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NAVY'S WORLD RECORDS LOG

OFFICIAL WORLD RECORDS are of two general types. The first, generally referred to as maximum or absolute records, is the best performance in a specified event by any aircraft regardless of its type. The second, identified as Class Records, is limited to performance by a specific aircraft type. Thus the holder of a maximum record is also the holder of one of the Class Records.
Records of the maximum type are limited to speed, altitude and distance, and at various times have also included duration. Those of the class type include in addition a number of modifications of the general event which in speed, for example, involves specified distance, payload, and a combination of distance and payload.

TRANSCONTINENTAL RECORDS
[[5 column table]]
|Date|Pilot|Plane|Place|Hrs.Min.Sec.|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|16 Jul 57|Maj. J.H. Glenn, USMC|F8U-1P|Los Angeles to N. Y.|3 22 50.05 723.517 mph|
|21 Mar 57|Cdr. D.V. Cox and crew|A3D-1|N. Y. to Los Angeles|57 12 39.24 469.383 mph|
|21 Mar 57|Cdr. D.V. Cox and crew|A3D-1|Los Angeles to N. Y. to Los Angeles|9 31 35.4 513.496 mph|
|*24 May 1961|Lt. R.F. Gordon and Ltjg. B.R. Young|F4H-1 Los Angeles to New York|3 hrs. 47 min|

[[image]] LTS. PRICE AND WEAD on 22-23 June 1924, set five records for Class C seaplanes: one for distance, one for duration, and three for speed.

MAXIMUM RECORDS
ALTITUDE
[[5 column table]]
|Date|Pilot|Plane|Place|   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|25 Jul 27|Lt. C. C. Champion|F3W-1|Anacostia, D. C.|38,418 feet|
|8 May 29|Lt. Soucek|F3W-1|Anacostia, D. C.|39,140 feet|
|4 Jun 30|Lt. Soucek|F3W-1|Anacostia, D. C.|43,166 feet|

DISTANCE (AIRLINE)
|29 Sep-1 Oct 46|Cdr. T.D. Davies and crew|P2V-1|Perth, Australia to Columbus, O.|11,235.6 miles|

SPEED
[[5 column table]]
|Date|Pilot|Plane|Place|   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|2 Nov 23|Lt. H.J. Brow|R2C-1|Mineola, N. Y.|259.47 mph|
|4 Nov 23|Lt. A.J. Williams|R2C-1|Mineola, N. Y.|266.59 mph|
|20 Aug 47|Maj. M.E. Caldwell|D-558-1|Muroc, Calif.|640.663 mph|
|25 Aug 47|Maj. M.E. Carl, USMC|D-558-1|Muroc, Calif.|650.796 mph|
|3 Oct 53|LCdr. J.B. Verdin|XF4D-1|Salton Sea|752.943 mph|

CLASS A-BALLOONS 
ALTITUDE
|*4 May 1961|Cdr. Malcolm D. Ross and Cdr. Victor A. Prater|   |Off the flight deck of USS Antietam|113,500 feet|

DISTANCE
Fifth Category (1601-2200 cu.m. vol.)
|4-6 May 29|Lt. T.G.W. Settle and Ens. W. Bushnell|   |Pittsburgh to Prince Edward Island|952 miles|
|25-27 Sep 32|LCdr. T.G.W. Settle and Lt. W. Bushnell|   |Basle, Switzerland to Daugieliszki, Poland|963.123 miles|

Sixth Category (2201-3000 cu.m. vol.)
|4-6 May 29|(As for Fifth Category above)|   |   |   |
|25-27 Sep 32|(As for Fifth Category above)|   |   |   |

Seventh Category (3001-4000 cu.m. vol.)
|4-6 May 29|(As for Fifth Category above)|   |   |   |
|25-27 Sep 32|(As for Fifth Category above)|   |   |   |

DURATION
Fifth Category (1601-2200 cu.m. vol.)
|2-4 Sep 33|LCdr. T.G.W. Settle and Lt. C.H. Kendall|   |Chicago|51 hours|

[[image]]
LT. DAVID RITTENHOUSE, 1923 Schneider Cup winner, established in CR-3 a new recird for seaplanes with speed of 169.89 mph for 200 km.

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