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

<--   6 UK microlight and paramotor records set in 2014   -->  
From 2006 onwards CIMA may award the Ann Welch Diploma to the pilot or crew of a microlight or paramotor who made the most meritorious flight which resulted in a microlight or paramotor World record claim ratified since the last CIMA plenary meeting. These records are at Ann Welch Diploma candidates
PF1Tm Altitude
Performance 2918m (9572 Ft)
Date 22 Sep 2014
Pilot Gordon Blackley (GBR)
Aircraft Bailey Matrix / Advance Epsilon 7
Engine Bailey Hornet
Location Over, Cambridgeshire
Observer Paul Bailey, Giles Fowler, Suzanne Hobbs
PF1Tm Altitude
Performance 5580m (18305 Ft)
Date 27 Sep 2014
Pilot Giles Fowler (GBR)
Aircraft Bailey Matrix / Advance Epsilon 7
Engine Bailey Hornet
Location Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Observer Paul Bailey, Gordon Blackley, Tom Garner
PF1Tm Time to climb to a height of 3000 m
Performance 0h 21m 53s
Date 22 Sep 2014
Pilot Gordon Blackley (GBR)
Aircraft Bailey Matrix / Advance Epsilon 7
Engine Bailey Hornet
Location Over, Cambridgeshire
Observer Paul Bailey, Giles Fowler, Suzanne Hobbs
Did not quite exceed the current World Record by the required 3% (missed by 23 sec)
PF1Tm Time to climb to a height of 3000 m
Performance 0h 18m 49s
Date 29 Nov 2014
Pilot Mark Morgan (GBR)
Aircraft Bailey Matrix / Ozone Viper 3
Engine Bailey Hornet 160cc
Location Earnley, West Sussex
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Observer Barry Holleran
PF2T Altitude
Performance 3450m (11318 Ft)
Date 29 Sep 2014
Pilot Mick Roche (GBR)
Co-pilot Susanne Hobbs
Aircraft Bailey Matrix / Advance Bi-Beta 5
Engine Bailey Hornet
Location Over, Canbridgeshire
Observer Paul Bailey, Giles Fowler, Gordon Blackley
PF2T Time to climb to a height of 3000 m
Performance 0h 48m 44s
Date 29 Sep 2014
Pilot Mick Roche (GBR)
Co-pilot Suzanne Hobbs
Aircraft Advance Bi Beta with Matrix
Engine Bailey Hornet
Location Over, Cambridgeshire
Ratified by FAI as a World record