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  • Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling (4)
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  • Distance in a closed circuit: 176 (1)
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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Sort ascending Claimant Status Region ID
Powered Aeroplanes C-1b Speed over a recognised course 263.54 km/h 17 Apr 2000 Hans Georg Schmid (SUI) (6788) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6788
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Duration: 171 10 h 38 min 30 sec 21 Jun 1998 Emil Hilber (SUI) (5509) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5509
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Distance in a closed circuit: 176 315,50 km 21 Jun 1998 Emil Hilber (SUI) (5510) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5510
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Duration: 178 15 h 12 min 30 sec 21 Jun 1998 Walter Engel (SUI) (5511) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5511
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Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling F5 Open Distance in a closed circuit: 183 424,50 km 21 Jun 1998 Walter Engel (SUI) (5512) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5512
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 220,44 km 06 Jan 1995 Walter Eisele (FRG) (2342) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2342
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 164,88 km/h 09 Jan 1991 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (425) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 425
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 67,82 km/h 27 May 1990 Isabel Mittag (FRG) (353) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 353
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 092,25 km/h 14 Jan 1990 Wielfried Grosskinsky (FRG) (10052) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10052
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 179,53 km/h 05 Jan 1990 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) (429) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 429
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 115,954 km 03 Jan 1990 Walter Eisele (FRG) (10189) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10189
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 170,90 km/h 08 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (357) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 357
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