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Capt Felix sat an altitude record on Aug 5,1911 in Etampes France by ascending 11330 feet in 63 minutes. He was the director of the French Military Aviation School. ( New York Time August 6,1911)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Goggles, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

He is my great grandfather!

Thomas Scott Baldwin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Scott_Baldwin

undeadsinatra: Thanks for the information!

Baldwin "Red Devil" All Steel Biplane except cloth on wings 1911 Mineola, Long Island, New York. ( Garden City Aviation Field ) This was the third "Red Devil". This aircraft was built by C.and A. Wittemann of Staten Island, New York to Baldwin's design.

Thanks for this added information about the plane, Early Aviation. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.

Brian C. Kesselring is commanding officer and flight leader of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Prior to joining the Blue Angels in September 2019, Brian served as commanding officer of the "Sunliners" of VFA-81. Today, he has accumulated more than 4,300 flight hours and has 812 carrier-arrested landings.

I think the Aircraft is a Farman F30

French pilots. Here's one of the two officers in the plane:
See notes under

I's rather a Farman F.40 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farman_F.40) IMO

I can't find a record of a Captain Hoppe, but this is French Capt. Maurice Happe on the right. His picture accompanies the following article: "This is the most well-known photo of Capitaine Maurice Happe (1882-1930), one of France’s most innovative bombing pioneers. He commanded Groupe de Bombardement 4 as well as Escadrille 29. One of his biographers described Happe in this way: His tall silhouette, all sinew and muscles, in a black artillery uniform without officer’s boards or decoration, stood out against the blue of the Vosges Mountains... He [was] obsessed with one concern: accomplishing everything that was his duty. His gaze softened or turned dark depending on his mood. He was subject to mood swings; there was something of the street Arab in his personality. But when he laughed, his brilliant white teeth reminded one of a wolf’s teeth." :La Guerre Aérienne Illustrée (LGAI)" www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/EscMF29_opt.pdf

Other Bain photos of Capt. Happe: