Vasily Avershin (URS)

Status 
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-2 (Seaplanes)
Group 
2: turboprop
Type of record 
Altitude with 5 000 kg payload
Performance 
8 312 m
Date 
18 Aug 1981
Course / Location 
Morskoy (USSR)
Claimant 
Vasily Avershin (URS)
Type of engine 
AI-20D
Aircraft 
M-12 "Tchaïka"
Aircraft manufacturer 
Beriev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Ivchenko Progress