Jacob Forostenko (URS)

Status 
ratified - superseded since approved
Zone 
World
Class 
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class 
C-1a (Landplanes: take off weight 300 to 500 kg)
Group 
1: internal combustion engine
Type of record 
Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload
Performance 
223,560 km/h
Date 
05 Sep 1949
Course / Location 
Tushino (USSR)
Claimant 
Jacob Forostenko (URS)
Type of engine 
M-11 FR-1
Aircraft 
Yak-18
Aircraft manufacturer 
Yakovlev
Aircraft engine manufacturer 
Shvetsov