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Updated 06/23/07

Pilot Speed (MPH) Location Plane Date Witness
Joe Manor 305 "windmills" SoCal Dynamic 160" 04/15/07 John Buxton
Kyle Paulson 302 Parker Mtn, CA Extreme 100 12/02/06 Joe Zepeda
Dennis Noland 301 Lake Isabella, CA Typhoon 100" 06/06/07 Vernon Anderson
Doug Rubin 301 Norco Hill, SoCal 100" Extreme 01/05/07 Brett Banker

300 mph and above

Spencer Lisenby 297 Norco Hill, SoCal Thundertaker 11/29/06 Jason Lilly
Joe Manor 293 "windmills" SoCal Dynamic 80" 02/25/07 Bill Lamping
Gary Legerton 292 "windmills" SoCal 2M Extreme 07/30/06 Jason Lilly
Dennis Noland 290

Three Rocks, NorCal

StormX 2M 01/08/07 Norman Mertke
Joe Manor 288 Norco Hill, SoCal Opus MC3 11/30/06 Jason Lilly
John Buxton 292 Lake Isabella, CA Opus MC3 06/05/07 Tim Ferrell
Dennis Noland 279.1* Castle Ridge, NorCal 65" Velocity 10/01/05 Norman Mertke
Mickey Crawley 276

3 Rocks, Norcal

Storm 2M 01/23/06 Dennis Noland
Jason Lilly 274 "windmills" SoCal Thundertaker 07/30/06 Jason Lilly
Mike Simon 272 Goat Rock, NorCal Opus 05/20/07 John Buxton
Spencer Lisenby 271* Norco Hill, SoCal 60" Kinetic homebrew 11/29/06 Jason Lilly
Ryan Hevener 269 "windmills" SoCal Opus MC3 09/15/06 Jason Lilly
Vern Anderson 267 Lake Isabella, CA Opus 2Xc 06/06/07 Dennis Noland
Joe Manor 262* Norco Hill, CA 60" Dynamic 01/05/07 Jason Lilly
Ken Gregory 261 3 Rocks, Norcal, CA Storm 2M 06/03/06 Dennis Noland
Donald Lee 258

Goat Rock, NorCal

Storm 2M 06/11/07 Mike Simon
Norman Mertke 256 Mission Ridge, NorCal 2.5M Kami 12/02/06 Dennis Noland
Joe Zepeda 250 Parker Mtn, CA Kinetic 09/23/06 Joe Manor
Joe Zepeda 250* Parker Mtn, CA 54" DestinyC 09/23/06 Joe Manor
Joe Wurts 250 Parker Mtn, CA Extreme 100 12/04/05 Victor Vector

250 mph and above

Bill Lamping 247 Norco Hill, CA 2M Extreme 01/07/07 Bill Lorenz
Nathan Towns 244 Norco Hill, CA Opus MC3 01/07/07 Joe Manor
Bill Lorenz 240 "windmills" SoCal Dynamic 80" 04/15/07 John Buxton
Kouji Tada 240 Watarase, Japan Opus W-2C 02/04/07 Yosinobu Hirota
Patrick Häusler 239 Norcia, Italy DS-SRTL 10/03/06 Artur Blömker
Ken Gregory 239* Eagles View, NorCal 65" Velocity 01/01/06 Dennis Noland
Doug Reel 239 Vincent, CA 2M Extreme 06/28/04 Kyle Paulson
Stefan knechtle 236 Norcia, Italy Fräulein Rottenmeier 06/29/06 Christian Hanke
Artur Blömker  235 Norcia, Italy DS-SRTL 10/03/06 Patrick Häusler
Dominic Bayani 233 3 Rocks, Norcal CA 2M Infinity 12/28/06 Dennis Noland
Mickey Crawley 230*

Mission Ridge, NorCal

65" Velocity 06/08/04 Dennis Noland
Thomas Wäckerlin 223 Norcia, Italy Payass 08/02/05 Stefan Knechtle
Dennis Noland 222*

Three Rocks, NorCal

60" Bird-c 01/23/06 Donald Lee
Bill Lorenz 221* Norco Hill, CA 60" MiniBlade 01/05/07 Spencer Lisenby
Dietmar Metz 221 South Wales, UK Nyx F3F-DS 05/13/05 Bernhard Thurner
Dean Neiswanger 218 Norco Hill, CA 60" Bird-C 01/27/07 Joe Manor
Brett Banker 217 Norco Hill, CA 80" Dynamic 01/01/07 Joe Manor
Nick Hull 217 Parker Mtn, CA Opus Wc 11/15/05 Joe Zepeda
Pat Bowman 214 Parker Mtn, CA Thundertaker 01/05/06 Jason Lilly
Marco Meyer 213.1 Germany Eliminator 01/17/07 Tim Medhurst
Joe Zepda 213* Parker Mtn, CA 54" Destiny 01/23/06 Kal Borisov
Kal Borisov 213* Parker Mtn, CA 60" Bird-c 01/23/06 Joe Zepeda

Christian Hanke

212

Norcia, Italia

Wobbegong

06/29/06

Stefan Knechtle

Kal Borisov 211 Parker Mtn, CA Terminator 01/23/06 Joe Zepeda
Dean Neiswanger 210 Parker Mtn, CA 2M Extreme 1/12/06 Joe Zwart
Nick Hull 208* Parker Mtn, CA MiniBlade-c 11/15/05 Joe Zepeda
Gavin Baskin 208 Parker Mtn, CA Wizard 2X 07/27/03 Pat Bowman
Norman Mertke 207* Castle Ridge, Norcal 60" foam "Super-tron" 10/01/05 Vernon Anderson
Dave Reese 206.6

"Secret Spot" NorCal

Wizard DS 05/25/03 Craig Toutolmin
Marlan Muir 206 Weldon CA Opus V 07/03/06 John Buxton
Ben Kim 206 Parker Mtn, CA Blade 2Mc 12/16/04 Joe Zepda
Andy McKittrick 203 Vincent, CA Sting DS 06/09/04 Kyle Paulson
Craig Toutolmin 202.2

"Secret Spot" NorCal

MoFo
(scratch built)
05/24/03 Tim Bigley
Michael Kislat 201.9 Braunschweig, GER SRTL 11/18/04 Jens Kleinert
Dan Anderson 201 The Slot, NorCal Extreme 100" 05/09/07 Dennis Noland
Mike Simon 201 Goat Rock, NorCal Big Bird-2c 01/20/07 Avery Adinauer
Ryan Hevener 201* Parker Mtn, CA JW60
(Foamie!)
10/05/05 Joe Zepeda
Jaro Ufer 200.7 Germany Raketenwurm 01/17/07 Tim Medhurst
Joe Mnich 200.1 South Wales, UK NYX F3F DS 10/01/06 Dietmar Metz
Hae jin Park 200 Mt.Hwang-geum, Korea Opus DS 12/17/05 Jong bok Kim

200 mph and above

Donald Lee 199* Sunol, Norcal, CA 60" Bird c 01/01/06 Dennis Noland
Bill Lamping 198* "windmills" SoCal 60" Redline 02/25/07 Joe Manor
Hannes Niethammer 198 Neumarkt, Germany Elita 12/05/06 Artur Blömker
Rob Hurd 198 Vincent, CA 100" Extreme 06/01/06 Joe Zepeda
Yaniv Levi 197 3 Rocks, Norcal CA 2M Storm 10/25/06 Norman Mertke
Jens Kleinert 197 Braunschweig, GER DS-Caracho 11/18/04 Artur Blömker
David Pichler 196.4 Braunschweig, GER RTL 03/21/04 Thomas Nothdurft
Bill Lorenz 196 "windmills" SoCal Carbon Opus 06/10/06 Jason Lilly
Dan Anderson 196 South Hill, NorCal Opus 05/10/05 Norman Mertke
Bob Bingham 196 Vincent, CA Opus W DS 06/17/04 Kyle Paulson
Mike Simon 195 Lake Isabella, CA Blast 60" 03/25/07 John Buxton
David Swain 195 Vincent, CA Sting DS 06/28/04 Doug Reel
Brett Jaffee 195 Vincent, CA Sting-DS 06/28/03 Bruce Bedoe
Ron Williams 194

"Secret Spot" NorCal

Mojo DS 06/05/04 Bart Vario
Ben Kim 192* Vincent, CA Bird 60" 06/25/05 Joe Zepeda
Im kil Jeon 189 Mt.Hwang-geum, Korea Opus 04/23/06 Seung hyun Lee
Mark Hadfield 186* Goat Rock, NorCal Bird-c 60" 06/11/07 Mike Simon
Tom Seitz 186 Cape Blanco, OR 100" Mojo 04/19/02 Craig Toutolmin
Mazzola Gery 185 Palermo, Sicily Italy 60" Miniblade