This article gives yearly aviation records under 5 headings: airspeed, range, ceiling, gross take-off weight, and engine power.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Year !Airspeed !Range !Ceiling !T/O Weight !Engine power |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1905 |rowspan="2"|60.91&nbsp;km/h (37.85&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Flyer III<br>October 5, 1905 |rowspan="2"|38.95&nbsp;km (24.2&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Flyer III<br>October 5, 1905 |15&nbsp;m (50&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Flyer III<br>September 28, 1905 |388&nbsp;kg (855&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Wright Brothers<br>Flyer III |37&nbsp;kW (50&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Léon Levavasseur<br>Antoinette |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1907 |25&nbsp;m (82&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Louis Blériot<br>Blériot VI<br>September 17, 1907 |522&nbsp;kg (1,151&nbsp;lb)<br>France<br>Voisin Brothers<br>Voisin-Farman No 1 |40&nbsp;kW (54&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Renault<br>VB Renault |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1908 |64.79&nbsp;km/h (40.26&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Henry Farman<br>Voisin-Farman No 1<br>October 30, 1908 |124.69&nbsp;km (77.48&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Wright A<br>December 31, 1908 |110&nbsp;m (361&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Wright A<br>December 18, 1908 |544&nbsp;kg (1,200&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Wright A |59&nbsp;kW (79&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Gobron-Brille<br>Gobron |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1909 |76.96&nbsp;km/h (47.82&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Louis Blériot<br>Blériot XII<br>August 28, 1909 |234.21&nbsp;km (145.53&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>Henry Farman<br>HF.1 No III<br>December 1, 1909 |453&nbsp;m (1,486&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Hubert Latham<br>Antoinette VII<br>December 1, 1909 |620&nbsp;kg (1,367&nbsp;lb)<br>France<br>Louis Blériot<br>Blériot XII |66&nbsp;kW (89&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Gobron-Brille<br>Gobron |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1910 |110&nbsp;km/h (68.2&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Alfred Leblanc<br>Blériot XI<br>October 29, 1910 |584.7&nbsp;km (363.34&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>Maurice Tabuteau<br>Maurice-Farman<br>December 30, 1910 |3,100&nbsp;m (10,170&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Georges Legagneux<br>Hubert Latham<br>Antoinette VII<br>December 1, 1909 |1,322&nbsp;kg (2,950&nbsp;lb)<br>Great Britain<br>Samuel Cody<br>Cody Michelin Cup |132&nbsp;kW (177&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Clerget<br>Gobron |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1911 |141.2&nbsp;km/h (87.73&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Édouard Nieuport<br>Nieuport Nie-2 N<br>June 21, 1911 |740&nbsp;km (460&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>Armand Gobé<br>Nieuport<br>December 24, 1911 |3,910&nbsp;m (12,828&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Roland Garros<br>Blériot XI<br>September 4, 1911 |rowspan="2"|1,350&nbsp;kg (2,976&nbsp;lb)<br>France<br>Léon Levavasseur<br>Antoinette Monobloc |132&nbsp;kW (177&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Clerget<br>Double Clerget 4W |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1912 |174.1&nbsp;km/h (108.18&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Jules Védrines<br>Deperdussin Monocoque<br>September 9, 1912 |1,010.89&nbsp;km (628.14&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>Géo Fourny<br>Maurice Farman<br>September 11, 1912 |5,610&nbsp;m (18,405&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Roland Garros<br>Morane-Saulnier<br>December 11, 1912 |147&nbsp;kW (197&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Clerget<br>Clerget |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1913 |203.8&nbsp;km/h (126.66&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Maurice Prévost<br> Deperdussin Monocoque<br>September 29, 1913 |1,021.19&nbsp;km (634.54&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>A Seguin<br>Henry Farman<br>October 13, 1913 |6,120&nbsp;m (20,079&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Georges Legagneux<br>Nieuport II N<br>December 28, 1913 |4,080&nbsp;kg (8,995&nbsp;lb)<br>Russia<br>Igor Sikorsky<br>Russian Knight |162&nbsp;kW (217&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Salmson Canton-Unné<br>(CU) 2M7 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1914 |rowspan="4"|216.5&nbsp;km/h (134.54&nbsp;mph)<br>Great Britain<br>Norman Spratt<br>RAF SE.4<br>June 1914 |rowspan="5"|1,900&nbsp;km (1,180.61&nbsp;miles)<br>Germany<br>Werner Landmann<br>Albatros<br>June 28, 1914 |rowspan="4"|8,150&nbsp;m (26,739&nbsp;ft)<br>Germany<br>Heinrich Oelerich<br>DFW<br>July 14, 1914 |4,800&nbsp;kg (10,582&nbsp;lb)<br>Russia<br>Igor Sikorsky<br>Ilya Muromets A |168&nbsp;kW (225&nbsp;hp)<br>Great Britain<br>Sunbeam<br> |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1915 |6,350&nbsp;kg (14,000&nbsp;lb)<br>Great Britain<br>Handley Page Ltd<br>Handley Page 0/100 |169&nbsp;kW (227&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Louis Renault<br>Renault 12A |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1916 |12,129&nbsp;kg (26,739&nbsp;lb)<br>Germany<br>Staaken<br>R.VI |296&nbsp;kW (296&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Louis Renault<br>Renault 12F |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1917 |12,955&nbsp;kg (28,561&nbsp;lb)<br>Germany<br>Staaken<br>R.VII |298&nbsp;kW (400&nbsp;hp)<br>USA<br>Packard & Hall Scott<br>Liberty |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1918 |262.4&nbsp;km/h (163.06&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Roland Rohlfs<br>Curtiss Wasp<br>August 19, 1918 |8,808&nbsp;m (28,897&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Rudolph Schroeder<br>Bristol F.2B<br>November 18, 1918 |15,900&nbsp;kg (35,053&nbsp;lb)<br>Germany<br>Staaken<br>R.XIVa |rowspan="3"|522&nbsp;kW (700&nbsp;hp)<br>Italy<br>Fiat<br>Fiat A.14 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1919 |307.5&nbsp;km/h (191.1&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Joseph Sadi-Lecointe<br>Nieuport-Delage 29v<br>December 16, 1919 |rowspan="3"|3,032&nbsp;km (1,884&nbsp;miles)<br>Great Britain<br>Alcock and Brown<br>Vickers Vimy<br>June 15, 1919 |rowspan="4"|10,549&nbsp;m (34,610&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Roland Rohlfs<br>Curtiss Wasp<br>September 18, 1919 |rowspan="2"|20,263&nbsp;kg (44,672&nbsp;lb)<br>Great Britain<br>WG Tarrant Ltd<br>Tarrant Tabor |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1920 |313&nbsp;km/h (194.49&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Joseph Sadi-Lecointe<br>Nieuport-Delage 29v<br>December 12, 1920 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1921 |330&nbsp;km/h (205.22&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Joseph Sadi-Lecointe<br>Nieuport-Delage<br>September 26, 1921 |rowspan="8"|26,000&nbsp;kg (57,319&nbsp;lb)<br>Italy<br>SAI Caproni<br>Caproni Ca 60 |rowspan="3"|625&nbsp;kW (838&nbsp;hp)<br>France<br>Marcel Riffard<br>Breguet-Bugatti 32A |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1922 |361&nbsp;km/h (224.28&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>William Mitchell<br>Curtiss R-6<br>October 18, 1922 |4,052&nbsp;km (2517.8&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Oakley G. Kelly and John A. Macready<br>Fokker T-2<br>October 6, 1922 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1923 |430&nbsp;km/h (267.16&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Alford J Williams<br>Curtiss R2C-1<br>November 4, 1923 |rowspan="3"|5,300&nbsp;km (3,293&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Smith and Richter<br>De Havilland DH.4B<br>August 28, 1923 |rowspan="4"|11,145&nbsp;m (36,565&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Joseph Sadi-Lecointe<br>Nieuport-Delage<br>October 30, 1923 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1924 |rowspan="3"|448&nbsp;km/h (278.47&nbsp;mph)<br>France<br>Florentine Bonnet<br>Bernard Ferbois V2<br>December 11, 1924 |rowspan="5"|746&nbsp;kW (1,000&nbsp;hp)<br>Great Britain<br>Napier<br>Cub |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1925 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1926 |5,396&nbsp;km (3,352.92&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>Costes and Rignot<br>Breguet 19 GR<br>October 19, 1926 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1927 |479&nbsp;km/h (297.83&nbsp;mph)<br>Italy<br>Mario de Bernardi<br>Macchi M.52<br>November 4, 1927 |6,294&nbsp;km (3,911&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Chamberlin and Levine<br>Bellanca<br>June 6, 1927 |rowspan="2"|11,710&nbsp;m (38,418&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>CC Champion<br>Wright Apache<br>July 25, 1927 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1928 |513&nbsp;km/h (318.57&nbsp;mph)<br>Italy<br>Mario de Bernardi<br>Macchi M.52bis<br>March 30, 1928 |7,665.3&nbsp;km (4,763.81&nbsp;miles)<br>Italy<br>Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo del Prete<br>SIAI-Marchetti S.64<br>July 5, 1928 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1929 |rowspan="2"|583&nbsp;km/h (362&nbsp;mph)<br>Italy<br>Giuseppe Motta<br>Macchi M.67<br>August 22, 1929 |8,029.4&nbsp;km (4,989.26&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>D. Costes and P.Codos<br>Breguet 19<br>December 17, 1929 |12,739&nbsp;m (41,795&nbsp;ft)<br>Germany<br>Willi Neuenhofen<br>Junkers W 34<br>May 26, 1929 |rowspan="13"|56,000&nbsp;kg (123,457&nbsp;lb)<br>Germany<br>Dornier<br>Dornier Do X |rowspan="2"|1,119&nbsp;kW (1,500&nbsp;hp)<br>Great Britain<br>Rolls-Royce<br>Rolls-Royce R |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1930 |8,188.8&nbsp;km (5,088.28&nbsp;miles)<br>Italy<br>Maddalena and Cecconi<br>SIAI-Marchetti S.M.64bis<br>June 2, 1930 |rowspan="2"|13,157&nbsp;m (43,166&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Apollo Soucek<br>Wright Apache<br>June 4, 1930 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1931 |rowspan="2"|655&nbsp;km/h (406.94&nbsp;mph)<br>Great Britain<br>GH Stainforth<br>Supermarine S.6B<br>September 29, 1931 |10,371&nbsp;km (6,444.27&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>Le Brix and Doret<br>Dewoitine D-33<br>June 10, 1931 |rowspan="8"|2,280&nbsp;kW (3,058&nbsp;hp)<br>Italy<br>Fiat<br>Fiat AS.6 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1932 |rowspan="6"|10,601.5&nbsp;km (6,587.45&nbsp;miles)<br>France<br>Bossoutrot and Rossi<br>Blériot 110<br>March 26, 1932 |13,404&nbsp;m (43,976&nbsp;ft)<br>Great Britain<br>Cyril F Uwins<br>Vickers Vespa<br>September 16, 1932 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1933 |682&nbsp;km/h (423.82&nbsp;mph)<br>Italy<br>Francesco Agello<br>Macchi-Castoldi MC-72<br>April 18, 1933 |13,660&nbsp;m (44,816&nbsp;ft)<br>France<br>Gustave Lemoine<br>Potez 50<br>September 28, 1933 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1934 |rowspan="5"|709&nbsp;km/h (440.68&nbsp;mph)<br>Italy<br>Francesco Agello<br>Macchi-Castoldi MC-72<br>October 23, 1934 |14,432&nbsp;m (47,352&nbsp;ft)<br>Italy<br>Renato Donati<br>Caproni Ca 113 AQ<br>April 11, 1934 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1935 |14,575&nbsp;m (47,818&nbsp;ft)<br>USSR<br>Vladimir Kokkinaki<br>Polikarpov TsKB-3 (I-15)<br>November 21, 1935 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1936 |15,223&nbsp;m (49,944&nbsp;ft)<br>Great Britain<br>S.R. Swain<br>Bristol 138<br>September 28, 1936 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1937 |16,440&nbsp;m (53,937&nbsp;ft)<br>Great Britain<br>MJ Adam<br>Bristol 138<br> |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1938 |11,650&nbsp;km (7,239&nbsp;miles)<br>Japan<br>Takahashi and Sekine<br>Gasuden Koken<br>May 16, 1938 |rowspan="10"|17,083&nbsp;m (56,046&nbsp;ft)<br>Italy<br>Mario Pezzi<br>Caproni 161bis<br>October 22, 1938 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1939 |rowspan="2"|755&nbsp;km/h (469.22&nbsp;mph)<br>Germany<br>Fritz Wendel<br>Messerschmitt Me 209 V1<br>April 26, 1939 |rowspan="7"|12,936&nbsp;km (8,038&nbsp;miles)<br>Italy<br>Tondi, Degasso, Vignoli<br>Savoia-Marchetti S.M.75<br>August 1, 1939 |rowspan="2"|544 kgf thrust (1,200&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Pabst von Ohain<br>Heinkel HeS 3B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1940 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1941 |rowspan="6"|1,004&nbsp;km/h km/h (623.85&nbsp;mph)<br>Germany<br>Heini Dittmar<br>Messerschmitt Me 163A<br>October 2, 1941 |748 kgf thrust (1,650&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Walter HWK<br>R11 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1942 |63,500&nbsp;kg (140,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>Boeing XB-29 Superfortress |910 kgf thrust (2,006&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Junkers Motoren<br>Jumo 004 B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1943 |75,500&nbsp;kg (166,447&nbsp;lb)<br>Germany<br>Junkers<br>Junkers Ju 390 |1,700 kgf thrust (3,748&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Walter HWK<br>109-509 A-2 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1944 |rowspan="2"|94,339&nbsp;kg (207,981&nbsp;lb)<br>Germany<br>Blohm & Voss<br>Blohm & Voss V238 V1 |rowspan="2"|2,000 kgf thrust (4,410&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Walter HWK<br>109-509 C |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1945 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1946 |rowspan="3"|18,081&nbsp;km (11,235&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Thomas D Davies<br>Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune<br>October 1, 1946 |140,614&nbsp;kg (310,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Convair<br>Convair XB-36 |rowspan="2"|2,722 kgf thrust (6,000&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Reaction Motors Inc<br>XLR 11-RM-5 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1947 |1,434&nbsp;km/h (891.07&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Charles "Chuck" Yeager<br>Bell X-1<br>November 6, 1947 |rowspan="5"|181,437&nbsp;kg (400,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Hughes Aircraft Co<br>H-4 Hercules |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1948 |rowspan="3"|1,540&nbsp;km/h (957&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Charles Yeager<br>Bell X-1<br>March 26, 1948 |19,507&nbsp;m (64,000&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Charles Yeager<br>Bell X-1<br>May 26, 1948 |2,740 kgf thrust (6,041&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Klimov<br>Klimov VK-1 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1949 |rowspan="8"|37,165&nbsp;km (23,093&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>James Gallagher<br>Boeing B-50A<br>March 2, 1949 |rowspan="2"|21,916&nbsp;m (71,902&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Frank Everest<br>Bell X-1<br>August 8, 1949 |2,948 kgf thrust (6,500&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>Great Britain<br>Rolls-Royce<br>Rolls-Royce Avon 100 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1950 |3,969 kgf thrust (8,750&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1951 |rowspan="2"|1,997&nbsp;km/h (1,240.89&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>William Bridgeman<br>Douglas D-558-2<br>August 7, 1951 |rowspan="2"|24,230&nbsp;m (79,494&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>William Bridgeman<br>Douglas D-558-2<br>August 15, 1951 |rowspan="2"|4,400 kgf thrust (9,700&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney J57-P-3 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1952 |rowspan="4"|190,509&nbsp;kg (420,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>B-52A Stratofortress |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1953 |rowspan="3"|2,655&nbsp;km/h (1,650&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Charles Yeager<br>Bell X-1A<br>December 12, 1953 |25,376&nbsp;m (83,253&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Marion Carl<br>Douglas D-558-2<br>August 21, 1953 |8,700 kgf thrust (19,181&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Mikulin<br>Mikulin AM-3D |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1954 |rowspan="2"|27,566&nbsp;m (90,440&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Arthur Murray<br>Bell X-1A<br>August 26, 1954 |9,500 kgf thrust (20,945&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Mikulin<br>Mikulin AM-3M |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1955 |rowspan="2"|10,000 kgf thrust (22,047&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Lyulka<br>Lyulka AL-7F TRD-31 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1956 |rowspan="4"|3,370&nbsp;km/h (2,094&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Milburn Apt<br>Bell X-2<br>September 27, 1956 |rowspan="4"|38,376&nbsp;m (125,907&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Iven Kincheloe<br>Bell X-2<br>September 7, 1956 |rowspan="2"|204,117&nbsp;kg (450,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>B-52C Stratofortress |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1957 |rowspan="29"|39,147&nbsp;km (24,325&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Archie Old Jr<br>B-52B Stratofortress<br>January 18, 1957 |rowspan="7"|12,251 kgf thrust (27,008&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Lyulka<br>Lyulka AL-21F |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1958 |rowspan="6"|221,353&nbsp;kg (488,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>B-52G Stratofortress |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1959 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1960 |3,534&nbsp;km/h (2,196&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Joseph Albert Walker<br>North American X-15<br>August 4, 1960 |rowspan="2"|41,605&nbsp;m (136,500&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Robert Michael White<br>North American X-15<br>August 12, 1960 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1961 |6,587&nbsp;km/h (4,093&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Robert White<br>North American X-15<br>November 9, 1961 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1962 |rowspan="5"|6,605&nbsp;km/h (4,104&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Joseph Walker<br>North American X-15<br>June 27, 1962 |95,936&nbsp;m (314,750&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Robert White<br>North American X-15<br>July 17, 1962 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1963 |rowspan="41"|107,960&nbsp;m (354,200&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Joseph Albert Walker<br>North American X-15<br>August 22, 1963 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1964 |249,476&nbsp;kg (550,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>North American<br>XB-70A Valkyrie |rowspan="4"|14,742 kgf thrust (32,500&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT11D-20B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1965 |rowspan="3"|250,000&nbsp;kg (551,147&nbsp;lb)<br>USSR<br>Antonov<br>Antonov An-22 Anteus |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1966 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1967 |rowspan="41"|7,297&nbsp;km/h (4,534&nbsp;mph)<br>USA<br>Pete Knight<br>North American X-15<br>October 3, 1967 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1968 |rowspan="2"|348,359&nbsp;kg (768,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Lockheed<br>C-5A Galaxy |20,000 kgf thrust (44,095&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Kuznetsov Design Bureau<br>Kuznetsov NK-144 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1969 |rowspan="2"|21,296 kgf thrust (46,950&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7AW |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1970 |351,534&nbsp;kg (775,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>Boeing 747-200B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1971 |rowspan="14"|377,842&nbsp;kg (833,000&nbsp;lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>Boeing 747-200F |rowspan="2"|22,861 kgf thrust (50,400&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>General Electric<br>General Electric CF6-50C |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1972 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1973 |rowspan="3"|23,496 kgf thrust (51,800&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>General Electric<br>General Electric CF6-50E |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1974 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1975 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1976 |rowspan="2"|24,145 kgf thrust (53,230&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT9D-59B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1977 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1978 |rowspan="2"|24,190 kgf thrust (53,330&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q1 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1979 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1980 |rowspan="2"|24,875 kgf thrust (54,840&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q2 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1981 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1982 |rowspan="3"|25,401 kgf thrust (56,000&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7H1 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1983 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1984 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1985 |rowspan="4"|404,994&nbsp;kg (892,859&nbsp;lb)<br>USSR<br>Antonov<br>Antonov An-124 Condor |rowspan="2"|26,762 kgf thrust (59,000&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>General Electric<br>General Electric CF6-80C2A1 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1986 |rowspan="19"|40,213&nbsp;km (24,987&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager<br>Voyager<br>December 23, 1986<ref name=dist40>"[http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=8389 FAI Record ID #8389 - Distance, C-1e (Landplanes: take off weight 3 000 to 6 000 kg) ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045338/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=8389 |date=2015-09-24 }}" [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=8391 Distance over a closed course] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115854/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=8391 |date=2013-12-24 }} ''Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).'' Retrieved: 21 September 2014.</ref> |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1987 |rowspan="3"|27,896 kgf thrust (61,500&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>General Electric<br>General Electric CF6-80C2A5 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1988 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1989 |rowspan="19"|640,000&nbsp;kg (1,410,958&nbsp;lb)<br>USSR<br>Antonov<br>Antonov An-225 Mriya |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1990 | rowspan="18" |27,928 kgf thrust (61,570&nbsp;lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney 4060A |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1991 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1992 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1993 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1994 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1995 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1996 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1997 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1998 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1999 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2000 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2001 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2002 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2003 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2004 |rowspan="4"|112,000&nbsp;m (367,454&nbsp;ft)<br>USA<br>Brian Binnie<br>Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne<br>October 4, 2004<ref name=alt>"[http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9881 FAI Record ID #9881 - Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft, Class P-1 (Suborbital missions) ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018225245/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9881 |date=2015-10-18 }}" [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=10434 Mass] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043352/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=10434 |date=2015-09-24 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9882 Time] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045447/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=9882 |date=2015-09-24 }} ''Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).'' Retrieved: 21 September 2014.</ref> |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2005 |rowspan="3"|41,467&nbsp;km (25,766&nbsp;miles)<br>USA<br>Steve Fossett<br>Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer<br>March 3, 2005<ref name=dist41a>"[http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13081 FAI Record ID #13081 - Distance, C-Powered Aeroplanes (Absolute Record of classes C, H and M) ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017205235/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13081 |date=2014-10-17 }}" [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13083 Class-specific] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073836/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13083 |date=2016-03-05 }} ''Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).'' Retrieved: 21 September 2014.</ref> |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2006 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !2007 |}

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