Valeri P. Smelov (URS)

Status 
ratified - current record
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1p (Landplanes: take off weight 100 000 to 150 000 kg)
Group 
2: turboprop
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 5 000 km without payload
Performance 
786.10 km/h
Date 
11 Oct 1989
Course / Location 
Jasmine - aerodrome, Akhtubinsk (USSR)
Claimant 
Valeri P. Smelov (URS)
Crew 
I.G. MALICHEV
Type of engine 
NK- 12
Aircraft 
VP-021
Aircraft manufacturer 
Tupolev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Kuznetsov