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1937
1937 - 0016.PDF
FLIGHT. JANUARY 7, 1937. Two women record holders whose names appear in the table below. (Above): Mile. Maryse Hilz. (Right): Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam seen with the Lockheed Electra "Flying Labora tory '' belonging to Purdue University. Vultee, with supercharged 1,000 h.p. Wright Cyclone engine, Richman and Merrill for the first time took advan tage of the added power and range made possible by the use of 100-octane fuel. It is interesting to note that Richman holds the amphibian altitude record at 18,641 ft. in a Sikorsky aircraft with Pratt and Whitney engine. Bossoutrot and Rossi hold for France the international long distance record over a closed circuit. On a Bleriot no monoplane they flew 6,587.4 miles during March 23, Rossi and Codos hold the long distance "line flight" record on a Bleriot- Zappata, having flown 5,657 miles. Previously the record was held at 5,308 miles, by Sqn.-Ldr. Gayford and Flt.- Nicholetts in a Fairey monoplane. Among the continent-to- continent and capital-to- capital flights, record time from England to Australia has been lowered on no fewer than twelve occasions, and thirty-six British flights have been completed. The aircraft flown vary from an Avro Avian with 80 h.p. Cirrus engine and a Comper Swift (80 h.p. Pobjoy R) to a 200 h.p. Gipsy Six Percival Gull and D.H. Comet (two Gipsy Six R), the last-named having a total of 448 h.p. The D.II. Comet flown by C. W. A. Scott and the late T. Camp bell Black in the Mac- Robertson race set up the present record time of 2 days 23 hr. 18 sec. WORLD'S AVIATION RECORDS Dale. Type of Record. Counlry. PiloKs). Aircraft and Engine. Record. Remarks. Got. 83, 1934... Sept 13, 1935 Nov. 11, 1935 ;ept. 1936 an 29, 1935 Aug. 5. 6. 7, 1933 March 23-26. 1932 Aug. 3ii 1936 June 23, 1930 Aug. 24, 25, 1932 Aug. 11, 1931 Oct. 10. 1930... Oct. 13, 1930... Feb. 17, 1934 July 29. 1935 Max. speed .. Max. sliced Altitude Altitude Altitude Airline distance Closed circuit tune'.. Airline distance Altitude Airline distance Max. speed Airline distance Altitude Altitude Airline distance dis Italy U.S.A. CS.A, O.B I .-.A. France France Czechoslovakia Fiance V.S.A. France Italy France Germany Germany Francesco Agello .. Howard Hughes Anderson and Stevens Sqd. Ldr, F. ft. L> Swain. Harry liichman Codos and Rossi .. Iiossi and Bossoutrot Capt. Polnia and Lt. Zeleny. Mile, Slaryse llilz ... Mis* Amelia Earhart Mile. Ilclene Boucher Marinello Nelli Maurice Claisse Ileinrich Dittmar ... Bud olf Oeltzschner Maechi-Castoldi 3.KK1 h.p. flat Hughes" Special Pratt and Whitney U.S. Army balloon Bristol 138 Pegasns P.E.VI.9. Sikorsky S.39 lYatt and Whitney Bleriot-Zappata 110 Hispano-Suiza Bl'iiot-Zapjiata 110 liispano-Suiza Praga Baby Praga (36 h.p.) Potez 66 Unonie-Bhone Lockheed Vega Pratt and Whitney Caudron C.450 Renault Aseanio Fiat A.."ill Brogue! Hispano-Suiza D-Condor l)-Leuna 1440.681 m.p.h. I 789.999 km./hr. I 352.38$ m.p.h. \ .5*7.113 km.hr. (72.391.9 ft. 122,068 m. ( 10.907 ft. ( 15,230 m. / 18,641.7 ft. '( 5,882 in. / 5.657.387 miles \ 9,104.700 km. ( 0,587.1 il miles I 10.001.580 km. / 1.0 45 miles I l,«80 km. i Hi. I 75 ft. i l 1,306 m. / 2,14 7.728 miles I 3.939.215 km. ) 270.527 m.p.h. 1145.028 km.hr. j 3,538.706 ft. ( 1,078.00 m. / 518.4 ft. \ 158 m. /14,189.6 ft. 4,325 m. 313.295 miles 04.200 km. ill 3 kilometre course Class C 2 Class C. Class A. Eighth Category Class C. Amphibian Class C.3 Class C. Class C. Class C. Third Category Feminine Record, Class C. Feminine Record, Class O. Feminine Record, Class C. Helicopter, Class G. Helicopter, Class G. Glider, Class V. Glider, Class D. FEDERATION AEROXAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE official records are divided into classes and the classes are subdivided into categories and sections. Class A is for ballwns; B for airships; C for aeroplanes; D for gliders: E for autogiros; and G for helicopters. Records set up bv women are separated under"the heading " Feminine Records." Aero plane Class C records can be made for (a) Distance, closed circuit, (b) Distance, airline, (c) Altitude, (d) Maximum speed, (e) Speed for ioo, i,ooo, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 km. Any of these records may be set up in one of the sections for aeroplanes with a pay-load of 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 kg. (There is also a record for the greatest pay-load carried to an altitude of 2,000 metres.) Class C correctly indicates aeroplanes weighing more than 560 kg- empty; Class C, first category, is for multi-seaters weighing empty between 280 and 560 kg.; Class C, second category, is for single-seaters between 200 and 450 kg.; Class C, third category, is for multi-seaters less than 280 kg.; and Class C, fourth category, for single-seaters less than 200 kg. Class ('2 represents seaplane-., and it is subdivided as above bat for a small difference in weights for categories. The same records are recognised,
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