World’s Longest Journey On Skates
Full-time adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow completed a gruelling 94-day journey on skates. Khoo travelled a total of 6,088 km, making him the record holder for the world’s longest journey on skates. Khoo started his skating journey from Hanoi on 20 Oct 2007 and arrived at Shangri-La Singapore on 21 Jan 2008. Read More »
World’s Fastest Time To Complete 7 Marathons In 7 Continents
On 19 Dec 2007, Dr William Tan became the fastest person in the world to complete 7 marathons across 7 continents in 26 days and 17 hours. His amazing race took him to Antarctica, Chile, Egypt, Thailand, Japan, Kenya, Italy, England, New Zealand, and USA between Nov and Dec 2007. Read More »
World’s Largest Passenger Aircraft
The largest passenger aircraft is the Airbus 380, manufactured by EADS (Airbus SAS). It started service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. It has a wingspan of 79.8m and a maximum designed take off weight of 560 tons. It has a range of 15,000 km and a maximum fuel capacity is 310,000 litres. It will normally be fitted with around ... Read More »
World’s Longest Helmet Chain
Over 16,000 helmets were chained up by their chin-straps for Keppel Offshore and Marine’s Family Day at Sentosa on 21 Oct 2007. The continuous line of helmets, measuring 5.664 km, is the first such attempt for a Guinness record. Read More »
First Billiard World Record
On the first day of the New Zealand Open Billiards Championships at the Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club on 6 Oct 2007, Peter Gilchrist shot a break of 1,346, easily surpassing the previous world record of 1,246. Gilchrist also created another world record with only four visits to the table for an average per visit of 426, against the previous best of ... Read More »
