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