Valery Vanshin (URS)

Status 
ratified - current record
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1p (Landplanes: take off weight 100 000 to 150 000 kg)
Group 
2: turboprop
Type of record 
Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m
Performance 
4 min 23 sec
Date 
03 May 1990
Course / Location 
Podmoskovnoe (USSR)
Claimant 
Valery Vanshin (URS)
Crew 
Alexander ARTIUKHIN
Type of engine 
NK- 12
Aircraft 
TU-142 LL
Aircraft manufacturer 
Tupolev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Kuznetsov