Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-02 | Page 5 | Hydro-Airplane Altitude Record Set in France

f Hy Hydro Airplane Altitude Altita e r I Record Set Setin in F France ranee 1 PARIS Dec Dee 1 Jean l.-Jean Jean Laporte tho French Frencl aviator established a J E. s record for altitude for fb 1 Ij dro- dro b by ascending yes yes- es r to a- a height height- ot of 53 meters His record has h-as been officially yen yen- verl- verl X 4 fI fied d d. under tho the supervision of ot an ani n i haero ae aeo o club official Laporte Laponte thus I the record hold held by Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu- Lieu i ito to tenant ant C. C F. F Harper American t navy havy flier fIler of ot 4 36 meters by jf meters Laportes Laporte's flight was m made de at j Argenteuil He lie said bald he descended d because ca se of the extreme cold in ln iK I his face was frost bitten f AtI n usel th the th same m machine in inI 0 I h he won the Mediterranean at f crossing prizes i La Laporte porte In a previous trial betted bettered bet- bet ted Harpers Harper's record by one fifty J this allowed to meters b but t was not c stand as a record performance as the ruling Is ls that t a new record i must better the old by at least meters I