242 M. P. H.

Last week, off Port Washington, L. I., a man in a U. S. Navy seaplane flew at an average speed of 227 miles an hour for 30 minutes, at one time attaining a speed of 242 miles. The man was Lieut. David Rittenhouse. The flight established a record. The previous mark of 169 miles an hour was set by Lieut. Rittenhouse himself at Cowes, England, last year.