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 km/h (37.85 mph)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Flyer III<br>October 5, 1905 |rowspan="2"|38.95 km (24.2 miles)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Flyer III<br>October 5, 1905 |15 m (50 ft)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Flyer III<br>September 28, 1905 |388 kg (855 lb)<br>USA<br>Wright Brothers<br>Flyer III |37 kW (50 hp)<br>France<br>Léon Levavasseur<br>Antoinette |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1907 |25 m (82 ft)<br>France<br>Louis Blériot<br>Blériot VI<br>September 17, 1907 |522 kg (1,151 lb)<br>France<br>Voisin Brothers<br>Voisin-Farman No 1 |40 kW (54 hp)<br>France<br>Renault<br>VB Renault |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1908 |64.79 km/h (40.26 mph)<br>France<br>Henry Farman<br>Voisin-Farman No 1<br>October 30, 1908 |124.69 km (77.48 miles)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Wright A<br>December 31, 1908 |110 m (361 ft)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Wright A<br>December 18, 1908 |544 kg (1,200 lb)<br>USA<br>Wilbur Wright<br>Wright A |59 kW (79 hp)<br>France<br>Gobron-Brille<br>Gobron |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1909 |76.96 km/h (47.82 mph)<br>France<br>Louis Blériot<br>Blériot XII<br>August 28, 1909 |234.21 km (145.53 miles)<br>France<br>Henry Farman<br>HF.1 No III<br>December 1, 1909 |453 m (1,486 ft)<br>France<br>Hubert Latham<br>Antoinette VII<br>December 1, 1909 |620 kg (1,367 lb)<br>France<br>Louis Blériot<br>Blériot XII |66 kW (89 hp)<br>France<br>Gobron-Brille<br>Gobron |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1910 |110 km/h (68.2 mph)<br>France<br>Alfred Leblanc<br>Blériot XI<br>October 29, 1910 |584.7 km (363.34 miles)<br>France<br>Maurice Tabuteau<br>Maurice-Farman<br>December 30, 1910 |3,100 m (10,170 ft)<br>France<br>Georges Legagneux<br>Hubert Latham<br>Antoinette VII<br>December 1, 1909 |1,322 kg (2,950 lb)<br>Great Britain<br>Samuel Cody<br>Cody Michelin Cup |132 kW (177 hp)<br>France<br>Clerget<br>Gobron |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1911 |141.2 km/h (87.73 mph)<br>France<br>Édouard Nieuport<br>Nieuport Nie-2 N<br>June 21, 1911 |740 km (460 miles)<br>France<br>Armand Gobé<br>Nieuport<br>December 24, 1911 |3,910 m (12,828 ft)<br>France<br>Roland Garros<br>Blériot XI<br>September 4, 1911 |rowspan="2"|1,350 kg (2,976 lb)<br>France<br>Léon Levavasseur<br>Antoinette Monobloc |132 kW (177 hp)<br>France<br>Clerget<br>Double Clerget 4W |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1912 |174.1 km/h (108.18 mph)<br>France<br>Jules Védrines<br>Deperdussin Monocoque<br>September 9, 1912 |1,010.89 km (628.14 miles)<br>France<br>Géo Fourny<br>Maurice Farman<br>September 11, 1912 |5,610 m (18,405 ft)<br>France<br>Roland Garros<br>Morane-Saulnier<br>December 11, 1912 |147 kW (197 hp)<br>France<br>Clerget<br>Clerget |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1913 |203.8 km/h (126.66 mph)<br>France<br>Maurice Prévost<br> Deperdussin Monocoque<br>September 29, 1913 |1,021.19 km (634.54 miles)<br>France<br>A Seguin<br>Henry Farman<br>October 13, 1913 |6,120 m (20,079 ft)<br>France<br>Georges Legagneux<br>Nieuport II N<br>December 28, 1913 |4,080 kg (8,995 lb)<br>Russia<br>Igor Sikorsky<br>Russian Knight |162 kW (217 hp)<br>France<br>Salmson Canton-Unné<br>(CU) 2M7 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1914 |rowspan="4"|216.5 km/h (134.54 mph)<br>Great Britain<br>Norman Spratt<br>RAF SE.4<br>June 1914 |rowspan="5"|1,900 km (1,180.61 miles)<br>Germany<br>Werner Landmann<br>Albatros<br>June 28, 1914 |rowspan="4"|8,150 m (26,739 ft)<br>Germany<br>Heinrich Oelerich<br>DFW<br>July 14, 1914 |4,800 kg (10,582 lb)<br>Russia<br>Igor Sikorsky<br>Ilya Muromets A |168 kW (225 hp)<br>Great Britain<br>Sunbeam<br> |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1915 |6,350 kg (14,000 lb)<br>Great Britain<br>Handley Page Ltd<br>Handley Page 0/100 |169 kW (227 hp)<br>France<br>Louis Renault<br>Renault 12A |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1916 |12,129 kg (26,739 lb)<br>Germany<br>Staaken<br>R.VI |296 kW (296 hp)<br>France<br>Louis Renault<br>Renault 12F |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1917 |12,955 kg (28,561 lb)<br>Germany<br>Staaken<br>R.VII |298 kW (400 hp)<br>USA<br>Packard & Hall Scott<br>Liberty |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1918 |262.4 km/h (163.06 mph)<br>USA<br>Roland Rohlfs<br>Curtiss Wasp<br>August 19, 1918 |8,808 m (28,897 ft)<br>USA<br>Rudolph Schroeder<br>Bristol F.2B<br>November 18, 1918 |15,900 kg (35,053 lb)<br>Germany<br>Staaken<br>R.XIVa |rowspan="3"|522 kW (700 hp)<br>Italy<br>Fiat<br>Fiat A.14 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1919 |307.5 km/h (191.1 mph)<br>France<br>Joseph Sadi-Lecointe<br>Nieuport-Delage 29v<br>December 16, 1919 |rowspan="3"|3,032 km (1,884 miles)<br>Great Britain<br>Alcock and Brown<br>Vickers Vimy<br>June 15, 1919 |rowspan="4"|10,549 m (34,610 ft)<br>USA<br>Roland Rohlfs<br>Curtiss Wasp<br>September 18, 1919 |rowspan="2"|20,263 kg (44,672 lb)<br>Great Britain<br>WG Tarrant Ltd<br>Tarrant Tabor |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1920 |313 km/h (194.49 mph)<br>France<br>Joseph Sadi-Lecointe<br>Nieuport-Delage 29v<br>December 12, 1920 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1921 |330 km/h (205.22 mph)<br>France<br>Joseph Sadi-Lecointe<br>Nieuport-Delage<br>September 26, 1921 |rowspan="8"|26,000 kg (57,319 lb)<br>Italy<br>SAI Caproni<br>Caproni Ca 60 |rowspan="3"|625 kW (838 hp)<br>France<br>Marcel Riffard<br>Breguet-Bugatti 32A |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1922 |361 km/h (224.28 mph)<br>USA<br>William Mitchell<br>Curtiss R-6<br>October 18, 1922 |4,052 km (2517.8 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 km/h (267.16 mph)<br>USA<br>Alford J Williams<br>Curtiss R2C-1<br>November 4, 1923 |rowspan="3"|5,300 km (3,293 miles)<br>USA<br>Smith and Richter<br>De Havilland DH.4B<br>August 28, 1923 |rowspan="4"|11,145 m (36,565 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 km/h (278.47 mph)<br>France<br>Florentine Bonnet<br>Bernard Ferbois V2<br>December 11, 1924 |rowspan="5"|746 kW (1,000 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 km (3,352.92 miles)<br>France<br>Costes and Rignot<br>Breguet 19 GR<br>October 19, 1926 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1927 |479 km/h (297.83 mph)<br>Italy<br>Mario de Bernardi<br>Macchi M.52<br>November 4, 1927 |6,294 km (3,911 miles)<br>USA<br>Chamberlin and Levine<br>Bellanca<br>June 6, 1927 |rowspan="2"|11,710 m (38,418 ft)<br>USA<br>CC Champion<br>Wright Apache<br>July 25, 1927 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1928 |513 km/h (318.57 mph)<br>Italy<br>Mario de Bernardi<br>Macchi M.52bis<br>March 30, 1928 |7,665.3 km (4,763.81 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 km/h (362 mph)<br>Italy<br>Giuseppe Motta<br>Macchi M.67<br>August 22, 1929 |8,029.4 km (4,989.26 miles)<br>France<br>D. Costes and P.Codos<br>Breguet 19<br>December 17, 1929 |12,739 m (41,795 ft)<br>Germany<br>Willi Neuenhofen<br>Junkers W 34<br>May 26, 1929 |rowspan="13"|56,000 kg (123,457 lb)<br>Germany<br>Dornier<br>Dornier Do X |rowspan="2"|1,119 kW (1,500 hp)<br>Great Britain<br>Rolls-Royce<br>Rolls-Royce R |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1930 |8,188.8 km (5,088.28 miles)<br>Italy<br>Maddalena and Cecconi<br>SIAI-Marchetti S.M.64bis<br>June 2, 1930 |rowspan="2"|13,157 m (43,166 ft)<br>USA<br>Apollo Soucek<br>Wright Apache<br>June 4, 1930 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1931 |rowspan="2"|655 km/h (406.94 mph)<br>Great Britain<br>GH Stainforth<br>Supermarine S.6B<br>September 29, 1931 |10,371 km (6,444.27 miles)<br>France<br>Le Brix and Doret<br>Dewoitine D-33<br>June 10, 1931 |rowspan="8"|2,280 kW (3,058 hp)<br>Italy<br>Fiat<br>Fiat AS.6 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1932 |rowspan="6"|10,601.5 km (6,587.45 miles)<br>France<br>Bossoutrot and Rossi<br>Blériot 110<br>March 26, 1932 |13,404 m (43,976 ft)<br>Great Britain<br>Cyril F Uwins<br>Vickers Vespa<br>September 16, 1932 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1933 |682 km/h (423.82 mph)<br>Italy<br>Francesco Agello<br>Macchi-Castoldi MC-72<br>April 18, 1933 |13,660 m (44,816 ft)<br>France<br>Gustave Lemoine<br>Potez 50<br>September 28, 1933 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1934 |rowspan="5"|709 km/h (440.68 mph)<br>Italy<br>Francesco Agello<br>Macchi-Castoldi MC-72<br>October 23, 1934 |14,432 m (47,352 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 m (47,818 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 m (49,944 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 m (53,937 ft)<br>Great Britain<br>MJ Adam<br>Bristol 138<br> |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1938 |11,650 km (7,239 miles)<br>Japan<br>Takahashi and Sekine<br>Gasuden Koken<br>May 16, 1938 |rowspan="10"|17,083 m (56,046 ft)<br>Italy<br>Mario Pezzi<br>Caproni 161bis<br>October 22, 1938 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1939 |rowspan="2"|755 km/h (469.22 mph)<br>Germany<br>Fritz Wendel<br>Messerschmitt Me 209 V1<br>April 26, 1939 |rowspan="7"|12,936 km (8,038 miles)<br>Italy<br>Tondi, Degasso, Vignoli<br>Savoia-Marchetti S.M.75<br>August 1, 1939 |rowspan="2"|544 kgf thrust (1,200 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 km/h km/h (623.85 mph)<br>Germany<br>Heini Dittmar<br>Messerschmitt Me 163A<br>October 2, 1941 |748 kgf thrust (1,650 lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Walter HWK<br>R11 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1942 |63,500 kg (140,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>Boeing XB-29 Superfortress |910 kgf thrust (2,006 lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Junkers Motoren<br>Jumo 004 B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1943 |75,500 kg (166,447 lb)<br>Germany<br>Junkers<br>Junkers Ju 390 |1,700 kgf thrust (3,748 lbf thrust)<br>Germany<br>Walter HWK<br>109-509 A-2 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1944 |rowspan="2"|94,339 kg (207,981 lb)<br>Germany<br>Blohm & Voss<br>Blohm & Voss V238 V1 |rowspan="2"|2,000 kgf thrust (4,410 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 km (11,235 miles)<br>USA<br>Thomas D Davies<br>Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune<br>October 1, 1946 |140,614 kg (310,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Convair<br>Convair XB-36 |rowspan="2"|2,722 kgf thrust (6,000 lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Reaction Motors Inc<br>XLR 11-RM-5 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1947 |1,434 km/h (891.07 mph)<br>USA<br>Charles "Chuck" Yeager<br>Bell X-1<br>November 6, 1947 |rowspan="5"|181,437 kg (400,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Hughes Aircraft Co<br>H-4 Hercules |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1948 |rowspan="3"|1,540 km/h (957 mph)<br>USA<br>Charles Yeager<br>Bell X-1<br>March 26, 1948 |19,507 m (64,000 ft)<br>USA<br>Charles Yeager<br>Bell X-1<br>May 26, 1948 |2,740 kgf thrust (6,041 lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Klimov<br>Klimov VK-1 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1949 |rowspan="8"|37,165 km (23,093 miles)<br>USA<br>James Gallagher<br>Boeing B-50A<br>March 2, 1949 |rowspan="2"|21,916 m (71,902 ft)<br>USA<br>Frank Everest<br>Bell X-1<br>August 8, 1949 |2,948 kgf thrust (6,500 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 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 km/h (1,240.89 mph)<br>USA<br>William Bridgeman<br>Douglas D-558-2<br>August 7, 1951 |rowspan="2"|24,230 m (79,494 ft)<br>USA<br>William Bridgeman<br>Douglas D-558-2<br>August 15, 1951 |rowspan="2"|4,400 kgf thrust (9,700 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 kg (420,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>B-52A Stratofortress |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1953 |rowspan="3"|2,655 km/h (1,650 mph)<br>USA<br>Charles Yeager<br>Bell X-1A<br>December 12, 1953 |25,376 m (83,253 ft)<br>USA<br>Marion Carl<br>Douglas D-558-2<br>August 21, 1953 |8,700 kgf thrust (19,181 lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Mikulin<br>Mikulin AM-3D |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1954 |rowspan="2"|27,566 m (90,440 ft)<br>USA<br>Arthur Murray<br>Bell X-1A<br>August 26, 1954 |9,500 kgf thrust (20,945 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 lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Lyulka<br>Lyulka AL-7F TRD-31 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1956 |rowspan="4"|3,370 km/h (2,094 mph)<br>USA<br>Milburn Apt<br>Bell X-2<br>September 27, 1956 |rowspan="4"|38,376 m (125,907 ft)<br>USA<br>Iven Kincheloe<br>Bell X-2<br>September 7, 1956 |rowspan="2"|204,117 kg (450,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>B-52C Stratofortress |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1957 |rowspan="29"|39,147 km (24,325 miles)<br>USA<br>Archie Old Jr<br>B-52B Stratofortress<br>January 18, 1957 |rowspan="7"|12,251 kgf thrust (27,008 lbf thrust)<br>USSR<br>Lyulka<br>Lyulka AL-21F |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1958 |rowspan="6"|221,353 kg (488,000 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 km/h (2,196 mph)<br>USA<br>Joseph Albert Walker<br>North American X-15<br>August 4, 1960 |rowspan="2"|41,605 m (136,500 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 km/h (4,093 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 km/h (4,104 mph)<br>USA<br>Joseph Walker<br>North American X-15<br>June 27, 1962 |95,936 m (314,750 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 m (354,200 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 kg (550,000 lb)<br>USA<br>North American<br>XB-70A Valkyrie |rowspan="4"|14,742 kgf thrust (32,500 lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT11D-20B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1965 |rowspan="3"|250,000 kg (551,147 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 km/h (4,534 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 kg (768,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Lockheed<br>C-5A Galaxy |20,000 kgf thrust (44,095 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 lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>Pratt & Whitney<br>Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7AW |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1970 |351,534 kg (775,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>Boeing 747-200B |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1971 |rowspan="14"|377,842 kg (833,000 lb)<br>USA<br>Boeing<br>Boeing 747-200F |rowspan="2"|22,861 kgf thrust (50,400 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 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 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 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 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 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 kg (892,859 lb)<br>USSR<br>Antonov<br>Antonov An-124 Condor |rowspan="2"|26,762 kgf thrust (59,000 lbf thrust)<br>USA<br>General Electric<br>General Electric CF6-80C2A1 |- style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:top;" !1986 |rowspan="19"|40,213 km (24,987 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 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 kg (1,410,958 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 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 m (367,454 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 km (25,766 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 |}
==References==
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