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Heaviest load lifted by helicopter

Heaviest load lifted by helicopter
Who
L.A. Indeev, G. V. Alfeurov, G. V. Alfeurov
Where
Russian Federation (Podmoskovnoe,)
When
03 February 1982

A Mil Mi-26 heavy-lift helicopter (NATO code-name Halo), crewed by G.V. Alfeurov and L.A. Indeyev (co-pilot), lifted a total mass of 56,768.8 kg (125,153 lb) to 2,000 m (6,560 ft) on 3 February 1982 at Podmoskovnoe, Moscow (then USSR).