Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-28 | Page 3 | Army Aviator Bags 4 Records

ARMY AVIATOR BAGS 4 RECORDS Flies Plane one at Z Miles an Hour our BAY SHORE PARK PAm BALTIMORE BALTIMORE BALTI BALTI- MORE Oct 28 28 AP AP lour Four seaplane sea sea- plane piano records Is the bag of ot Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant James H. H Doolittle United States ormy who has Just completed completed completed com com- a ft two-day two smashing record engagement with an army Curtiss racer here Lieutenant Doolittle yesterday streaked his little black ship over overa a a. e kilometer course in a special cial speed trial for an officially computed record of miles mlles per hour the fastest a seaplane ever Is known to have been flown The marks awaits the sanction of the tho Federation Inter Inter- nationale which before the English English English En En- glish Napier S 4 was shipped to recognized a mark of ot miles mUes per hour made by Captain Henry C. C Blard Biard In It at Southampton The super- super marine entered in the Schneider trophy here way waa wrecked in Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake peake bay In A trial flight Lieutenant Doolittle In addition to his outstanding performance In yesterdays yesterday's speed trial retained the Jacques Schneider trophy in the United States Monday setting up three records In so doing the same plane his mark for the kilometer ft Schneider distance was miles mues per nour hour for tor kilometers it was miles per hour and for kilometers miles per Yesterdays Yesterday's maximum spee speed rec record record rec- rec ord was made with a p. quartering wind across the course an unfavorable unfavorable unfavorable able condition Lieutenant Doolittle Doolittle Doo Doo- little took the three-kilometer three course after atter u a foot 1300 diving start In accordance with the regulations regulations regu regu- lations of ot the federation His official of ot- ot record was computed as the average of four tour consecutive flights across the distance two In each direction to eliminate wind ad advantage advantage ad- ad vantage or disadvantage In his final try he covered the three kilometers kilometers kilometers kilo kilo- meters at a a. rate of ot nilles miles Lieutenant Doolittle alone took yesterdays yesterday's yes yes- yesterdays yesterday's speed tests 1