| V6 OSOAVIAKhIM | |
|---|---|
 V6 OSOAVIAKhIM | |
| General information | |
| Type | Passenger/commercial airship |
| Manufacturer | Soviet airship program |
| Designer | |
| Status | Destroyed in crash on 6 February 1938[1] |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 5 November 1934[2] |
SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM (Russian: СССР-В6 Осоавиахим) was a semi-rigid airship designed by Italian engineer and airship designer Umberto Nobile and constructed as a part of the Soviet airship program. The airship was named after the Soviet organisation OSOAVIAKhIM. V6 was the largest airship built in the Soviet Union and one of the most successful. In October 1937, V6 broke the world record for airship endurance previously held by the Graf Zeppelin; under the command of Ivan Pankow, the airship remained aloft for 130 hours 27 minutes.