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Seaplanes
APPROVED RECORDS
The Sporting Commission of the Aero Club de France has approved the following records for Class C bis aircraft (seaplanes):
- Altitude record with a payload of 2,000 kilograms, set on May 10, 1925, by Lieutenant Aubert, in Bizerte, at 2,874 meters, on a Goliath floatplane powered by two 360 hp Jupiter engines.
- Altitude record with a payload of 1,500 kilograms, set on May 10, 1925, by Lieutenant Aubert, in Bizerte, at 2,874 meters, on the same aircraft. - Altitude record with a 1,500 kilo payload, beaten by Lieutenant de vaisseau Paris on May 27, 1925, at 3,555 m, on a Goliath Farman 60, floats, and two 380 hp Jupiter engines (at Bizerte).
Miscellaneous News
- An American commission visited Le Bourget on Wednesday. Aviators Haeglen, Christiany, and Geegel presented medical equipment.
- The first two Italian bombing seaplanes, ordered by the Spanish Air Force, left Milan for Barcelona on Wednesday.
- The Italian aviators, who have just paid tribute to the memory of Madon and Garros, were forced to land at the gates of Tripoli due to a breakdown. They will return to Turin immediately after repairs.
- Two new military aircraft, one for intelligence aircraft, the other for daytime bombing aircraft, will compete in July. They are equipped, one by the Louis Bréguet Company and the other by Messrs. Michelin. As soon as the regulations are published, we will announce their main points.
- The director of the Le Bourget weather station opposed Jean Borlin's raid due to the violent storms at sea.
- During the month of May, Latécoère Airlines carried 448,697 connections, representing 10,134.631 kilograms of postal freight.
- The Senate committee charged with examining the bill adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, aimed at awarding the Under-Secretary of State for Aeronautics an exceptional contingent of Legion of Honor decorations (in connection with the last Air Show and recent major raids), gave the bill a favorable opinion.
- The aviation section of the Nice Motorcycle Club has just inaugurated its training sessions. The landing field was cluttered with horses and hangars. Let's hope they can be cleared. Pilots Lenfant, Cuérard, and Pilotta have been summoned for today at 10:00 a.m.
- Mr. Jean de l'Espée drew the attention of the director of the S.N.Aé. to the need to develop the Parme airfield (Bayonne-Biarritz) and to fly aircraft there, encouraging private companies to use the airfield.
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