title: Roland Rohlfs
text: # Roland Rohlfs
  
  Roland Rohlfs (February 10, 1892 – February 28, 1974) was an American aviator.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Roland Rohlfs was born in Buffalo, New York on February 10, 1892, the son of Anna Katharine Green, the crime novelist; and Charles Rohlfs, the actor and furniture craftsman.
  
  Rohlfs flew a hydro-aeroplane called the "Dunkirk Fighter" for Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in 1918. Later that year he broke the flight airspeed record while flying a Curtiss Wasp, his speed was clocked at 163.1 mph (262.4 km/h).
  
  In 1919 he broke another world record when he flew to an altitude of 34,610 feet in a Curtiss L-3 triplane (at - 47 degrees Fahrenheit).
  
  He died on February 28, 1974.
  
  