Who's Who of Ballooning


APPENDIX 2-AA

FAI-WORLD AA-CLASS RECORD HOLDER ALTITUDE SUMMARY

GAS-BALLOONS 1927-1986

Date

Name

Nation/Place

(NEW-class-OLD)

Meters/Feet

24 July 1960

PICCARD, Donald L.

USA

AA-1 (Less than 250 m3)

1140/3740

14 July 1984

FOSTER, Coy

USA (Plano, TX)

AA-2 (250 to 400 m3)

5516/18097

1 May 1955

DOLLFUS, Audouin

FRA

 

3405/11171

24 Aug. 1962

PICCARD, Donald L.

USA

AA-3 (400 to 600 m3)

5409/17747

31 Aug. 1940

NEVERNOV, Boris

RUS

 

7097/23283

10 May 1964

BARNES, Tracy

USA (Wayzata, WI)

 

11780/38650

31 Aug. 1940

NEVERNOV, Boris

RUS *

AA-4 (600 to 900 m3)

7097/23283

4 Sep. 1940

ROSTCHINE, A.

RUS

 

8449/27719

19 July 1961

PICCARD, Donald, L.

USA

 

10504/34460

10 May 1964

BARNES, Tracy L.

USA *

 

11780/38650

1940 to 1964

same as above class

USA *

AA-5 (900 to 1200 m3)

11780/38650

1940 to 1964

same as above class 

USA*

AA-6 (1200 to 1600 m3) A4

11780/38650

25 Sep. 1937

EMMER, Josef (HB)

OUS

AA-7 (1600 to 2200 m3)

9374/30753

19 July 1961

PICCARD, Donald L.

USA*

 

10504/34460

10 May 1964

BARNES, Tracy L.

USA*

 

11780/38650

9 May 1927

GRAY, Hawthorne C.

USA

AA-8 (2200 to 3000 m3)

8690/28509

25 Sep. 1937

EMMER, Josef

OUS*

 

9374/30753

19 July 1961

PICCARD, Donald L.

USA*

 

10504/34460

10 May 1964

BARNES, Tracy L.

USA *

 

11780/38650

1927 to 1964

same as above class

USA*

AA-9 (3000 to 4000 m3)

11780/38650

9 May 1927

GRAY, Hawthorne C.

USA*

AA-10 (4000 to 6000 m3) A-8

8690/28509

27 May 1931

PICCARD, Auguste / Kipfer, Paul

SWI

 

15781/51773

18 Aug. 1932

PICCARD, Aguste /Cosyns, Max

SWI

 

16201/53151

20 Nov. 1933

SETTLE, T.G.W. /Fordney, C.L.

USA

 

18665/61234

11 Nov. 1935

ANDERSON, Orvil /Stevens, A.W.

USA

 

22066/72392

<19 Aug. 1957

SIMONS, David G.

USA

 

30942/101511

4 May 1961

ROSS, Malcolm /Prather, V.

USA

 

34668/113740

NOTES: AA-11 thru AA-15 (See APPENDIX-BV); < = Added since 1991.

*= Preempted by a smaller class; 1-Km=.62137 Sm; 1-Sm=1.6093 Km.

+= Plus all higher classes.

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