 However, again flying an M.52, he set a world speed record of over a course of on 4 November 1927.He went on to set yet another world speed record on 30 March 1928, flying a Macchi M.52R racing seaplane at Venice, becoming both the first person to exceed and the first person to exceed .At the turn of the 1930s de Bernardi joined the Caproni company at Taliedo, near Milan, serving as a test pilot and technical consultant .