www.PSFmagazine.com | November-December 2019 | 23 22 | November-December 2019 | Powered Sport Flying USUA News 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.) Powered Parachute • Claim Number: 19021 • Sub-Class: rpl1t / Paramotors: Paraglider Control / Landplane / Flown with one person / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Altitude • Course/Location: Makosieje (Poland) • Performance: 6,377 m (20,921 feet) • Pilot: Aleksander Hirsztritt (Poland) • Aircraft: Hadron Cabrio 34 / Dudek powered by Nirvana Instinct High-Line 230 • Date: 08/03/2019 • Previous Record: 5,703 m (18,710 feet) (06/19/2017–Julien Barbier, France) Gyroplane • Claim Number: 19086 • Sub-Class: E-3a / Autogyros: take-off weight less than 500 kg • Category: General • Group: 1: internal combustion engine • Type of Record: Speed over a recognized course • Course/Location: Iqaluit, Nunavut (Canada)– Nuuk, Greenland (Denmark) • Performance: 148.2 km/h (92.1 mph) • Pilot: James Ketchell (United Kingdom) • Aircraft: M 16 / Magni • Date: 09/02/2019 • Current Record: No record set yet. and • Claim Number: 19087 • Sub-Class: E-3a / Autogyros: take-off weight less than 500 kg • Category: General • Group: 1: internal combustion engine • Type of Record: Speed over a recognized course • Course/Location: Kulusuk, Greenland (Denmark)–Reykjavik (Iceland) • Performance: 140.3 km/h (87.2 mph) • Pilot: James Ketchell (United Kingdom) • Aircraft: M 16 / Magni • Date: 09/06/2019 • Current Record: No record set yet. and • Claim Number: 19088 • Sub-Class: E-3a / Autogyros: take-off weight less than 500 kg • Category: General • Group: 1: internal combustion engine • Type of Record: Speed over a recognized course • Course/Location: Reykjavik (Iceland)– Vagar, Faeroe islands (Denmark) • Performance: 151.1 km/h (93.9 mph) • Pilot: James Ketchell (United Kingdom) • Aircraft: M 16 / Magni • Date: 09/09/2019 • Current Record: No record set yet. Weight Shift Control Trike • Claim Number: 19089 • Sub-Class: rwl2t / Microlights: Weight-shift Control / Landplane / Flown with two persons / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Distance in a straight line without landing • Course/Location: Vesoul (France)–Querlarn, Plobannalec-Lesconil (France) • Performance: 782 km (486 miles) • Members: Louis Fargher (France), Colin Fargher (France) • Aircraft: Skypper Nuvix / Air Création • Date: 09/14/2019 • Current Record: 749.8 km (465.9 miles) (10/21/2017–Hans–Ulrich Dörr, Germany) Gyroplane • Claim Number: 19101 • Sub-Class: E-3a / Autogyros: take-off weight less than 500 kg • Category: General • Group: 1: internal combustion engine • Type of Record: Speed around the world, Eastbound • Course/Location: Popham, Basingstoke (United Kingdom) • Performance: 10.3 km/h (6.4 mph) • Pilot: James Ketchell (United Kingdom) • Aircraft: M 16 / Magni • Date: 09/22/2019 • Current Record: No record set yet. Airplane • Claim Number: 19141 • Sub-Class: ral2t / Microlights: Movable Aerodynamic Control / Landplane / Flown with two persons / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Distance in a straight line with limited fuel • Course/Location: Voroniv (Ukraine) • Performance: 230.00 km (142.9 miles) • Pilot: Tymofii Iakovliev (Ukraine) • Members: Taras Sotnychenko (Ukraine) • Aircraft: Aeroprakt-40 / Aeroprakt Ltd powered by Rotax 912 • Date: 10/17/2019 • Current Record: 183 km (114 miles) (08/22/2000– Patrick Watermann, Switzerland) Airplane • Claim Number: 19164 • Sub-Class: ral1t / Microlights: Movable Aerodynamic Control / Landplane / Flown with one person / Thermal Engine • Category: Not applicable • Group: Not applicable • Type of Record: Time to climb to a height of 3,000 m (9,842 feet) • Course/Location: Milovice (Czech Republic) • Performance: 4 min 57 sec • Pilot: Jan Kriz (Czech Republic) • Aircraft: Skylane 914 / AirLony • Date: 11/01/2019 • Current Record: 6 min 46 sec (03/05/1989– Eric Scott Winton, Australia) 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
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