight Association and Powered Sport Flying Magazine all congratulate the Pilot on their splendid achievements. Fai has received the following Class R (Microlights) and Class E (Rotorcraft) 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.) USUA News
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