Fastest aircraft, human-powered
- 記録保持者
- Holger Rochelt
- 内容
- 44.26 kilometre(s) per hour
- 場所
- Germany (Oberschleissheim,)
- 達成日
- 02 October 1985
The highest speed ever reached in an aircraft propelled only by human power is 44.26 km/h (27.5 mph) by Holger Rochelt (Germany) in Musculair II at Oberschleissheim, Germany on 2 October 1985. The lightweight flying machine, constructed by the pilot's father, Gunther Rochelt, weighed only 25 kg (55 lb) empty, despite having a massing wingspan of 19.5 m (64 ft).
(Official IHPVA record)