22 September 1936: The FAI World Record of Maurice Claisse
Thursday, 22 September 2016 07:55
7 September 1956: The first human flies above 100.000 feet
Wednesday, 07 September 2016 14:46
Ten Years Ago Today: Steve Fossett set a gliding world record by flying to above 15,000m
Monday, 29 August 2016 09:26
Ten years ago today famous aviator Steve Fossett set a gliding world record that still stands today. Flying with former NASA test pilot Einar Enevoldson the pair hit an absolute altitude of 15,460m while flying in mountain wave above the Andes in Argentina.
11 August 1986: The FAI World Record of John Trevor Egginton
Thursday, 11 August 2016 10:45
Eldon Joersz: Meet the fastest man in the air
Thursday, 28 July 2016 08:36
40 Years Ago Today: Eldon Joersz became the fastest man in the world – a record that still stands today
Thursday, 28 July 2016 08:35
Fedor Konyukhov Solo Around-The-World in a Balloon – Official World Record Claims received!
Wednesday, 27 July 2016 17:49
Done! Solar Impulse 2 completes First Round-The-World Solar Flight and writes Aviation History!
Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:28
23 July 2006: The FAI World Record of Charles Cazaux
Monday, 25 July 2016 11:00
Fedor Konyukhov completed the solo around the world tour and landed safely in Australia!
Saturday, 23 July 2016 14:58
Russian Adventurer Fedor Konyukhov launches Solo Around-The-World Bid
Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:47
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The Bréguet Dorand aircraft was an experimental helicopter which was built in the Gyroplane Laboratoire in France.
60 years ago on 7 September 1956, American Test pilot Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. flew at more than 3.200 km/h (2.000 mp/h) and to a height of 38.5 km (126.200 feet), becoming the first human ever to fly above 100.000 feet with the Bell X-2 rocket-powered research airplane.
11 August 1986: A modified factory demonstration Westland Lynx AH.1 Helicopter piloted by Chief Test Pilot John Trevor Egginton set an FAI Absolute Record for Speed for helicopters over a straight 15 and 25 km course of 400.87 km/h (249.089 mp/h) near Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels and Moors, Southwest England.
Forty years ago on 28 July 1976 Major General Eldon W. Joersz flew into the FAI record books by 
On this day in history 
The FAI received the following records claims from the Russian balloonist Fedor Konyukhov, 64, who completed his circumnavigation on Saturday 23 July 2016 by landing near Bonnie Rock (AUS) in a Roziere combined hot-air and helium gas balloon:
They did it! After over 12 years of research and design, Swiss pioneers Dr. Bertrand Piccard (Initiator, Chairman and Pilot) and André Borschberg (Co-founder and CEO and Pilot) finished the first round-the-world solar flight, powered only by the sun with no fuel or polluting emissions. After 17 months since the first departure in March 2015 in Abu Dhabi (UAE), they landed at its original take-off point at this morning, 26 July at 02:05 CET (00:05 UTC, 04:05 Local Time). Since the beginning of the adventure, FAI has received 19 world record claims from the Solar Impulse Team.
On 23 July 2006, 10 years ago, French pro paraglider 
Russian veteran traveler Fedor Konyukhov, 64, landed safe and sound near the small town of Bonnie Rock on 23 July at 16.15 local time (08.15 UTC) after a 11 day 8 hours and 42 minutes flight in a Roziere combined (hybrid) hot-air and helium gas balloon challenging the 
On Tuesday, 12 July at 07:30 Local Time (00:30 UTC), Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov, 65, took off in a hot-air balloon in Northam, Western Australia, in a bid to beat the record time for a solo flight around the world. This has only been achieved once before by no other than the late American aviator legend Steve Fossett, who also took off from Northam Airfield in 2002 and is 
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