Nello Valzania (ITA)

Status 
ratified - superseded since approved
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1a (Landplanes: take off weight 300 to 500 kg)
Group 
1: internal combustion engine
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload
Performance 
240,519 km/h
Date 
19 Dec 1954
Course / Location 
Vergiate, (Italy)
Claimant 
Nello Valzania (ITA)
Type of engine 
C-85
Aircraft 
Rondone GF-4
Aircraft manufacturer 
University of Engineering Milano
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Continental