A FLYING RECORD.
SEAPLANE’S SPEED
BY. CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
NEW YORK, April 25
The National Aeronautical Association announces a- new world’s record speed for a seaplane, carrying a load of 500 kilogrammes, established by Lieutenant Callaway, of the navy, today. He attained an average .speed of 147.263 miles an hour for 100 kilometres.
The machine was a new navy Vought Corsair observation ’plane.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 27 April 1927, Page 9
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62A FLYING RECORD. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 27 April 1927, Page 9
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