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Site last updated by RMH
29 Jul 2024, 14:09

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.

Filter: All   Current World   Superseded World    Current UK   Superseded UK   

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Superseded UK record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Superseded World record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.