Vladimir Arkhipenko (URS)

Status 
ratified - superseded since approved
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1i (Landplanes: take off weight 16 000 to 20 000 kg)
Group 
3: turbo-jet
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload
Performance 
734,3 km/h
Date 
18 Apr 1990
Course / Location 
Podmoskovnoe (USSR)
Claimant 
Vladimir Arkhipenko (URS)
Type of engine 
RD-36-51
Aircraft 
M-17
Aircraft manufacturer 
Myasishchev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
RKBM-Rybinsk