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SIX WORLD’S RECORDS. New York, July 12. At Philadelphia the naval seaplane PN 12 No. 2, set six world’s records for her type. She was piloted by Lieut. Gorton and set an endurance record of 16 hours 39 minutes 15 2-sseconds for planes carrying a “pay” load of 2000 kilograms, speed records of 2000, 1000 and 500 kilograms, land range records for these loads, and a distance of 2150 kilometres on a course covered in 43 consecutive trips.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20539, 16 July 1928, Page 7
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