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Italian pilot Francesco Agelio...

history · 23 October 1934 · 90 years ago

Italian pilot Francesco Agelio set a new world speed record of 440.682 mph (709.209 km/h) in a Macchi MC 72 racing seaplane. Remarkably this still remains the unbeaten speed record for piston-engined seaplanes. 

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