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Current Rotorcraft World Records
Sub-class : E-1e (Helicopters: take off weight 3000 to 4500 kg)
Category : General
Group 2 : turbine
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Altitude in horizontal flight : 9 010 m
Date of flight: 29/04/1975
Pilot: Manuchehr KHOSROWDAD (Iran)
Course/place: Ahwaz (Iran)
Rotorcraft:
Bell 214A
Database ID 9935 |
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Altitude with 1 000 kg payload : 4 760 m
Date of flight: 27/01/1997
Pilot: Nikolay GRIGORIEV (Russia)
Course/place: Moscow (Russia)
Rotorcraft:
MIL Mi-2
Registered 'N°2'
Database ID 4004 |
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Altitude without payload : 9 071 m
Date of flight: 29/04/1975
Pilot: Manuchehr KHOSROWDAD (Iran)
Course/place: Ahwaz (Iran)
Rotorcraft:
Bell 214A
Database ID 1879 |
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Distance over a closed circuit without landing : 2 000.15 km
Date of flight: 23/09/1964
Pilot: Joseph C. WATTS (USA)
Course/place: Edwards AFB, CA (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Bell UH-1D
Database ID 1854 |
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Distance without landing : 2 170.70 km
Date of flight: 27/09/1964
Pilot: Michael N. ANTONIOU (USA)
Course/place: Edwards AFB, CA (USA) - Rogers, AR (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Bell UH-1D
Database ID 1824 |
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Distance without landing : 3 180.15 km
Date of flight: 22/04/1993
Pilot: Ron WILLIAMSON (USA)
Course/place: Oxnard, CA (USA) - Dobbins AFB (Atlanta), GA (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Bell UH-1H
Registered 'N800NT'
Database ID 10 |
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Greatest mass carried to height of 2 000 m : 56 768.8 kg
Date of flight: 03/02/1982
Pilot: G. V. ALFEUROV (USSR)
Crew: L. A. INDEEV
Course/place: Podmoskovnoe (USSR)
Rotorcraft:
MIL Mi-26
Database ID 9936 |
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Greatest mass carried to height of 2 000 m : 1 734 kg
Date of flight: 24/03/1997
Pilot: Nikolay GRIGORIEV (Russia)
Course/place: Moscow (Russia)
Rotorcraft:
MIL Mi-2
Registered '02'
Database ID 4303 |
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Speed around the world, Eastbound, without refuelling in flight : 136.7 km/h
Date of flight: 18/08/2008
Pilot: Edward KASPROWICZ (USA)
Crew: Steven SHEIK (USA)
Course/place: New York, NY (USA) - Greenland - Aberdeen (UK) - Milano (Italy) - St. Petersburg (Russia) - Novosibirsk (Russia) - Fairbanks, AK (USA) - Calgary, AB (Canada) - Santa Fee, NM (USA) - New York, NY (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Agusta A109S Grand
(Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207C, 815 shp)
Registered 'N1US'
Database ID 15127 |
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Speed around the world, Westbound, without refuelling in flight : 91.76 km/h
Date of flight: 03/09/1996
Pilot: Joe Ronald BOWER (USA)
Crew: John W. WILLIAMS
Course/place: London (UK) and return (via Faeroe Islands, Reykjavik, Narssarssuaq, Mirabel, New York, Washington, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Wichita, Austin, Denver, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Anchorage, Omsk, Moscow, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Brussels)
Rotorcraft:
Bell 430
Registered 'N430Q'
Database ID 3367 |
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Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km without payload : 305.10 km/h
Date of flight: 09/02/1982
Pilot: David R. WRIGHT (USA)
Course/place: Palm Beach, FL (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Sikorsky S-76 A
Registered 'N5445J'
Database ID 1827 |
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Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km without payload : 334.69 km/h
Date of flight: 06/02/1982
Pilot: David R. WRIGHT (USA)
Course/place: Palm Beach, FL (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Sikorsky S-76 A
Registered 'N5445J'
Database ID 1265 |
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Speed over a closed circuit of 2 000 km without payload : 215.63 km/h
Date of flight: 23/09/1964
Pilot: Joseph C. WATTS (USA)
Course/place: Edwards AFB, CA (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Bell UH-1D
Database ID 1841 |
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Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload : 345.74 km/h
Date of flight: 08/02/1982
Pilot: Thomas F. DOYLE Jr. (USA)
Course/place: Palm Beach, FL (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Sikorsky S-76 A
Registered 'N5445J'
Database ID 1845 |
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Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload : 277.02 km/h
Date of flight: 23/11/1964
Pilot: Robert A. CHUBBOY (USA)
Course/place: Hurst, TX (USA)
Rotorcraft:
Bell UH-1D
Database ID 1856 |
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Speed over a straight 15/25 km course : 400.87 km/h
Date of flight: 11/08/1986
Pilot: John Trevor EGGINTON (UK)
Crew: Derek James CLEWS
Course/place: Glastonbury, Somerset (UK)
Rotorcraft:
Westland Lynx
Registered 'G-LYNX'
Database ID 1842 |
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Speed over a straight 3 km course at restricted altitude : 372.00 km/h
Date of flight: 19/11/1991
Pilot: Guy DABADIE (France)
Crew: Bernard FOUQUES, Michel SUDRE
Course/place: Aérodrome d'Istres (France)
Rotorcraft:
Aérospatiale AS 365 N Dauphin
Registered 'F-WDEK'
Database ID 1834 |
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Time to climb to 3 000 m with 1 000 kg payload : 07 min 55 sec
Date of flight: 20/02/1997
Pilot: Nikolay GRIGORIEV (Russia)
Course/place: Moscow (Russia)
Rotorcraft:
MIL Mi-2
Registered 'N°2'
Database ID 4165 |
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Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m : 1 min 58 sec
Date of flight: 29/04/1975
Pilot: Manuchehr KHOSROWDAD (Iran)
Course/place: Ahwaz (Iran)
Rotorcraft:
Bell 214A
Database ID 1850 |
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Time to climb to a height of 6 000 m : 5 min 14 sec
Date of flight: 29/04/1975
Pilot: Manuchehr KHOSROWDAD (Iran)
Course/place: Ahwaz (Iran)
Rotorcraft:
Bell 214A
Database ID 1849 |
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Time to climb to a height of 9 000 m : 15 min 05 sec
Date of flight: 29/04/1975
Pilot: Manuchehr KHOSROWDAD (Iran)
Course/place: Ahwaz (Iran)
Rotorcraft:
Bell 214A
Database ID 1848 |
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