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- ↑ "FAI Record ID #8389 - Distance, C-1e (Landplanes: take off weight 3 000 to 6 000 kg) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine " Distance over a closed course Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "FAI Record ID #9881 - Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft, Class P-1 (Suborbital missions) Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine " Mass Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Time Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: 21 September 2014.
- ↑ "FAI Record ID #13081 - Distance, C-Powered Aeroplanes (Absolute Record of classes C, H and M) Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine " Class-specific Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: 21 September 2014.
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