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Dupont Circle, Washington, D. C. REVISE 2 Record Classification: Distance In a Strali&t Line - 01*38 C - 2nd Cate go rr Date of Trial: ____________October 12. 1939. Plaoe of Takeoff; _________Jamaica Bay. Hew York.______________________________________ Place of Landingi _________Industrial Canal. Hew Orleans. Louisiana.___________________ Pilot* ____________________Henry B. CHAPMAH____________________________________________ Aircraft: Aeronca S-65-C monoplane_______ Identification Numbers; HI-22329 Manufacturer* Aeronautical Corporation of America* Cincinnati. Ohio.___________________ Engine: Continental A-65-S Horsepower* 65 Cylinder Displacement of Engine* 2.81 liter* IttChe?) Manufacturer: Continental Motors Corporation. Detroit* Michigan* Airline Distance: _______1.872.9 Kilometers (1.163.8 Miles) INDEX Page Ho* Directing Official's Report........................................................... 1 Statement by U. 3. Civil Aeronautics Authority on Engine Cylinder Displacement* 2 Statement by Pilot That Engine Was Not Changed in Any Way Prior to Record Trial. 3 Statement by 0. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey on Airline Distance Covered.............. U Report of Directing Official on Installation of Official Barograph.*.............. 5 Certificate of Landing...............................................................* 6 Certificate of Removal of Sealed Barograph............................................ 7 U* S. Bureau of Standards Barograph Calibration Report................................. 8 Official Barograph ^hart.............................................................. 9 Photograph of Pilot and Aircraft.................................................... 10
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