Vyacheslav N. Gorelov (URS)

Status 
ratified - current record
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1q (Landplanes: take off weight 150 000 to 200 000 kg)
Group 
2: turboprop
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km with 25 000 kg payload
Performance 
813.13 km/h
Date 
27 Sep 1989
Course / Location 
Jasmine - aerodrome, Akhtubinsk (USSR)
Claimant 
Vyacheslav N. Gorelov (URS)
Crew 
Michaël I. POZNYAKOV
Type of engine 
NK- 12
Aircraft 
TU-95 (Bear)
Aircraft manufacturer 
Tupolev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Kuznetsov