Ivan Soukhomline (URS)

Status 
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1 (Landplanes)
Group 
2: turboprop
Type of record 
Altitude with 25 000 kg payload
Performance 
12 073 m
Date 
12 Jul 1961
Course / Location 
Vnoukovo (USSR)
Claimant 
Ivan Soukhomline (URS)
Crew 
Piotr SOLDATOV
Type of engine 
NK- 12
Aircraft 
TU-114
Aircraft manufacturer 
Tupolev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Kuznetsov