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Site last updated by RMH
30 Apr 2021, 18:06

Records set with aircraft made by P & M
This is the definitive list of UK records but the FAI website is the authority for World records.

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Current World record WL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km
Performance	162 Km/h (88 Kt)
Date	16 Jul 2014
Pilot	François Denis (FRA)
Co-pilot	Eliane Redureau
Aircraft	P & M Aviation Quick 912
Engine	1 Rotax 912
Location	Douzy (France)
Min. 163.62 Km/h (89 Kt) to beat this record.

Current World record WL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km
Performance	170 Km/h (92 Kt)
Date	29 Apr 2014
Pilot	François Denis (FRA)
Co-pilot	Dimitrios Papageorgiou
Aircraft	P & M Aviation Quick 912
Engine	1 Rotax 912
Location	Douzy (France)
Min. 171.7 Km/h (93 Kt) to beat this record.

Current UK record WL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km
Performance	170 Km/h (92 Kt)
Date	21 Jun 2013
Pilot	Gordon Douglas (GBR)
Co-pilot	Evie Douglas
Aircraft	P & M Aviation QuikR
Engine	Rotax 912
Location	East Fortune
Ratified by FAI as a World Record
Min. 171.7 Km/h (93 Kt) to beat this record.

Current World record WL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km
Performance	170 Km/h (92 Kt)
Date	21 Jun 2013
Pilot	Gordon Douglas (GBR)
Co-pilot	Evie Douglas
Aircraft	P & M Aviation QuikR
Engine	Rotax 912
Location	East Fortune (United Kingdom)
Min. 171.7 Km/h (93 Kt) to beat this record.

Current UK record WL2T Speed over a straight course
Performance	171 Km/h (93 Kt)
Date	21 Jun 2013
Pilot	Gordon Douglas (GBR)
Co-pilot	Evie Douglas
Aircraft	P & M Aviation QuikR
Engine	Rotax 912
Location	East Fortune
Ratified as a World Record by FAI
Min. 172.71 Km/h (94 Kt) to beat this record.

Current World record WL2T Speed over a straight course
Performance	171 Km/h (93 Kt)
Date	21 Jun 2013
Pilot	Gordon Douglas (GBR)
Co-pilot	Evie Douglas
Aircraft	P & M Aviation QuikR
Engine	Rotax 912
Location	East Fortune (United Kingdom)
Min. 172.71 Km/h (94 Kt) to beat this record.

Superseded UK record WL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km
Performance	164.53 Km/h (89 Kt)
Date	17 Feb 2011
Pilot	David BROOM (GBR)
Co-pilot	John LAWRENCE
Aircraft	P & M Quik R
Engine	Rotax 912s, 100 Hp.
Location	Sutton Meadows, Cambridgeshire, UK
Observer	David GARRISON
Ratified as a UK record 12 March 2011. Ratified as a World Record.

Superseded World record WL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km
Performance	164.53 Km/h (89 Kt)
Date	17 Feb 2011
Pilot	David Broom (GBR)
Co-pilot	John Lawrence
Aircraft	P & M Aviation Quick 912
Engine	1 Rotax 912s
Location	Sutton Meadows (United Kingdom)

Superseded UK record WL2T Speed over a straight course
Performance	165.77 Km/h (90 Kt)
Date	17 Feb 2011
Pilot	David BROOM (GBR)
Co-pilot	John LAWRENCE
Aircraft	P & M Quik R
Engine	Rotax 912s, 100 Hp.
Location	Sutton Meadows, Cambridgeshire, UK
Observer	David GARRISON
Ratified as a UK record on 6 March 2011. Ratified as a World Record.

Superseded World record WL2T Speed over a straight course
Performance	165.77 Km/h (90 Kt)
Date	17 Feb 2011
Pilot	David Broom (GBR)
Co-pilot	John LAWRENCE
Aircraft	P & M Aviation Quick 912
Engine	1 Rotax 912s
Location	Sutton Meadows (United Kingdom)

Superseded World record WL2T Time to climb to a height of 6000 m
Performance	0h 25m 45s
Date	19 Jan 2008
Pilot	Mark Jackson (GBR)
Co-pilot	Eve JACKSON
Aircraft	P & M Aviation Quik GT 450
Engine	Rotax 914
Location	Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
More info	www.flymicro.com

Current UK record WL2T Time to climb to a height of 6000 m
Performance	0h 25m 45s
Date	19 Jan 2008
Pilot	Mark Jackson (GBR)
Co-pilot	Eve Jackson
Aircraft	P & M Aviation GT450 'Seeing is Believing'
Engine	Rotax 914, 115 Hp.
Location	Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
More info	www.flymicro.com
Observer	RMH
Ratified as a UK record 5 May 2008 Ratified as a World Record 3 Sept 2008
Max. 0h 24m 58s to beat this record.

Current UK record WL2T Time to climb to a height of 3000 m
Performance	0h 9m 37s
Date	19 Jan 2008
Pilot	Mark Jackson (GBR)
Co-pilot	Eve Jackson
Aircraft	P & M Aviation GT450 'Seeing is Believing'
Location	Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
More info	www.flymicro.com
Observer	RMH
Ratified as a UK record 5 May 2008
Max. 0h 9m 19s to beat this record.

Current UK record WL2T Altitude
Performance	7395m (24258 Ft)
Date	19 Jan 2008
Pilot	Mark Jackson (GBR)
Co-pilot	Eve Jackson
Aircraft	P & M Aviation GT450 'Seeing is Believing'
Engine	Rotax 914, 115 Hp.
Location	Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
More info	www.flymicro.com
Observer	RMH
Ratified as a UK record 5 May 2008 Ratified as a World Record 3 Sept 2008
Min. 7617m (24986 Ft) to beat this record.

Superseded World record WL2T Altitude
Performance	7395m (24258 Ft)
Date	19 Jan 2008
Pilot	Mark Jackson (GBR)
Co-pilot	Eve JACKSON
Aircraft	P & M Aviation Quik GT 450
Engine	Rotax 914
Location	Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
More info	www.flymicro.com

Superseded World record WL2T Speed over a closed circuit of 50 km
Performance	146.7 Km/h (80 Kt)
Date	21 Aug 2006
Pilot	Richard Meredith-Hardy (GBR)
Aircraft	P & M Aviation Quik GT 450
Engine	Rotax 912
Location	Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (USA)

World Records:

Current 4 Superseded 5

World records courtesy FAI. See the FAI website for the definitive list of World records, this listing last checked 27 Mar 2023.

This list does not include World record claims pending ratification.