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Flight distance records without refueling. Some records were certified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ...
Non commercial aircraft
| Year | Date | Distance | Pilot | Aircraft | Reference | | 2006 | February 12, 2006 | 42,469.46 km | Steve Fossett | Global Flyer | Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett finished the longest nonstop flight in aviation history and made a new world flight distance record of 42,467 km on Saturday. Ground control said Fossett, 61, broke the distance record of 40,210 km while piloting his lightweight experimental plane over Shannon, Ireland, late Saturday. [1] | | 1986 | December 23, 1986 | 40,212.14 km | Richard Glenn Rutan and Jeana Yeager | Scaled Composites Voyager | Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record holder as of 2006 | | 1927 | | 3,862.43 km | Albert Francis Hegenberger and Lester Maitland | Fokker F.VII | From California to Hawaii, the longest open sea flight to date, in the "Bird of Paradise". They received the Mackey Trophy and the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Coolidge for this achievement. [2] | | 1903 | December 17, 1903 | 279 meters | Wilbur Wright | Wright Flyer | 59 seconds | | 1903 | December 17, 1903 | 39 meters | Orville Wright | Wright Flyer | 12 seconds | February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Steve Fossett Steve Fossett (born April 22, 1944, in Jackson, Tennessee) is a United States aviator and adventurer known for his appetite to set world records. ...
The aircraft in its hangar in Mojave. ...
December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jeana Yeager (born May 18, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an aviator, most famous for flying with Dick Rutan on a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Voyager aircraft in 1986 from December 14 to December 23. ...
Voyager returning from its flight The Voyager aircraft was the first to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. ...
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ...
2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Fokker F.VII was a small airliner originally produced by Anthony Fokkers Atlantic Aircraft Company, and later by other companies under licence. ...
The Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) is a decoration for courage shown in air combat. ...
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ...
December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), the elder of the Wright brothers, seen as one of the fathers of heavier-than-air flight. ...
The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I and occasionally Kitty Hawk) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. ...
December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948), the younger of the Wright brothers, seen as one of the fathers of heavier-than-air flight. ...
The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I and occasionally Kitty Hawk) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. ...
Commercial aircraft | Year | Date | Distance | Pilot | Aircraft | Reference | | 2005 | November 9, 2005 | 21,602.22 km | Suzanna Darcy-Henneman | 777-200LR | Boeing's 777-200LR jetliner lifted off from Hong Kong's International Airport two minutes early Wednesday headed toward London, 13,423 miles, 22 hours, 22 minutes and a world record for commercial flight away. With Boeing chief test pilot Suzanna Darcy-Henneman in the command seat, the big jet lifted off Runway 07R at 10:28 p.m., turning south across the Pacific Ocean -- a route calculated just three hours before flight time to catch the best tail winds for what is to become the longest flight ever by a commercial jetliner. [3] | | 2004 | June 28, 2004 | 16,600 km | | A340-500 | Singapore Airlines has flown into the commercial flight distance record books for the second time this year, with an A340-500 successfully inaugurating the carrier's latest non-stop round-trip commercial air service between Singapore and New York (Newark Airport). The A340-500 departed at 12:25 Singapore local time on June 28th and completed the 16,600 km / 9,000 nautical mile sector to New York in 18 hours 18 minutes. [4] | | 2004 | February 3, 2004 | 14,093 km | | A340-500 | The airline beat its own previous distance record for non-stop round-trip commercial service, when it introduced the A340-500 on the route between Singapore and Los Angeles on February 3rd of this year. On that occasion, the A340-500 completed the 14,093 km / 7,609 nm sector to Los Angeles in 14 hours 42 minutes.[5] | November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Boeing 777 is a family of long range widebody twin engine airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340. ...
February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340. ...
See also
Extremes of motion v • d • e | | | Speed records | Air speed record (Transcontinental) | Land speed record (Railed | Road car | Motorcycle | British) | Water speed record (Underwater)
Sound barrier | Speed of light | | Distance records | Flight distance record | Flight altitude record | Ocean depth record | Flight endurance record
Boundary of space | | Notable craft | Bathyscaphe Trieste | Bell X-1 | Sputnik 1 | Apollo 10 | Space Shuttle | Boeing X-43
see also: Spaceflight records | List of transport records | FAI records The worlds fastest aircraft, the SR-71 Blackbird. ...
Transcontinental air speed record In-flight and on-ground time is counted 1929 Frank Hawks 1937 Howard Hughes Junior transcontinental air speed record For the junior record only in-flight time is counted 1929 Richard James 1930 Stanley Boynton East to West, 24 hours, 2 minutes in 6 days 1930...
Ralph DePalma in his Packard 905 Special at Daytona Beach in 1919, courtesy Florida Photographic Collection The land speed record is the fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land, as opposed to one on water or in the air. ...
Determining the fastest railed veichle in the world is difficult, because of the wide variety of designs. ...
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
Model of Spirit of Australia in which Ken Warby set the world water speed record in 1978 on Blowering Dam, New South Wales, Australia The World Unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle. ...
Since most high speed underwater travel is done by military submarines, this is a somewhat difficult subject to research. ...
U.S. Navy F/A-18 at transonic speed. ...
The speed of light in a vacuum is an important physical constant denoted by the letter c for constant or the Latin word celeritas meaning swiftness. It is the speed of all electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum, not just visible light. ...
These are the records set for going the highest in the atmosphere from the age of ballooning onward. ...
The bathyscaphe Trieste Close-up of pressure sphere Trieste emblem Trieste was a deep-diving research bathyscaphe (deep boat) with a crew of two people. ...
The bathyscaphe Trieste Close-up of pressure sphere Trieste emblem Trieste was a deep-diving research bathyscaphe (deep boat) with a crew of two people. ...
The Bell X-1, originally XS-1 was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in controlled, level flight. ...
Sputnik 1 (Russian: , Satellite 1) was the first artificial satellite to be put into orbit, on October 4, 1957. ...
Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the Apollo program, and the first (and only manned Saturn V) mission to launch from pad 39B. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon, and the test of the lunar module in lunar orbit. ...
NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ...
NASA technicians working on the X-43A at the tip of a Pegasus rocket attached to a Boeing B-52B prior to launch (March 27, 2004) The X-43 is an unmanned experimental hypersonic aircraft design with multiple planned scale variations meant to test different aspects of highly supersonic flight. ...
It has been suggested that Space firsts be merged into this article or section. ...
// List of world records is an annotated list of world records organised by category. ...
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is a standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics. ...
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