Show PAULHAN SETS NEW AIR RECORD French Aviator Beats th the Wright Performance for Time and Distance RHEIMS Aug 25 tho French aviator flying over the ten kilometer course here today beat tho the distance record held previously by the Wright brothers He Ho was was competing D for the Prix do de la Ia Champagne and covered a distance of k kilometres miles in 2 hours 43 u minutes 21 24 seconds The distance between turns was not counted He covered ered the course 13 time times His time at the end of the tIle twelfth lap was waa 2 hours 28 minutes 36 seconds Wright Record 73 Miles The Tho t record for distance is 73 miles according to the official in ing This distance does not count the turns in flight ht Tho The Wright ht record time in tho the air made in France ranee December 31 is 2 hours 20 minutes 23 5 1 seconds This r record COf was exceeded by Roger Sommer on en AU August 7 but the tho timing was not official Sommer then stayed in ill in the tho air for fol 2 hours 27 minutes and 15 Ii seconds This time timo has been the worlds world's record for duration flight Paul- Paul ham used a Voison biplane The Sommer and Wright ht machines also alo arc are biplanes |