Guinness World Records 2018

ADVENTURES

LONGEST INDOOR FORMATION
“4-WAY” SKYDIVE SEQUENCE
On 23 Oct 2015, the NMP Pch HayaBusa team – Belgians
Andy Grauwels, David Grauwels, Jeroen Nollet and Dennis
Praet – completed a sequence of 43 formations in the
Hurricane Factory, the only wind tunnel in Prague, Czech
Republic. The four skydivers achieved the record during
the first-ever FAI Indoor Skydiving World Championships. 

LONGEST-DURATION GLIDE

IN A WINGSUIT

On 6 Nov 2016, Chris Geiler (AUS) sustained

a flight for 95.7 sec during the first FAI World 

Wingsuit Performance Flying Championships

in Florida, USA. Athletes are flown to an 

altitude of around 4,000 m (13,123 ft) then

exit the plane. Their competition zone is

between the altitudes of 3,000 m and

2,000 m (9,Ưƫ2–6,561 ft). They strive to fly 

farther, faster or for longer than each other

within this 1,000-m (3,280-ft) “window”.

FARTHEST
STRAIGHT DISTANCE
TO A DECLARED GOAL
IN A HANG GLIDER
On 13 Oct 2016, Brazilians
André Wolf (pictured,
front) and Glauco Pinto
flew alongside each other 
in separate hang gliders
for a straight declared
distance of 603 km
(374.687 mi) from Tacima
to Paraíba in north-
eastern razil. Wolf flew 
in a Moyes Delta Gliders
Litespeed RX 3.5, while
Pinto opted for an Icaro
2000 Laminar 1 4.

FASTEST SPEED IN AN AIRSHIP

Steve Fossett (USA, above left) and his co-pilot Hans-Paul

Ströhle (DEU) achieved a speed of 115 km/h (71.45 mph)

in a ~eppelin Luftschifftechnik L~ D07-100 airship on 

27 Oct 2004 over Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Fossett went on to make the first circumnavigation by

an aircraft without refuelling (solo), in 67 hr 1 min, from

1 to 3 Mar 2005 in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (below,

left and right). He started and finished at Salina in Kansas, 

USA. The aircraft, constructed by Scaled Composites, was

powered by a single turbofan jet engine.

FASTEST SPEED

IN A GLIDER

(OUT AND RETURN)

Klaus Ohlmann (DEU)

reached 306.8 km/h

(190.6 mph) over an

out-and-return course of

500 km (310 mi) on 22 Dec

2006 at Zapala in Argentina.

He flew a Schempp-Hirth 

Nimbus-4DM. He also

flew the greatest free

distance in a glider:

2,256.9 km (1,402.3 mi), at

El Calafate in Argentina on

12 Jan 2010. This category

incorporates a course with

a declared start point and

finish point, and no turns.

Wingsuit

competitors

who take part in

Ƞperformance flightȡ 

contests are scored in

three rounds. Each round

features three different 

types of jump: one for

distance, one for

speed and one

for (^) duration.