1923-Contin ued

Lieutenant Robert L. Fuller, in a DT-2 torpedo plane, set

distance and duration marks with a 1,000-kilogram pay-

load at 205.2 miles and 2 hours, 45 minutes, 9 seconds.

7 June Pilots at San Diego, Calif., continued their

assault on the record books with eight new world

marks for Class C seaplanes as follows:

Lieutenant Earl B. Brix, in a DT-2, set an altitude

record of 10,850 feet for planes carrying a 250-kilo-

gram useful load.

Lieutenant Robert L. Fuller, in an F-5L, set an alti-

tude record of 8,438 feet for planes carrying a 500-

kilogram load.

Ensign Edward E. Dolecek, in an F-5L, set an alti-

tude record of 7,979 feet for planes with a 1,000-kilo-

gram load.

Lieutenant Cecil F. Harper, in a DT-2, set the altitude

record of 13,898 feet for planes with no useful load.

Lieutenant Henry T. Stanley, in an F-5L, with a

1,500-kilogram load, set the duration mark at 2 hours,

18 minutes, and an altitude record of 5,682 feet.

Lieutenant Herman E. Halland, in an F-5L with a

2,000-kilogram load, set a duration record of 51 min-

utes and an altitude record of 4,885 feet.

12 June Lieutenant Ug) Mainrad A. Schur, flying a

DT-2 Douglas torpedo plane powered with a Liberty

engine, set three world records at San Diego, Calif.,

for Class C seaplanes with a duration mark of 11

hours, 16 minutes, 59 seconds, a distance mark of

792.25 miles, and a speed of 70.49 mph for 1,000 kilo-

meters.

13 June At San Diego, Calif., Lieutenant Ralph A.

Ofstie, in a TS seaplane equipped with a Lawrance J-1

engine, set world speed records for Class C seaplanes

for 100 and 200 kilometers with speeds of 121.95 and

121.14 mph, respectively.

21 July The Bureau of Aeronautics established a

policy of assigning experimental airplanes to fleet

squadrons for operational evaluation before adopting

them as service types.

13 August Constructive action towards building an

effective aviation branch of the Naval Reserve Force

was marked by the establishment of Naval Aviation

Reserve Units at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., and Squantum,

Mass.

4 September Shenandoah (ZR-l) made its first

flight at NAS Lakehurst, N.J., Captain Frank R. McCrary

commanding.

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28 September U.S. Navy aircraft won first and sec-

ond place in the international seaplane race for the

Schneider Cup at Cowes, England, and in winning

established a new world record for seaplanes with a

speed of 169.89 miles per hour for 200 kilometers.

Lieutenant David Rittenhouse, the new record holder,

marked up 177.38 miles per hour for the race and

Lieutenant Rutledge Irvine placed second with 173.46

mph. Both were flying CR-3s equipped with Curtiss D-

12 engines.

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6 October Navy planes swept the Pulitzer Trophy

Race at St. Louis, Mo., taking the first four places all at

faster speeds than the winning time of the previous year.

Both first and second place bettered the world's speed

mark, with the winner Lieutenant Alford 1. Williams in

an R2C, setting the new records for 100 and 200 kilome-

ters at 243.812 and 243.673 mph, respectively.

2 November Lieutenant Harold 1. Brow, flying an

R2C-1 equipped with a Curtiss D-12 engine, estab-

lished a world speed record at Mitchel Field, Long

Island, N.Y., averaging 259.47 mph in four flights over

the 3-kilometer course.

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