Assault On The Record Books
JUNE 7--Pilots at San Diego continued their assault on the record
books with eight new world marks for Class C seaplanes as follows: Lieutenant
E. B. Brix, in a DT-2, set an altitude record of 10,850 feet for planes
carrying a 250-kilogram useful load. Lieutenant R. L. Fuller, in an F5L,
set an altitude record of 8,438 feet for planes carrying a 500-kilogram
load. Ensign E. E. Dolecek, in an F5L, set an altitude record of 7,979
feet for planes with a 1,000-kilogram load. Lieutenant C. F. Harper, in
a DT-2, set the altitude record of 13,898 feet for planes with no useful
load. Lieutenant H. T. Stanley, in an F5L, with a 1,500-kilogram load set
the duration mark at 2 hours, 18 minutes, and an altitude record of 5,682
feet. Lieutenant H. E. Halland, in an F5L with a 2,000-kilogram load, set
a duration record of 51 minutes and an altitude record of 4,885 feet.
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