Talk:Hughes H-1 Racer

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On 23 October 1934, Francesco Agello of Italy, set the world speed record for a piston driven airplane of 440.68 with a Macchi MC72.

It may be that the H-1 set a record for a non-seaplane or the United States record. I have not confirmed exactly what record, if any, the H-1 actually set.

You are correct- he set the land-plane speed record. Hughes himself always made sure to make this perfectly clear to interviewing media and such. Surviving transcripts and recordings show him correcting and explaining this issue quite frequently. I have edited the page to specify "land-plane speed record". I also added a small Trivia section with a very obscure fact about the H-1 relating to the color of the wings over time. (By the way, this is the first time I've tried to edit wikipedia. I made a bunch of newbie mistakes. After making my initial edit with the additional information, I corrected a bunch of typos and stuff without marking any of those revisions "minor". I also didn't put anything in the "Edit Summary" for any of my revisions. Oops. I'll do better next time now that I'm aware.)

BTW: Thanks to this discussion I expanded several articles relating to the M.C.72 (a facinating plane). Thanks for the tip!Cglassey 19:20, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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