Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS)

Status 
ratified - current record
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1s (Landplanes: take off weight 250 000 to 300 000 kg)
Group 
3: turbo-jet
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 20 000 kg payload
Performance 
1 726,90 km/h
Date 
15 May 1990
Course / Location 
Podmoskovnoe (USSR)
Claimant 
Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov (URS)
Crew 
V.P. ROUDENKO
Type of engine 
NK-32
Aircraft 
Tu-160 (Blackjack)
Aircraft manufacturer 
Tupolev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Kuznetsov