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Show LATEST AMERICAN AEROPLANE BREAKS SPEED RECORDS This new . military tractor aeroplane, built in Ithaca, N. Y., for the United States government, was driven at the rate of 95 miles, an hour by Aviator Frank H. Burnside in a series of flights over a measured half-mile course. With a slight wind at his back, Burnside covered one-half mile in 15 4-5 seconds. Against the wind he made ona-. half mile in 2D 1 seconds. All of Burnside's times were recorded by J. J. Frawley of the Aero Club of America and forwarded to the New York headquarters of that organization. The machine is equipped with a 135 horse power "V type motor and is constructed for weight, lifting and climbing as well as for speed. |