Who's Who of Ballooning


APPENDIX 2-AB

FAI-WORLD AA-CLASS RECORD HOLDER DISTANCE SUMMARY
GAS BALLOONS 1927-1991


Date
Name
Nation (Place)
(NEW-class-OLD)
Km./Sm.

12 Aug. 1972

PICCARD, Wilma

USA (Indianola, IA)

AA-1(Less than 250 m3)

28.33/17.60

30 May 1983

FOSTER, Coy

USA (Plano, TX)

 

274.4/170.48

7 Sep. 1984

FOSTER, Coy

USA (Plano, TX)

 

695.7/432.32

3 May 1953

DOLLFUS, Audouin

FRA

AA-2 (250 to 400 m3)

208.6/129.4

30 May 1983

FOSTER, Coy

USA* (Plano, TX)

 

274.4/170.48

7 Sep. 1984

FOSTER, Coy

USA* (Plano, TX)

 

695.7/432.32

1 July 1922

CORMIER, Georges

FRA

AA-3 (400 to 600 m3)

804.2/499.7

1 July 1922

CORMIER, Georges

FRA*

AA-4 (600 to 900 m3)

804.2/498.8

25 Mar. 1935

STUBER/Schafer

GER

 

1204./746.8

3 Apr. 1939

BOURLOUSKI/Aliochine

RUS (Moscow)

 

1702./1056.9

1 July 1922

CORMIER, Georges

FRA *

AA-5 (900 to l200 m3)

804.2/498.8

4 July 1927

RASMUSSEN/Hill

USA

 

920.3/570.9

<10 Sep. 1932

HERBE, J.

FRA

 

999.0/619.7

25 Sep. 1932

RAVINE/Spiess

FRA

 

1238./767.9

3 Apr. 1939

BOURLOUSKI/Aliochine

RUS *

 

1702/1057

22 Apr. 1981

ABRUZZO,B./Aoki,R.

USA

 

2170./1348.

1922 to 1939

same as above class

RUS *

AA-6(1200 to 1600 m3)

1702/1056

13 Mar. 1941

NEVERNOV, Boris

RUS

 

2767/1716.

15 Nov. 1983

KITTINGER, Joseph

USA (Las Vegas, NV)

 

3221/2000.

1922 to 1927

same as above class

USA *

AA-7 (1600 to 2200 m3) A5

920/570.9

10 Sep. 1927

HILL,E.J./Schlosser,A.

USA

 

1199/743.7

4 Mar. 1929

SETTLE,T./Bushnell,W.

USA

 

1532/950.3

25 Sep. 1932

SETTLE,T./Bushnell,W.

USA

 

1550/961.5

18 Sep. 1935

BURZYNSKI, Zbigniew

POL

 

1650/1023.

30 Aug. 1936

DEMUYTER,E./Hoffmans,P.

BEL

 

1716/1064

13 Mar. 1941

NEVERNOV, Boris

RUS *

 

2767/1056.

15 Nov. 1983

KITTINGER, Joseph

USA * (Las Vegas, NV)

 

3221/2000

1922 to 1941

same as above class

RUS *

AA-8(2200 to 3000 m3)A6

2767/1056

5 Oct. 1976

YOST, Edward P.

USA (Milbridge, ME)

 

3983/2475

1922 to 1976
same as above class

YOST, Edward P.

USA (Milbridge, ME)

AA-9(3000 to 4000 m3)A7

3983/2477

1922 to 1976
same as above class

YOST, Edward P.

USA (Milbridge, ME)

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

3983/2477

15 Sep. 1984

KITTINGER, Joseph

USA + (Caribou, ME)

 

5703/3544

NOTES: AA-11 thru AA-15 (See APPENDIX-BV); 1ft=.3048meters; 1m=3.2807 feet.

(HB)=Issued for a Hot-Air B-Flight, as no AX-Class existed;

*= Preempted by a smaller class

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