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

Records set by Jan Bém (CZE)
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 Altitude
Performance 8072m (26479 Ft)
Date 13 Sep 2010
Pilot Jan Bém (CZE)
Co-pilot Olga Zaluská
Aircraft La Mouette Chronos 14
Engine Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Min. 8315m (27273 Ft) to beat this record.
Superseded World record
WL2T Altitude
Performance 6876m (22556 Ft)
Date 23 Jul 2007
Pilot Jan Bèm (CZE)
Co-pilot Jane-Marie BÈM
Aircraft TL-Ultralight TL-2
Engine 1 Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Current World record
WL2T Time to climb to a height of 3000 m
Performance 0h 7m 20s
Date 14 Sep 2008
Pilot Jan Bém (CZE)
Co-pilot Olga Zaluská
Aircraft Cosmos-Bidulm Chronos 14
Engine Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Max. 0h 7m 6s to beat this record.
Current World record
WL2T Time to climb to a height of 6000 m
Performance 0h 19m 32s
Date 11 Sep 2009
Pilot Jan Bém (CZE)
Co-pilot Olga Zaluská
Aircraft La Mouette Chronos 14
Engine Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Max. 0h 18m 56s to beat this record.
Superseded World record
WL2T Time to climb to a height of 6000 m
Performance 0h 33m 15s
Date 23 Jul 2007
Pilot Jan Bèm (CZE)
Co-pilot Jane-Marie BÈM
Aircraft TL-Ultralight TL-2
Engine 1 Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Current World record
AL2T Time to climb to a height of 3000 m
Performance 0h 5m 22s
Date 15 Oct 2012
Pilot Jan Bém (CZE)
Co-pilot Jana Lorencová Tucanová
Aircraft Airlony Skylane 914
Engine Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Max. 0h 5m 12s to beat this record.
Current World record
AL2T Time to climb to a height of 6000 m
Performance 0h 13m 7s
Date 2 Nov 2015
Pilot Jan Bém (CZE)
Co-pilot Lucie Dolejšová
Aircraft Airlony Skylane 914
Engine Rotax 914
Location Milovice (Czech Republic)
Max. 0h 12m 43s to beat this record.
World Records: Current 5     Superseded 2
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.