Walter H. Mullikin (USA)
Status
ratified - current record
Zone
World
Class
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class
C-1t (Landplanes: take off weight 300 000 kg to 400 000 kg)
Group
3: turbo-jet
Type of record
Speed around the world over both the Earth's poles
Performance
784,31 km/h
Date
28 Oct 1977
Course / Location
San Francisco, CA (USA) and return (via Geographical North Pole, London, Cape Town, South Geographic Pole, Auckland)
Claimant
Walter H. Mullikin (USA)
Type of engine
JT9D
Aircraft
747 SP
Aircraft Engine manufacturer
Pratt & Whitney
Aircraft manufacturer
Boeing
