Records and Trophies
Records andTrophies ■ 2008 USAF Almanac Absolute Aviation World Records In 1905, representatives of Belgium, France, Germany, Great Historical Absolute Records: Britain, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the US met in Paris to Distance in a closed circuit without landing: 25,293.86 miles form the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The FAI today (40,706.53 kilometers). Steve Fossett in Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, comprises the national aero clubs of some 100 nations and cer- at Salina, Kan., March 14-17, 2006. tifies national records as world records. The National Aeronautic Association supervises all attempts at world and world-class Altitude in horizontal flight: 85,068.997 feet (25,929.031 me- records in the United States. ters). USAF Capt. Robert C. Helt (pilot) and USAF Maj. Larry A. Elliott (RSO) in Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird at Beale AFB, Calif., July 28, 1976. Absolute altitude: 123,523.58 feet (37,650.00 meters). Alex- ander Fedotov flying E-266M, a modified MiG-25, at Podmos- Speed over a closed circuit: 2,092.294 mph (3,367.221 kph). kovnoye, USSR, Aug. 31, 1977. USAF Majs. Adolphus H. Bledsoe Jr. (pilot) and John T. Fuller (RSO) in Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird at Beale AFB, Calif., July Absolute distance: 25,766 miles (41,467 kilometers). Steve 27, 1976. Fossett in Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer from NASA Kennedy Space Center to Bournemouth, England, Feb. 8-11, 2006. Speed around the world, nonstop, nonrefueled: 342.24 mph (550.8 kph). Steve Fossett in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer at Absolute speed: 2,193.16 mph (3,529.56 kph). USAF Capt.
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