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