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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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A Navy Tradewind seaplane crash-landed at Alameda Naval Air Station after losing an engine mid-flight from Honolulu, setting a new speed record of 5 hours 54 minutes despite the damage; no injuries among 17 aboard.
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OAKLAND, Calif., (P)--A Navy Tradewind which crash-landed at Alameda Naval Air Station Friday claimed a new Honolulu-Alameda 'speed record for seaplanes despite loss of one engine.
None of the 17 on the training mission was hurt as the plane slammed into a breakwater after landing in San Francisco Bay.
About 350 miles from the mainland, one of the propellers was thrown by its 5,500 horsepower jet turbine engine, slashing a hole in the hull below the waterline.
The Navy said the Tradewind's 5 hours and 54 minutes bettered the old record for a seaplane, also set by a Tradewind, at 6 hours and 54 minutes.
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Alameda Naval Air Station, Calif.
Event Date
Friday
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none of the 17 on the training mission was hurt; new speed record set at 5 hours and 54 minutes, bettering previous record of 6 hours and 54 minutes.
Event Details
A Navy Tradewind seaplane on a training mission from Honolulu to Alameda lost one propeller 350 miles from the mainland, causing a hole in the hull; it crash-landed in San Francisco Bay, slamming into a breakwater, but claimed a new speed record for seaplanes despite the damage.