Nicolaï Kouznetsov (URS)

Status 
ratified - superseded since approved
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1c (Landplanes: take off weight 1000 to 1750 kg)
Group 
1: internal combustion engine
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload
Performance 
251,823 km/h
Date 
11 Oct 1951
Course / Location 
Tushino (USSR)
Claimant 
Nicolaï Kouznetsov (URS)
Type of engine 
M-11 FR-1
Aircraft 
Yak-18
Aircraft manufacturer 
Yakovlev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Shvetsov