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World’s Fastest Prop Seaplane Holds 90-Year Unbroken Speed Record!
After nearly 90 years, the Macchi-Castoldi M.C. 72 still holds the record for the highest speed ever attained by a piston-engine seaplane (709k/440mph). Set in October, 1934, the record has never been broken. As reported by Thisdayinaviation.com, on 23 October 1934, at Lago di Garda, Brescia, Italy, Warrant Officer Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over a 3 Kilometer Course when he flew the Macchi Aeronautica M.C....
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