New Britain herald., 1930-12-30
1880 FINDS CHANGE
 TN RECORDS OF AIR
Great Britain Eclipsed by Four
 Continental Powers

continental P0WerS
 Paris, Dec, 30 UP)-The year 1880 was marked, in the air. by the | eclipse of Great Britain, surpassed | by four continental powers and the | United States and equalled by a fifth in the quest for world air hcnors. The official worlds air rec ords, as announced by the interna- | tional aeronautic federation. show l Britain holding but 5. compared to thirty each for France and Ger | many.
 France and Germany share the honors in total records for 1930 | but Italy and the United States dis l pute with France superiority in the | air in the thirteen major records | for speed, altitude, duration and | distance with and without refueling in air, for land and sea planes. These thirteen major records are held as follows; United States, 6. France, f. Italy, 2. Great Britain, l. Germany Specializes
 Germany's strength arises from specializing in the minor records, 1 such as height, speed. distance and duration of flight with useful loads ranging from one ton to ten tons. | Since the war, Germany has never If ba speed, duration and distance rec ords, although several German pilots held one or more of these | records for short periods.
 Britain's eclipse in land planes is complete, and her only strength lies | ill seaplane flight which enabled her to hold the Schneider cup against all challengers for several years past. !
 The international federation. i which has it's offices in Paris. recog nizes 131 world records for air per formances. They are divided by classes into groups for land ;>irplane performances, scaplanes holicopters | light airplancs, light seaplanes and womens flights.
 p Records Open
 Of these 131 records, D are not l. held by anyone at present. The others are divided among the na- tions as follows:
 France, 80.
 Germany, 50.
 United States, T.
 Italy, 13.
 Czechoslovakia, 1.
 Spain, 3.
 Great Britain, 3.
 Switzerland, 1.
 Soviet Russia, l.
 The Russian record IS disputed by France, for it was performed by Miss Lena Bernstein, who drove her l plane 2,2GS kilometers from Mar l seilles to Sidi Barani for the worlds !. women's distance record. She is Russian born, an exile, and has ap- piled for French citizenship.
 The official list of principal | world records announced by the | federation as standing at the close of 1880 follows:
 Airplanes:
 Altitude: United States: It. Apol- | 10 Soucek, 13,157 meters.
 Distance in straight line: France; | Costes and Bellonte, Paris to Mou- | lart (China) 1905 kiometers,
 Distance closed circuit: Italy; | Maddalena and Ceccon, S,1SS kilo- | meters.
 Italy Gets Duration
 Duration: Italy; Maddaiena and | Cecconi, e hrs. 13 min.
 Speed on 3 xii. triangular base: France; Adiutant Bonnet, AS kill ]. ITO per hour (26S9 miles per hour).
 Speed 100 kilometers base: United States; Lieut. Cyrus Bettis !. 401.279 kilomcters (24o.6 miles pec hour).
 Speed 800 kilometers base: France; Sadi-I.acoin 5, 3oG.695 kilomctcrs GS4 miles per hour).
 Speed 1000 klometers base: Spain Carlos De Haya nd R. Diaz 220.42S kilometers G32 miles per hour).
 Speed 5000 ktlometers base, Spain; Carlos De Haya and Diaz 2OS.152 kilometers G24S9 miles per hour).
 With refueling in air:
 Distance: United States; Lieuten- . ants Smith and Richter. $500 kilo- meters ($l6O milcs), made in 1923, l Colorado.
 Duration: United States; John and Kenneth Hunter, 553 hours, fl minutes.
 Seaplanes:
 Speed: Great Britain; Squadron (545.4 mics per hour).
 L. $. Gets Altitude
 Altitude: United States; Lieut..