Vsevolod Vinitsky (URS)

Status 
ratified - current record
Zone 
World
Class 
E (Rotorcraft)
Sub-Class 
E-1d (Helicopters: take off weight 1750 to 3000 kg)
Category 
General
Group 
1 : piston engine
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload
Performance 
196,45 km/h
Date 
19 May 1959
Course / Location 
Mikhailovskaia Sloboda - Cemetery Iljinskaia (USSR)
Claimant 
Vsevolod Vinitsky (URS)
Type of engine 
AI-26B
Aircraft 
Mi-1
Aircraft manufacturer 
MIL