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Flight distance record
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Flight distance records without refueling. Some records were certified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
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.[1] |
| 1986 | December 23, 1986 | 40,212.14 km | Richard Glenn Rutan and Jeana Yeager | Rutan Voyager | Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record holder up to 2006. |
| 1927 | 3,862.43 km | Albert Francis Hegenberger and Lester Maitland | Fokker F.VII | From California to Hawaii, the longest open sea flight up to that 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 |
Commercial aircraft
| Year | Date | Distance | Pilot | Aircraft | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | November 9, 2005 | 21,602.22 km | Suzanna Darcy-Henneman | 777-200LR | Hong Kong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport taking 22 hours, 22 minutes [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 28 and completed the 16,600 km / 9,000 nautical mile sector to New York in 18 hours 18 minutes. [1] | |
| 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 3 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.[2] |
Other types of aircraft
| Date | Measurement | Person | Aircraft | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2003 | 3,008.8 km | Klaus Ohlmann and Gerhard Marzinzik | Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 | The gliding flight consisted of four legs along the eastern side of the Andes mountain range. The flight time of 15h 8m giving an average speed of almost exactly 200 km/h.[4] |
| March 21, 1999 | 40,814 km | Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones | Breitling Orbiter | Distance record for a balloon |
References
Extremes of motion
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
see also: Spaceflight records | List of transport records | FAI records
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