Seaplane Record

Because its pontoons or floats involve more weight and air resistance than a landing gear, a seaplane cannot travel as fast as a land plane. But 185.8 miles per hour is not a negligible speed. This is the world's seaplane record, made at Philadelphia last week by Lieutenant A. W. Gorton, in the U. S. Navy-Wright seaplane NW-2, entered for the Schneider Cup race to be held at Cowes, England, on Sept. 28.