Alexandre Galunenko (URS)
Status
ratified - current record
Zone
World
Class
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class
C-1v (Landplanes: take off weight 500 000 kg and greater)
Group
3: turbo-jet
Type of record
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 140 000 kg payload
Performance
813,09 km/h
Date
22 Mar 1989
Course / Location
Podkievscoe Airfield (USSR)
Claimant
Alexandre Galunenko (URS)
Crew
Sergei A. GORBIK, Sergei F. NECHAEV
Type of engine
Lotarev D- 18 T
Aircraft
AN-225 "Mriya"
Aircraft manufacturer
Antonov
Aircraft engine manufacturer
Ivtchenko